以下是引用justin_y在2005-8-15 18:06:00的发言：Hi, machinegun, i am looking at a focus on the private equity segment. could you please elaborate some details about Chicago in this area? also during ur time there, which class gives you most impact and which class you consider the least and why? I want to learn more about Chicago from your direct feeling about curricula. Thanks ahead.
I venture to give my 2 cent on the later question as I've already spent a year there.
As you may know at Chicago GSB, cirriculum planning is completely your own decision, so everyone has his/her own schedule and preferences according to his/her professional goals and personality. "One man's meat can be another's poison."  Also, the professor's way of teaching and "charms" play a big role in the students' evaluation of the same class. We have some "star" professors who constantly receive excellent ratings from their past students. They are basically in every business area GSB covers and teach courses from entry to PhD levels. So you don't have to worry that you cannot find a "good" course to take if you are interested in some less "popular" concentrations.
Once you are enrolled, you will have access to internal ratings of courses during the past years. As we use the bidding system to select classes, you can also get some hint from the past "prices" of classes. Finally and most importantly, you can talk to second year students in the same career path, AND sit in the classes yourself (the school gives a week after classes begin to allow students "drop and swap" at no expenses).
OK, back to the topic of favorite courses, here's my personal opinion:
From day one, my mind was set on consulting after MBA, so I have mainly chosen courses that are counted towards concentrations of "Strategic Management" and "Marketing". Within these two areas I have enjoyed "Management Lab" the most, which was taken in the last quarter of my first year. A team of 7 students were assigned to work on a real-world consulting project, with two instructors who gave advice, not guidance. There was a lot of work (6 hours in "formal class meetings" and 40-50 extra hours per week) and we went from confusion to frustration to enlightment to excitement... I was able to make use of what I have learned about strategic thinking, marketing and team-working during the previous GSB classes, in a real (not simulated) setting of a consulting firm.
Another favorite course of mine, taught in the "traditional" lecture way, is "Marketing Strategies". The professor was able to combine "frameworks" with actual marketing campaigns going on, which greatly improved our understanding of how marketing decisions are made and what our future careers in marketing and consulting would be like.
My least impressed class was, well, I'd rather not mention the specific name, cuz you may actually like it! In fact I am deeply attracted to most courses I've chosen, thanks to the decision of focusing on what I am really interested in, not what others are into. For example, had I followed the trend to take "advanced accounting" or "analytical finance" courses, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed my first year as much...But that is not to say those courses are useless...
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