University of Wisconsin-Madison’s MBA program

monkhunter1

Hi Cindy

   I have three questions as follow:

   1:about GPA, the admission web page of OTM says that the minium GPA of applicant is 3.0, does it mean that there is no chance for those whose GPAs are below 3.0 (BTW, My GMAT is 750, GPA is about 2.7 )

   2: about round, is there still chance for international applicants in the 3rd round?

   3: about financial aid, does the third round still provide financial aid for international applicants.

cindy_sjp

I will reply you tomorrow.

cindy_sjp

could you give me more information so I can ask some people in Brand Center? Thanks. Or you can send me e-mail to ytang2@wisc.edu

cindy_sjp

Massage from Director of OTM Center:

1) GPA can be below 3.0, but student must then be admitted "on probation."
This means that after one semester the student is reviewed, and the grades
must be above B.

2) All international application must be submitted by April 20.

3) Financial aid can be rec'd at any time, if coming from the Center.  Aid
from the school or the university has deadlines (I think Feb 15).

cindy_sjp

Moreover, I think "grades above than B" is easy, my first semester GPA was 3.7 out of 4.0 and I was not good at English at that time.

ring_cheng

Thank Cindy for your sharings!

cindy_sjp

This is the letter from Assistant Director of Brand Management:

While we haven't had a Chinese student, we have had international students
admitted (Vietnamese, Turkish, Indian, Irish, etc...) to the center.  Also,
we've only admitted three classes to our center given how new we are so
there isn't a long history to look at.

It certainly has nothing to do with special language or cultural issues for
Chinese students.  We evaluate all students on the same criteria - strong
GMAT score, strong TOEFL and English speaking ability if international,
strong work experience with great leadership and results, strong
undergraduate academic experience, solid essays and recommendations, strong
personal interview, strong communication skills, etc...  These are the
qualities that we admit students on.

In terms of difficulty of working in the U.S., what does he/she mean?  Do
they mean it is hard to adapt to the US or that it is hard to get a job in
the US?  It is harder for any international student (not just Chinese) to
find brand management jobs in the US because many of those companies place
international students in their home regions or do not sponsor Visas.  That
means there are fewer companies to interview with here in the US.  Of
course, we as a school do not control that particular issue.

Below is my personal opinion:

Finding job in this area needs a thorough understanding of culture and extremely fluent language. If you are confident, you can go for it. The placement data has been very competitive for brand management students in the past three years.

cindy_sjp

By the way, you can call me Tony. I am using my wife's account here.

cindy_sjp

自己顶一下，浮出水面。

chenpaul

以下是引用cindy_sjp在2005-12-3 4:43:00的发言：

UW-Madison is one of best public schools in U.S. The MBA program here includes focused niche programs. I was in the same shoes as people in ChaseDream 2 years ago and would like to share inside information about the school and its programs. I’m a 2^nd year student at the laceName w:st="on">ErdmanlaceName> laceType w:st="on">CenterlaceType> for Operations and Technology Management. OTM (Operations and Technology Management) specializes in the cross-functional area between engineering and business. Most students have an engineering background (some have science degrees).

One thing may matter to you is that “University Wisconsin Ties Harvard for Educating Most CEOs”. I got my full time offer this August from a Fortune 500 company to join their leadership development program.

Link to UW-Madison School of Business:

www.bus.wisc.edu/mba

Link to OTM program:

www.bus.wisc.edu/erdman

thanks for sharing.

great for you to get the full time offer. It seems that jobs of leadership program of fortune500 are higly coveted, maybe second only to MC and IB. which company will you work for?