外国友人眼中的OSU& MSU & PSU

nancyforever

今年申请了三所学校，都拿到了offer和奖学金，于是乎, 便陷入了新一番的纠结中。咨询了几个外国朋友，特将得到的信息贴出来供大家参考，希望能对正在选校中纠结、在offer中徘徊的筒子们提供一点帮助，早日找到最适合自己的学校！
1. Three offers:  
OSU: GA( 50% tuition waiver+ 710$/m stipend) + 5k$/y fellowship
   MSU: GA (16 k$gap to cover tuition + 640$/m) + 8k$/y scholarship
   SU:  GA ( full tuition waiver) + 700 $/m stipend
2. My Question:
Now I am considering on which school to choose and I would like to ask you for advices. It seems that each school has its own advantages and disadvantages I have made a comparison based on the information I collect, but it is just some data I get from internet. it seems to me that OSU MBA ranks best among the three and its location is relatively better compared to the other two. Michigan state has the best program in supply chain management and its career services is better. Penn state also has good reputation in supply chain management and its scholarship is more generous than the other two.
MBA Ranking: OSU(25th)>MSU=PSU(44th),
SCM Ranking: MSU(2th)>SU(5th)>OSU(7th),
Career services: MSU>SU>OSU
Location: OSU>SU,MSU
Scholarship: PSU (100% tuition waive + 7000$/y stipend) > MSU( 95% tuition waive, need to pay 2000$/y)> OSU (80% tuition waive, need to pay 11000$/y)
In your opinion, if i want to pursue my career in supply chain management or operation in future and would like to land a job in the US after graduation, which school can give the best opportunity for me to reach my goal? Which school has the best reputation and recognition in the US?
3. Feedfack from foreign friends:
  1) Darrell ( operation manager; has MBA in OSU)

Now for school. OSU is a very good school, but for sure you will have cultural adjustments. The Midwest is nothing like China, especially the food. You know how much I enjoyed your food but hear it is heavy on steak and potatoes, burgers, Mexican food. All good but different and easy to gain weight. The political culture is Republican. Their platform is against entitlement programs (social welfare), and in support of the rich getting richer because they create the jobs and new business for society. Equal distribution of wealth is NOT supported , it is up to the individual to make whatever level of success they desire. It is the land of opportunity. Just remember that Individualism and Socialism are almost opposite in every way. I could help you with adjusting.



Penn State also a very good school, you would not go wrong there. Culturally there are Amish communities which soften the adjustment facture. There are simple kind people who live off the land and reject technology. They still use horse and buggy as transportation. You can read about it.



MSU also a good school, employers would respect your credentials from MSU when looking to hire you. You would not go wrong. Also I think an easier culture adjustment, more democrats and liberals in the political scene. Closer to the east coast where there is more diversity and European influence.
2) Todd( lean consultant)
Regarding which school, you cannot go wrong with any of them as they all have excellent reputations in the US. I would rank them PSU first, MSU second, and OSU third (80% tuition waive is not great and $11,000/yr is very high).
3) Yad ( SCM quality; has MBA in MSU)
For SCM, I believe MSU will be the best one based on high ranking, but based on the information you provided...I will go with PSU...$8K/yr is a quite a bit of money

我个人偏向于性价比最高的PSU, 但据说MSU的就业会更好一些，希望大家能给一些意见，谢谢！

bunnygotlost

我觉得要是我，我会选osu， 纯粹因为工作时认识的osu mba graduates还是很有水平的，何况ranking还高。就是地方差点，冷。

areslwh

larrylw 发表于 2013-1-11 10:36
大家好像遗忘了ASU。在我看来，要是Purchasing and Supply Chain management，应该首选MSU和ASU。更适合商 ...

ASU乱入的好! 尽管楼主没有申请，但看上去也是很不错的选择，毕竟在SCM能排到第三名，肯定也有两把刷子

bigfatwhiterabb

dl0222 发表于 2014-3-13 14:53
美國已經沒有生產了,只剩SCM
所以要在美國就業要msu,SCM業界最強
看他的排課方式全繞著scm,還有IBM在裡面設 ...

David的分析很有道理。最近也在比较这两个学校，msu的就业数据特别好，93%，psu只有75%。觉得psu地理更好一些，虽然scm比msu差些，但怎么会差出这么多。。

dl0222

美國已經沒有生產了,只剩SCM
所以要在美國就業要msu,SCM業界最強
看他的排課方式全繞著scm,還有IBM在裡面設了個lab就知道了
就業輔導各校大同小異,反倒是靠專業特長跟地點所產生的network
msu是scm專業最強的學校,industrial network跟alumni在scm領域也最廣,最容易就業
PSU因為是scm教學強,所以發錢大方點吸引人才

osu是生產強,雖然排名靠前,但scm專業領域跟m,p都沒得比
尤其美國沒生產,要就業只能回國了

eason824

Very interesting.

tonyjajar

所以大家选择的都是MBA的项目而不是ASU,MSU,PSU的online master program,我想问问有哪些同学申请了Online 的Master Program? 这些Online课程上课形式, 学习地点, 学习效率以及毕业后就业情况怎样??谢谢

abjure

太感谢LZ的的贴了。。。高质量

nancyforever

实在忍不住上来冒个泡，国际学生还是现实点，不要幻想国防公司了，那是连绿卡都不够的，必须有国籍而且要通过政审。另外 INTEL 也不招国际生。

-- by 会员 喝咖啡的狼 (2013/1/16 0:16:22)

知道很难,不过还幻想着民用的会不会有机会, 谢谢你一棒敲醒我啊, 其实公司零几年还是有sponsor国际生的，这几年不清楚，反正export control是越来越严了

喝咖啡的狼

实在忍不住上来冒个泡，国际学生还是现实点，不要幻想国防公司了，那是连绿卡都不够的，必须有国籍而且要通过政审。另外 INTEL 也不招国际生。