Boston University (BU) MBA Class of 2013 & 2012 Taking Questions

BUMBA

Dear CDers,

We are Boston University (BU) students, Class of 2012. We are here to help you learn more about BU and support you with application advice. If you have any questions about BU, you are more than welcome to post here. We have assembled a small team with diverse background from healthcare, IT, finance and marketing and we will actively share our application and BU experience with you.

We highly suggest that you do your homework first. You can browse the following sites to find the basics:

General Information: http://www.management.bu.edu/
Various Programs: http://management.bu.edu/choose.html
Admission Process: http://management.bu.edu/admissions/process

Let's get started!

BU Basics: You might or might not know

?      Unique curriculum that fuses the Art, Science, and Technology of Business
?      Very generous program: average scholarship award is btw $18000-$20000 a year. Every Chinese student in the full-time MBA program received a scholarship.
?      Small class size, collaborative community
?      Strong job placement data in the tough economy, 90% of Class of 2009 and 95% of Class of 2008 received an offer within 3 months of graduation
?      Strong upward momentum in terms of rankings

Current Ranking of Full Time MBA Program of BU (Blue: US, Red: Global)

?US News 2010:                            #31  
?WSJ 2007:                                  #25  
?Forbes 2009:                               #61
?Economist 2009:                          #21 #40
?Financial Times 2010:                   #35 #61

BU Strengths Highlight

MS-MBA Program – About half of its full-time students pursue this unique curriculum. In the same 21-month time frame as the regular MBA program, MS-MBA students earn two degrees: a traditional MBA with a concentration, and a Master of Science in Information Systems.

Public & Nonprofit Management Program– Founded in 1975, the PNP is designed for students who seek to use core business management skills to address society's most challenging humanitarian and social problems in the global economy, whether they plan to work in the government, nonprofit, or private sector. Boston being the hub of nonprofit organizations, BU PNP students have gained great exposures to opportunities in the public and nonprofit through the wide network of the program and alumni.  Recent PNP graduate students have landed jobs in Citizen Bank, Government Accountability Office, United Way, etc.

Health Sector Program – BU is well-known for its health sector program. It is ranked 17th for accredited health care programs in the country.It is in close proximity to some of the top healthcare companies and institutions in the world, including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Boston Scientific etc. Graduates have a consistent history of successful job placement. In four of the last five years, the health sector program has had 100% job placement at graduation.Program alumni hold key leadership positions in a wide variety of settings, providing a rich and responsive array of networking opportunities.

Location, Location, Location – Boston is a world-class hub of business and entrepreneurial resources. It is a major hub for healthcare and IT industries in the US. That means an unparalleled concentration of intellectual, business, entrepreneurial, and scientific organizations in the healthcare and IT sectors that seek and reward a constant inflow of fresh young minds with new energy and new ideas. Not to mention its cultural assets (architecture, art, museums, libraries, symphony),historical landmarks, restaurants and clubs, shopping, and our college and pro sports teams. The School itself is just two blocks away from the Fenway Park where the Red Sox play (You will love them once you are here). One of the largest cities in the US, Boston is not far away from other large cities on the East coast. It is a 4 hour drive to New York City, 6 hours to Philadelphia, and 8 hours to Washington DC (Well, that is not too far by US standard). The Greater Boston area also has one of the largest groups of Chinese residents in the US, making your life easier and perhaps better in many ways.

Class Profile - 2012

Out of the 161 BU students in Class 2012, about 6% are from Greater China area. According to the school, 6 are from mainland China (Chinese passport holders), plus 4 from Taiwan.

Students from Greater China area have very diverse background: finance (private equity, corporate finance), healthcare, IT and consumer goods.

About the Application

The following is a BusinessWeek interview with Director of BU MBA Admissions Chris Storer.
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jul2009/bs20090727_270550.htm

In general, BU looks for candidates who have great leadership skills and team spirits, committed to further strengthen the brand name of BU, and will succeed at BU both inside and outside the classroom

Interview - School

A trip to campus for interview would be nice but not necessary. Admission officers at BU travel extensively to conduct interviews worldwide. They rely very little on alumni in this matter. You should be ready to describe your understanding of BU's culture and the benefit of the program.

Wish you all good luck and let us know if you have any questions.

florapeng

我想申请啊！学长学姐们能不能给个意见，我是申第一轮还是第二轮啊？怕第一轮来不及了！

现在T还没考，马上考，G也一般，710，AW 5

工作经验是3年，在一个商业银行做经理，管培进来的

本科学校很一般

这种背景要怎样才能突出自己呢？还是说我根本就没啥希望....

maikelaolang

看一下！               

大张wilson

这帖子前后看了两三遍，从选校，写essay，准备面试。今天拿到BU offer，回帖感谢

lisaaptx4869

这个帖子很不错，今天申请BU，参考了很多有价值的信息，顶一下

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mark

秦王殿下杀TG

有没有人更新了......

lliiaanngg

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wzbjmgs

我今年申请了第二轮的BU FULL TIME MBA。 我的career goal是将来做自己的e-healthcare的产品，现在已经与一个researcher和mobile developer组队，参加过pitch。
我的成绩不高：G670，本科国内211，GPA3.2，Master：Northeastern University(Bosotn)3.4.
在美国Boston的一家生产电源配件的公司有两年的project leader的背景，负责与不同的functional areas沟通，优化维护现有的生产线。同时也是CYPN，一个非盈利组织的officer，组织一些career forum之类的活动。
想问一下我这个背景，会应为G直接被秒拒吗？海外的master degree与工作经验会加分吗？

yoshimihoku

zhao0444 发表于 2013-10-25 03:08
学长学姐，本人本科美本top60学校，经济学，无托福，gmat710，想申请14fall的mba，但是到14年fall就只有1年 ...

可以试一下。我有同学申请时只有2年+经验的

yoshimihoku

aboveno 发表于 2013-10-6 19:33
BU的Health Sector MBA 和一般二年MBA的差别在哪里？主要着重那个function? 是不是本来做Healthcare行业的 ...

有针对Healthcare的不同的课程。比如有Healthcare Marketing，Drug, Devices and Delivery，课上请来麦肯锡做了多年partner、行业内人脉极其丰厚的老师来讲实例。还有其他专门的healthcare的课程，如Healthcare IT，一般只针对HSM的同学

cecile625

yoshimihoku 发表于 2011-2-17 00:38
要分你选health care的concerntration还是HSM；前者只是concentration，课程不如后者全，后者是专门的一个 ...

您好！想更详细问下，不同的program对找工作及获得的知识的区别，主要关心的是mba项目＋health care的concentration，与HSM，这两者区别到底有多少。因为我自己其实也没有考虑好到底要不要直接申请hsm，但是本人也只是在医药公司做过几年销售而已，所以金融方向一般不会考虑，只是念hsm的话会不会太过专，我自己目前是没有特别想好到底要做什么。谢谢