以下是引用leiniao在2009/8/3 21:04:00的发言:
Hi,
Drifty snail,just call me kevin,may i have the honor to
your name? fully understand fisherrui's busy schedule...and many thanks
for your prompt reply,
1)i attended IVEY's case study trial class
and get the impression that case pedegogy is not so applicable and
practical in teaching operation courses, like accounting or
Finance... could you pls share with us some of your own experience?
rumor says chinese guys only sleep 4 hours per day to prepare the tons
of reading materials, is it that difficult to follow? and how is your
class situation? including the number of chinese students admitted last
year...
2) how is the job placement this year? do most of the
chinese students get summer intership? usually in what fileds? last but
not least, any of your retrospection (心得和体会)after being there a while?
many thanks for being the beacon light to our followers,wish i can sail safe to the harbor without meeting shipwreck
Kevin
Question 1:
In
my class, 8 from main land China, and 8? or 9? for year 2009. 4
hours, hehe, could be. But it really depends (on your own). Plus, I
guess the average sleeping hour for a decent US B-Shool student should
be less than 7. As long as you pass GMAT and IBT with "solid" score,
you should be fine. As for the comment on Finance and Accounting, yes,
you are right. Case methord is for sure not the best for this kind of
classes, thus you better have some Finance knowledge. In my class, all
7 people have finance related background.
Question 2:
All class 2009 Chinese students got decent jobs:
2 to Bain, China, consultent, with more than 100K package.
2 to Danaher, GM trainee,with 120K+ package. (first 1-2 years in the US)
1 got several offers (not sure which one she/he took), Nike Corp Finance and a better one. US.
One Amazon Japan, she/he didnot take it.
Other
2, they do have offers, in China, but as long as I know, they are still
hurting for better options. Guess they are trying to stay in the US.
Class 2010 Summer:
1. Amway, Corp Finance, Audit. US.
2. Corp Finance and GM trainee, the biggest seed company in the world, US.
3. Internal Audit, F500 Tech company, US
4. Corp M&A, F500 company, US
5. Corp Finance, planning, J&J, US offer, base in SH.
6. Bank of China International, PE department, Beijing.
7,8: Summer associate, local funds, SH.
(Class 2010 summer, all above are mainland China students.)
Two ABCs:
Citi, IBD, NYC
MMC, Corp Fin, NYC
Hope I answered your questions. Personally, I believe, given the current situation, our job placement is quite good.
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By Driftysnail:
Hi Kevin,
I just arrived in Darden for a few days and the new
semester will start from Aug 24. Sorry that I don't have my personal
experience regarding the case method life here. However, it is rumor
that Chinese students just sleep 4 hours each day. Second year student
will give you more insights here. Of course the life in Darden is not
easy and Darden is not for everyone, as my interviewer said. For
example, during the company briefing season, students still need to
complete the 3 case study in the afternoon, whilst there are two
company briefing at the same time.
The job placement is very
good - as compared of most of other top schools from my observation.
All the Chinese students who looked for internship (I heard that one 2y
student didnt look for intern for personal reasons but I dont know
details) successfully got their intern. Based on my understanding,
there are 4 in mainland now and the rest are in the states. For the 4
in mainland China, 2 in PE/VC, 1 in J&J, I am not sure about the
other one. We will try to faciliate the details for both Y1 intern and
Y2 full time job (so far I know 2 in Bain Shanghai) placements and let
you know later.
We have 8 ppl from mainland this year plus a few overseas Chinese students.
Being
here for a while, we are firm it's a definitely fantastic school
derserves each of you talent. Darden is kinda low key in mainland China
and but we see that the Alumni is making something different. The
school has organized several gatherings before we came to US. The
univerisity ( ranked No.1 or No.2 in public schools keeping abreast
with UC-Berkley) is also paying more attention to market herself in
China.
Please give us a sometime as we havent settle down here. Later on we will take more time to answer your questions.
Good Luck.
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Sonia is talking about second year students and I know several sis & bro have around 2-3 years working experience.
Share with you the background for the 1 year students from mainland:
2 from top banks
1 from consulting
2 from sales and marketing
1 from HR service
1 from operation
1 from engineering
the group is very difersified and the average working experience is 5 years this time, for Chinese students.