I need help with picking a business school for doing my MBA next year. I am considering schools in America, Canada, England, France and Singapore.
Please post any info that you can share. I would really appreciate it if someone has access to the USA-Today’s list of top 50 American business schools. Links to other informative websites have some genuine school ranking would also be helpful.
Much Thanks.
Canada -> Rotmans, unive of toronto ..its the best :)
University of California Berkeley, Haas school of Business. YAY!
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Canada -> Rotmans, unive of toronto ..its the best :)
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followed closely by
Richard Ivey, Univ. of Western Ontario,
Sauder, Univ. of British Columbia, and
Schulich, York University...
at least that's what the ratings tell you... I did my MBA at DeGroote School of Business, McMaster Univ. despite its lower ranking in Canada as compared to the above mentioned schools, and despite having been admitted to two of the three schools I mentioned (yes, my folks and my friends didn't understand why)... that's because of the program structure, and the domain of my interest (e-Business & Knowledge Management).
Whatever decision you make, I'd advise not to solely base your decision on school rankings... as a student, I had been part of business competition teams where we had comprehensively beaten teams from all of the above-mentioned schools! not that its any indicator of the school's strength, but then neither are ratings and rankings.
Ciao.
In England, London Business School is best but very expensive and 2 years too.
Manchester business school is a good option- it is reasonably priced, 15 months course & very good reputation.
Other good schools in eng are Warwick, Cranfield, Cambridge (Judge Institute), Oxford (Said).
Within Europe, best option is INSEAD in france but very difficult to get in and can be expensive.
Thanks for the replies.
I want to use the ranking lists as the starting point (just like a reference). Once I know what are the top options, I ll start focussing on the programs.
Factors that are going to play a part in my final choice:
1- Possibility of getting assistanceship/funding from the school.
2- Is the school located in a region/place/city that hosts companies that would hire MBAs?
3- My own academic strength in view of schools that require particularly high academic records.
4- What are the experience requirement of different schools.
5- Program of my choice.
A question: Is it fair to assume that getting into a school that is located near a city's corporate area/financial district, provides an MBA grad with a better opportunity of finding a good job?
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A question: Is it fair to assume that getting into a school that is located near a city's corporate area/financial district, provides an MBA grad with a better opportunity of finding a good job?
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My answer at best is "may be" ... the one thing that definitely matters when it comes to getting a job, is the school's alumni network. Make sure the school you select has a strong one in the area that you want to look for a job... say if you want to go into financial services, look at how many of the past grads have found jobs in companies where you'd like to work as well - they might be extremely valuable in helping you get your foot in the door.
^ if you go to a top-10 thenit doesn;t matter.REcruitment happens from the employer side anyway. But if you are anywhere below top 20 then make sure you are in a city where the industry you want to be in is a major employer.
FOr ex: Purdue Univerty might be ranked higher than Fordham University per their MBA programs. But Fordham is in NYC and if you want to work in Finance, there are better chances of you landing a job here, internships etc than someone who lives in bumfk Indiana or Canada.
INSEAD [France, Singapore]
London Business School [London]
Wharton Business School [Pen. US]
Rotman Business School [Toronto, CA]
Anyone have the answer if part time jobs work for 3 years of work experience. Or does it have to be a qualified salary position that is pretaining to your job field.
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Anyone have the answer if part time jobs work for 3 years of work experience. Or does it have to be a qualified salary position that is pretaining to your job field.
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good question anyone from canada please have the answer????
depends on what you're looking for.
There are plenty of good schools out there but it depends on what city you want to go to, what your interests are, what your goals are, etc.
US News has a list, as does Business Week and Wall Street Journals. None of these lists are uniform. Doing a simple Google search on these lists will yield the results.