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作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-2 11:28
标题: CMU vs Georgetown

之前好象也看过去年曾经有过这么个比较CMU/GEORGETOWN的帖子.还是想多听听大家的意见.

CMU, 10000/ 2 years 的scholarship; Georgetown, 25000/2 years 的scholarship

烦恼ing......我是IT背景的.倾向于将来出来还是在这个行业工作.

CMU的地理位置不太好.但个人认为它的quantitative analytical decision-making应该能给我一些比较具体实在的东西.总觉得Georgetown的强项international business相对来说比较虚一些...但CMU的高学费也是个问题....唉....

谢谢大家先了

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作者: blackhorse 时间: 2005-2-2 14:21
CMU不是排名高一点点嘛，IT还是倾向这个了。当然，我也不是很知道，不过帮MM顶，无论如何表示得恭喜哟。

作者: zdcgy 时间: 2005-2-2 14:25

congratulation first!

$10000 per year or for two years? would you pls share your background?

thanks

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-2 14:47

10000 for two years, so only 5000 per year. Compared with its high tuision fee, the scholarship is just a little.

Background: G 740/ T 270. from an average university in China. IT background.

作者: ruiyu25 时间: 2005-2-2 14:50
congratulations, juan! I would say georgetown cause its reputation is not less stellar than CMU's

作者: ywm19 时间: 2005-2-3 00:47

Georgetown. The location is VERY good and important.

As to CMU, I remembered having read an article in this forum saying that do not go there. Pittisburg is an old industrial city that you won't like it.

Anyway, Congratulations!!!

作者: miaoyin_tx 时间: 2005-2-3 01:06
祝贺Juan。你可以去商业周刊的论坛上去看看，听听美国人怎么说。BTW，德大那里有消息吗。GOOD LUCK

作者: DukeSam 时间: 2005-2-3 01:24
CMU is very reputable in the IT field. If you want to stay in IT,then CMU without a questions. Although CMU's tuition is moreexpensive, the town, Pittburgh, itself is not as expensive asGeorgetown.

ittsburgh is not as fun as the Washington D.C. metroarea, but for 1.5 years, you may not care.

作者: brace 时间: 2005-2-3 01:29
是啊， CUM那边的生活费应该便宜很多的。

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-3 01:45

以下是引用miaoyin_tx在2005-2-3 1:06:00的发言：
祝贺Juan。你可以去商业周刊的论坛上去看看，听听美国人怎么说。BTW，德大那里有消息吗。GOOD LUCK

谢谢MM关心. 今天刚刚收到interview invitation. 呵呵....Good luck to you too.

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-3 01:52

谢谢大家的回帖.

我倒是无所谓Pittsburgu这个城市boring不boring的.毕竟再boring也就呆那么2年....我更关心的其实是学校的international students的就业情况.不晓得有没有朋友对这个有所了解的,多提宝贵意见.

谢谢先了.

作者: haowawa 时间: 2005-2-3 04:17

为什么都说CMU学费高呢?其实前20的,不完全统计,32-39K之间,CMU 37K,相对差距10%. not a big deal, right?

当然将学金是另一回事.

哪有tuition 列表?

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-3 05:48

个人觉得CMU的tuition只是比其他的高个4-5千, not a big deal....不过,很奇怪的是,尽管Pittsburgh的生活大家都说不贵，但是ＣＭＵ的estimated living expense却是奇高无比，在我浏览过的top 20学校里，仅次于NYU的estimated living expense了．于是所有费用通通都加起来后，ＣＭＵ的所有开支显得就特别高了．．．．．．比如说：ＣＭＵ的estimated living expense就比Georgetown的高，尽管大家都知道其实ＧＥＯＲＧＥＴＯＷＮ的生活开支应该是更高才对．

这也是让我很confused的地方．

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作者: paopao 时间: 2005-2-3 06:00

juan, I suggest that you contact with current students who shared IT background from China in Georgetown and CMU. I guess they will give u direct and more authenthical answer.

Hope u will get more offers.Good luck.

作者: horsefish 时间: 2005-2-3 08:54

匹四保不错的城市, 我去过N次. 根据我的感觉, 匹四保那里生活标准不低. 看自己喜欢了, 反正去自己喜欢的学校最重要. 学校的整体排名和MBA排名一起考虑.

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作者: petalfly 时间: 2005-2-4 03:41

The living expenses are not cheap in CMU, I talk to one of students there. Housing is not cheap at all(campus area)

作者: mbacn02 时间: 2005-2-4 07:21

I believe you should go to CMU, which is a very solid program and is recognized by a much broader IT based recruiters. Its quantitative edge is almost second to none. International students normally have a much better chance to find a good job due to CMU brand, compared with Georgetown. Location, tuition are important, but we alll understand why we go to pursue an MBA, which is to find a job. Don't let those short sighted premium dilute your key decision factor. BTW, Georgetown is not strong at IT or any hard core skill at all.

