A school that fit you. A school only admit applicant who fit

[mbaluke]

如果有人可以把 top 50 都分好類就好了......everyone 選擇fit自己的goal學校.....省錢...又容易拿到offer.....不fit....GMAT高分也拿不到offer囉

到底申請幾間學校是合理的.......XD.....嗯嗯.....fit yourself 最重要...no matter it is 1 or 15 schools....還是有高人可以邏輯推演.....含時程規劃...最好有SOP啦.....haha

以下copy from....覺得蠻有用的....被Ohio Fisher放在WL好久了......機車.....我想問題就出在不fit吧
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/fo ... &tid=74377


For those who are interested - M7 stands for Management 7. The top schools Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Columbia and Chicago are a part of the M7 and generally consider each other to be peer schools. The Deans of these schools meet once, or maybe twice a year to share benchmarking information about academics, admissions and MBA trends and prospects. This conference is called the D7 or Deans 7. These schools generally do not interfere with marketing strategies of other schools in the M7. It is interesting to observe that all these schools are unique in their approach to attract students…

HBS will advertize Leadership, General Management and case studies.

Kellogg is all about Marketing, teamwork and collegial.

Wharton will stress Finance.

MIT will stress Innovation.

Stanford takes pride in attitude, diversity, Silicon Valley and Entrepreneurship.

Columbia will put the words Global and NY city on their print media.

Chicago will place an emphasis on the lecture method of teaching on their brochures.

As you can see, the programs are unique - the students they accept are also unique. Someone may not be happy at HBS but may thrive at Stanford. Ultimately, candidates tend to get accepted at schools they belong to. Most other top schools are close or distant seconds to the M7. NYU is like Columbia, Duke is like Kellogg, UCLA Anderson is like Stanford, UVA Darden is a distant second to HBS. Beyond these schools and a few others (Berkeley, Tuck, Michigan and Cornell) the return on investment may not be worth it because the peoples perception of the quality of the MBA education/experience decreases significantly - but that is just my two cents. Do your research carefully and try to get into the best program possible. If you can't get into an M7, do not fret over it. An MBA from either of the other top schools will provide a fantastic education, a plethora of career options, a solid alumni network and possibly, the best two years of your life!

Cheers!

[asiwishyst]

我也在osu wl上
面試完了 還是繼續呆在wl上...XD
但我有面試到覺得很開心了

[davidlee0222]

前陣子CD上有人發起投票
小弟當時把各校課程走向嘗試各用一句話表達
應該滿適合樓主這標題
純個人意見 僅供參考

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[Program Fitting]选出你心目中最喜欢的学校（每人三票）
http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp ... n=0&Star=1
Q:
选出你心目中最喜欢的学校：
看看大家心中最梦想去的学校是哪些。请注意，是选择你最偏好的三所学校，不一定是你所认为的实力最强的学校。
没想到这个帖子这么久了还有人回应。多谢大家了。希望这个结果能给大家选校一点点参考。

A:
In the U.S.
it's all about fit for your career
not about which one is the most popular

Every school here has its own strengths and specific differentiation
You can see in their mission statements from Deans
and take a deep look into their program designs

If you summarize the curriculum of each school into one sentence
my personal interpretation is probably like this:

HBS is corporate restructuring and entrepreneurship
Wharton is well-balanced general management
Stanford is entrepreneurial general management
Kellogg is stratigic marketing management
Chicago is economic management

MIT is executional management science
Columbia is entrepreneurship and finance management
Ross is strategic management practices
Duke is fundamental general management with medical strength
Berkeley is environmental general management with tech

VirginiaDarden is quantitative general management
Dartmouth Tuck is strategic management with finance strength
NYU Stern is practical finance management
UCLA is entrepreneurial general management with tech and entertainment strengths
Cornell Johnson is analytical social management

Yale SOM is organizational management for managers
Austin McCombs is general management with accounting strength
USC Marshall is general management
LBS is strategic management
Insead is economic strategy management

IMD is leadership menegement
Queens is analytical strategic management

It's hard to vote the favorate 3
while finding the fit is the ultimate goal

[MarkHsu]

Not saying that fit isn't important, but my argument is that "fit" makes more sense for American students who have "home field" advantage. They don't have work visa issues, they don't have to adjust to a new business/social culture and they have existing connections in place.

As an international student, the reality is that your paths post-MBA are going to be far more conventional (and more boring) and restricitve than your American counterparts, which is why I advocate Taiwanese applicants do a reality check with themselves before proceeding w/ an MBA.

Of course, if you are made of money, you are free to do as you please = )

[mbaluke]

哇....讚讚讚!!! 果然是名家出手.....^^

另外....樓上說的很對....fit之前....你應該想想自己到底要不要一個外國MBA...決定後再去想fit的問題....

另外 Ohio Fisher....收到他的信封...打開一看...XD...只是告知3/31會有final decision......不過應該不會考慮它了......應該上了也沒獎學金......

另外.....先分享自己檢討過後選校建議流程.....希望有更好辦法的人可以貢獻出來...雖然我用不到了....但"選校"真的非熊重要

共申請了5家, Stanford, UCLA, Ohio Fisher, Babson, TCU Neeley

GMAT考試前

目標只申請美國前百大MBA, 2-year Program, Dream School 鐵定申請

GMAT考完後

(1) 將fit自己goal的篩選出來, 像我主要看entrepreneurship排名來選校

(2) 積極參加MBA fair, 學校說明會, 看學校網頁, forum等, (Ohio, TCU 皆是因參加fair與adcom聊的來後而申請的, 其中 Neeley 的HOAI真的太nice了)

(3) 確定要申請的家數, 並依GMAT分數為依據來判斷上的機率, 從(1)及(2)中選出, 1家dream school, 1家必上, 其它家機率介於其中的
(如我確定了5家後, 1家 from usnews ranking 1~10, 1家 from 11~20, 2家 from 21~50, 1家 from 50~100)
(另外我自己的心理公式只有GMAT, 个位可以加上如工作年資...等, 應該自己心裡就會有一把尺)

走過必留下痕跡: 以上流程如果不是靠代辦, 而是自己走完, 寫essay時對某些問題也會很有幫助, 甚至interview時

自己經驗補充: 越後面學校GMAT越重要, 獎學金越高...建議各位GMAT多考幾次拿高分...如果獎學金多1萬美金....就馬上補回來 (早知道就再考高點, 錢難賺啊)