Given domestic student w/ good private sector prospects and interest in research but not necessarily academia
Chicago?
Penn?
Duke?
Chicago and Penn MBAs are more valuable than a Harvard or MIT PhD
If industry is your goal, just work a few years and get an MBA
Alternatively, study computer science
What if industry isn't my goal but I wouldn't be unhappy with an industry job? Not sure I want to be a professor but I definitely haven't decided against it either. Just still unsure
Chicago and Penn MBAs are more valuable than a Harvard or MIT PhD
If industry is your goal, just work a few years and get an MBA
Alternatively, study computer scienceWhat if industry isn't my goal but I wouldn't be unhappy with an industry job? Not sure I want to be a professor but I definitely haven't decided against it either. Just still unsure
You will be competing against people who would crawl on glass for a professorship