in@ Georgetown and USC - a tough choice - ChaseDream

did my undergrad at SC, but i will vote for georgetown over marshall.

-- by 会员 megachaoren (2010/4/2 5:52:18)

did my undergrad at SC, but i will vote for georgetown over marshall.

-- by 会员 megachaoren (2010/4/2 5:52:18)

Can you explain why? thanks

-- by 会员 mmscute (2010/4/2 23:22:19)

Hi megachaoren, since you did your undergraduate at USC, I guess you know USC pretty well. Although MBA might be pretty different from undergraduate programs, you ideas about the school as a whole should be still helpful for me. Can you talk more about cons and pros about USC? Thanks.

-- by 会员 mmscute (2010/4/3 12:07:40)

Hi megachaoren, since you did your undergraduate at USC, I guess you know USC pretty well. Although MBA might be pretty different from undergraduate programs, you ideas about the school as a whole should be still helpful for me. Can you talk more about cons and pros about USC? Thanks.

-- by 会员 mmscute (2010/4/3 12:07:40)

Sure. Also, you may want to check with Magic_Yang who seems to be a current MBA studen at Marshall. Am sure he/she could give a different perspective.

I think the school itself is alright. Am sure you've heard a lot of SC being a U of Spoiled Children or whatever. I think it's partly true. In fact, that's because it's a private school and it's in LA. Since UCLA doesnt have an undergrad business school, leaving many kids with the option of going to SC. LA, or California in general, has a huge Asian population, and that's why you may see a lot Asians in school. For my undergrad, someone could correct me if i am wrong, I will say abt 40% of the class are Asians. Most of them are from mainland, India, HK, TW and Korea. A big chunk of them ended up going back if they don't have citizenship or PR, especially for undergrad business major. There are a lot of jobs such as technology, IT, entertainment, and accounting. IT consulting and technology firms normally have no problem with h1b sponsorship. If you are in one of these fields, you may have a good chance. If you are into management consulting and investment banking, I am not very sure if LA/SC has much to offer. I know all banks come to recruit, but they end up hiring 2-5 people every year, and most of hires are from undergrad. I am not sure if this is true for MBA career center, I could never complement Marshall's undergrad career service. For the kind of money we pay to the school and the kind of help we get when we look for jobs, I gave them a thumb down.

I know most of people here will disagree with me on this. So. Cal is great because of its weather. But again it's a big melting pot. If I am going to study in the States, I want to go to a place that does look like America. The fact that there are so many Chinese students in school and you can hear people speaking Cantonese in class makes me wonder if I am in HK

Another aspect abt SC, and this is 100% my personal opinion, is that the quality of teaching is going south. Since the school put so much focus on ranking and make sure they could beat its rival across town, it sacrifices the quality education for researches and publications. We used to have one professor teaching 4 accounting classes with 200+ students in each class. You can imagine what kind of attention and care can each of us get from him. Nothing.

Going back to the career part, I am now in the entertainment industry and I will say more than half of my coworkers are from SC, UCLA and UCI. But everytime when we see people with a degree from East Coast, such as CMU, MIT, Georgetown, just to name a few, we almost always spend a little more time on them. Not because they are smarter (they could be), but because they are "different".

Anyhow, I think you will have a good time at SC, but MBA is nothing like undergrad. Learning is one thing, but networking is top priority. I think LA has the best Chinese food among all major US cities, so you won't miss home food that much. Its weather provides a wide variety of activities all year round. But LA is too big, and you have to drive, or you will end up going no where.

I love the football season, it's fun. The quality of education is under my expectation. The network is great, but you have to network right. It just because there are so many SC graduates are looking for jobs in the city, not everyone can be taken care of. This partly because most SC grads look for jobs in California. Make your call and I am sure either choice will help you get to where you want to be. Hit me up if you want to talk more offline. J

-- by 会员 megachaoren (2010/4/3 14:52:37)

quote from mitbbs

"Georgetown.

In the future, your children get into Georgetown relatively easily for law."

-- by 会员 cathiejxj (2010/4/7 12:37:35)

quote from mitbbs

"Georgetown.

In the future, your children get into Georgetown relatively easily for law."

-- by 会员 cathiejxj (2010/4/7 12:37:35)

good point...

-- by 会员 michael94whb (2010/4/7 14:19:37)