作者: hard 时间: 2005-2-4 08:26
正好碰上了，说两句自己的观点：
－生活费：房租是大头，离学校同样距离的条件差不多房子，DC肯定贵些（就我知道的情况贵100～150，一个人）。CMU也算是在pittsburgh的市中心区域，但是繁华程度应该没法和GT周围环境比。
－学校本身：这就难讲了，因人而异。CMU很quant-，我觉得它强的其实是finance，这是可以理解的。其实想要在IT行业发展和重视quant-的program并没有直接联系。GW据说是有钱人家孩子上的学校，整体学校在米国的知名度我觉得比CMU高。加上地理位置好，估计就业形势应该不错。
－就业：CMU2004年中国毕业生里回国的，留下的都有。人各有志吧. 2005年毕业生的机会好像多了不少。GW的情况不是特别了解，不过看BSchool生活有个兄弟的帖子，去年底也早早的接受了个咨询公司的offer估计形势也很好的说。

btw－要是真想去GW的话可是试着和他们argue一下奖学金的数目，说不定会有想不到的收获，呵呵。
good luck！

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-4 10:01

以下是引用hard在2005-2-4 8:26:00的发言：

btw－要是真想去GW的话可是试着和他们argue一下奖学金的数目，说不定会有想不到的收获，呵呵。
good luck！

奖学金还可以再argue的??? 真的吗? 有人有这种经验吗? 想知道ing......

作者: hard 时间: 2005-2-4 12:45
你别指望2万5变成5万，但是变成3万5还是有希望的。。。自然有人做过了，呵呵

作者: haowawa 时间: 2005-2-4 15:50

the cost of living in DC is much higher than that in Pitt. I have a friend in pitt, $500 for 1br apt, 20 mins to campus by bus. In DC, I think about $650.

but do you really care this amount of money? taking an example of the difference is $200 per month, 200*12*2=4800

I don't think this should be a factor to impact your decision.

I feel GT is strong and reputable in liberal arts, while CMU is good at the science and engineering. At least for me (mechanical engineering background), when I was in China, I had not heard about GT. After I came US, I learn this university from TV -- its professors in politics, humanity always show on TV to discuss the events

作者: morgan 时间: 2005-2-4 23:09
juan,
Firstly, congratulations! Both of CMU and Georgetown are good schools. CMU will be a good choice if you still want to work in IT after graduate. However, Georgetown is a wonderful place to live and meet people. Anyway, listen to your heart to make a right choice.

作者: cranberry 时间: 2005-2-5 00:09
祝贺哦，juan。乔治城我去过，似乎不是很大的学校。其法学院好像更好一些。

作者: future2005 时间: 2005-2-5 05:03

To juan:

Following site is business week about " Who's hiring". May be helpful.

http://bwnt.businessweek.com/recruiting/index.asp

作者: juan 时间: 2005-2-5 05:44
thanks a lot to you all. Very helpful and thoughtful opinions.

作者: DukeSam 时间: 2005-2-6 10:00
I lived both in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. metro area.  Trust me, Georgetown is much more expensive.

CMU is expensive if you live on campus, but the campus is not thatbig.  You can find very affordable housing in Shady Side andSquirrel Hill.  Both are nice neighbourhoods adjuscent toschool.  Oakland used to be the cheapest option for students, butthe neighbourhood is questionable.  A lot of asian, especiallyrich kids from HK and TW goes to CMU.  It has a decent asianalumni network as well.

Georgetown is better-known for its poli-sci and law schools.  Itsb-school has a good ranking, but not as good as CMU, especially in techmanagement.

Money-wise, you do have 15K more from GT, that is a factor you may wantto consider. I won't hurt to ask CMU politely if they canprovide more  scholarship.  Tell them that you think CMU is agood fit for you, and you would like to see if they can help you a bitmore.

Congratulations and good luck!

作者: caterpillar 时间: 2005-2-6 21:08

先恭喜MM了！然后有一点个人建议，供MM参考。

我觉得MBA是一项很大的投资，学费+生活费+停止工作两年的工资收入是一笔非常大的投入，所以，两个学校奖学金、生活费什么带来的那点差异实在不必过多去考虑。关键还是在于两个学校对MM今后的前途更有利。从我了解的情况看，整体上来说CMU的MBA肯定强过Georgetown，Georgetown主要强在political方面。但是从今后的工作机会来看，DC附近的机会又应该更多一些，所以也不能给出MM一个明确的建议，只是想建议MM：主要考虑今后的发展，其它因素都是次要的。

作者: david_he 时间: 2005-2-8 00:44
IT背景，还是CMU吧，CITIGROUP，IBM等大的公司都在CMU招人，IT领域最强的!

作者: vincent0330 时间: 2005-2-15 11:14
congrates!!

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