Wendy is one of the only people on this forum that actually constructively talk about the MBA (or at least post updates of the market). Everyone knows that the TOP 2 + UTSA is a joke. Because it should be TOP 1 + UTSA.
The ranking of someone’s MBA indicates success because people get into MBA programs that show the person’s quality in the first place…
I attended the Wharton School of Business, where I earned my prestigious Certified Investment Management Analyst certification.
Depends on what you mean by “set you up on a solid career path in finance.” My MBA certainly provided the education to set someone up on a solid career path in finance, but it is pretty much worthless from a networking/recognition perspective in the region of the country in which I live. If I lived elsewhere, my MBA would open just as many doors as would an MBA from H/W/S. In some cases, it would even open doors that a degree from H/W/S wouldn’t.
^ where is your mba from?
I do see women as equals, even intellectually and not just for the sake of equality, and I think that the idea of considering women as weak or special needs species sows the seeds of inequality right at the start. That’s why neither I believe in unnecessary chivalry nor any differential treatment, and I hope people in Texas progress to that level of equality in future, till then I’ll stay away.
haha, I like her anyway.
Top MBA will definately provide more leverage in career but that doesn’t means everything outside top 5 is worthless.
Thanks for THAT, that’s the perspective I was talking about.
Btw, solid career path means becoming a high profile MD or PM at reputed places or careers similar to that, solid is not limited to heading the whole bank.
Maratikus went to Booth if I recall correctly
Comes across a little hollow. Certainly defining that you interpreted my comment as an example of chivalry. The response from the woman is what would be interesting. She would, however, find support from men and women alike. And if you are suggesting your language and tone would be similar with a man, I believe your instinct would cause you to reconsider. If not, try it. Let us know how it goes.
wait… Stern is on the list? LOL
Meh, only roughly though. I suspect that the top quartile of grads from hacksaw schools like Rice (Jones), Georgetown (McDonough), UT Austin (McCombs), Emory (Goizueta), Indiana (Kelley), etc go further in their career than the bottom quartile of grads from H/S/W.
The worst analyst in my entire company went to U Chicago for MBA.
Since when B-Schools started caring about knowledge?
He could get into that program despite being the worst, that’s exactly the kind of student they want, being able to conveniently decieve others and sell shit is a skill that has great value in large corporations. He has what it takes to be a CEO in a large company, because for someone like him it doesn’t matter if he can actually provide any value, but he knows how to game a flawed system and rise up.
lol
The school now known as McCombs.
^OOC, if you were born in jersey, grew up in jersey, went to undergrad in jersey, worked in jersey and (presumably) wanted to live in jersey for ever and ever, why do an MBA in the southwest? Seems like Rutgers or Temple would be better. (Just guessing. Don’t know much about the quality of those schools.).
I wanted to go to a far better school than Rutgers or Temple (without breaking the bank) and actually wanted to get out of the area for at least those two years. I had an acquaintance who was a 2nd year at UT when I was applying to schools and he encouraged me to spend a weekend there and Austin won me over. I was also open to going anywhere after grad school, but the best offer was back here, so here I am.
For employers in Texas, an MBA from UT-Austin McCombs is probably as good as an MBA from H/S/W. Anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line though, an MBA from a hacksaw school like NYU, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, etc will carry more weight.
^Agreed. I think the value of the school is really a regional thing.
EG–if you live in San Antonio, you know that Trinity is a really good school that produces quality graduates. If you go to LA, people would probably think Trinity is a tiny bible-thumping school with the academic prowess of the University of Phoenix.
Im sure you’ll have folks (cough…Itera…cough) who will call University of Texas a hacksaw school, because asset management firms in NYC don’t recruit there. But why would they?
Went to a top school mentioned for undergrad and a different one for grad. Have coworkers on the trading floor from most of the list above. After 1 month of starting your job, nobody cares where you went to school and you won’t care where they went either (except to learn where they’ve travelled).
Not important once you already *have* the job maybe, but highly important when you’re trying to *get* the job in the first place.
If you have a dad that can hire you into a trading floor etc job, you can dispense with the education altogether.