请Olin在读或毕业同学辟谣

老张1999 · 发表于 2018-5-10 22:23:17

Olin是自己十分喜爱的一所学校，但在外网看到一些评价很负面，想请在读和毕业的同学说说你们的体会。

I went to Olin as an undergrad. Unless much has changed in the last 5 years, I would avoid the program for the following reasons:
The On Campus recruiting is pretty weak, and St. Louis has few jobs compared to other major cities. Their placement rate also is inflated by the number of MBAs that Wash U hires into the admissions office, into PhD programs or elsewhere in the University (aka not good ROI placements)
Olin games the rankings by admitting lots of international students that have sky high GMATs. I know this will make me sound like an ass, but in my experience international students typically don't contribute much to the classroom discussion and tend to not do networking outside of their ethnic groups.
Academically, Wash U has a lot of part time/traveling professors. Not great for continuity in the curriculum. That said, Michael Gordinier is probably the best statistics prof available. I destroyed statistics in my MBA program due to taking his classes in undergrad.
It is very unlikely you will land a consulting gig from Olin.
Of course I applied to Olin as well, and like OP they magically had thousands of dollars still available for scholarships in the final round of admissions. That means typically people choose other programs over Olin when they get the chance. A more cynical view is that people that do go to Olin got rejected everywhere else (less valuable peers/networking).
There's a reason why there's no application fee, no in person interview, and no letters of recommendation required. It is to boost applications and reduce acceptance rates for ranking purposes. The fact that Olin ranks 21st is a testament to the Wash U staff's ability to min-max their program to manipulate their ranking. It's a matter of time before Olin becomes the next USC and drops outside of the consideration set of MBA programs.

chito · 发表于 2018-7-2 22:34:37

评价非虚，作为已毕业的国际学生，我可以提供一些我的看法
1. On campus recruiting 的确比较弱，Career Center能力有限，St. Louis的城市竞争力在逐渐变弱，networking变得艰难。对于国际学生来说，如学校不是坐落于东西海岸metropolitan area，都会面临类似的窘境。而且近年来逐渐不友善的移民政策，让找工作难上加难，但这些因素并不意味着一定找不到工作。有志者事竟成。
2. Job replacement的数字剔除了未及时report offer的学生和未及时就业的国际学生，但其他商学院也采用类似做法。
3. 师资非常好，可以推荐工作机会。
4. 的确no application fee and recommendation letter required，也省去一些麻烦不是么。对于国际学生来说，招生还是挺严格的

外国网友评价有他的道理，但毕竟不是从国际学生的视角出发。

mmmaaa7890 · 发表于 2018-7-3 00:54:59

不是Olin的学生，不过曾经有个同学转学去olin然而研究生又回我们学校读了。她说olin虽然排名高，然而不怎么好找工作，所以又回我们那。我们也是个中部学校。当然她的经验是本科生，对mba的参考价值有多少就很难说

威玛的梅森 · 发表于 2018-7-4 14:46:51

WULST整个学校的排名基本靠刷上去的，这个学校除了医学院还不错，其他学科在美国没有什么存在感。地理位置偏僻，治安也不好。可能是我运气问题，见到过两三个Olin的MBA，感觉比较势力。当然只是少数人。

chito · 发表于 2018-7-18 06:20:58

威玛的梅森发表于 2018-7-4 14:46
WULST整个学校的排名基本靠刷上去的，这个学校除了医学院还不错，其他学科在美国没有什么存在感。地理位置 ...

地理位置没什么好说的，美国除了东西海岸，其他大部分都是大农村。Crime Rate近年来全美最高，臭名昭著，但学校附近以及城市以西的地区都还好，比较安全。不是很理解你说的“排名基本靠刷上去的”有何根据，医学院排名拔尖，其他有一些理化学科也不错，计算机比较弱。

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