[讨论] UNC vs Vanderbilt with Scholarship?

small_head

Which website? The school website? Usually the school website post the data for all the students instead of Chinese students only.

Could you kindly provide me a link?

bettywushh

以下是引用small_head在2007-3-6 23:18:00的发言：

Which website? The school website? Usually the school website post the data for all the students instead of Chinese students only.

Could you kindly provide me a link?

Strongly suggest you to contact 高兴, she is very helpful. Please...

small_head

Thank you, bettywushh. You are sweet. I will contact 高兴 definitely.

On the other side, I also contact the current UNC students and its alumni for more detailed information. At least so far, from UNC's website, its yahoo admission group, its admit package, its alumni and its current students and admission officers, I can tell that UNC is a very good school.

Can I have your MSN or Email? I have already messaged you.

hohoo

UNC is a nice school, having a beautiful campus. Even Chapel Hill is a small town, but during the cherry blooming season, it is docorated like a charming girl. Very sweet!

Since I am just grad student, I can only tell you the general condition there. UNC is not far from Duke, there are basically 3 universities around that "triangle" place, which is famous for the new booming technology industries.

Vanderbilt is also a very nice one. It is like an orange and apply question, a little different is, in the game, Money plays some weight.

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vaccination

lz可以分享一下背景吗？第几round申请的？感激

hanhardy

UNC 有那么差么？ Vanderbilt 有那么好么？一身冷汗。

bettywushh 能不能post 点详细信息，UNC 曾经一度是我考虑的对象，看来选校还是有很大盲目性，那么，对不满意的学校何不从开始就置之门外？

bettywushh

以下是引用hanhardy在2007-3-7 0:40:00的发言：

UNC 有那么差么？ Vanderbilt 有那么好么？一身冷汗。

bettywushh 能不能post 点详细信息，UNC 曾经一度是我考虑的对象，看来选校还是有很大盲目性，那么，对不满意的学校何不从开始就置之门外？

I never say UNC is a bad school. It is definately a good school. My point is, it is more up to the indivdual's effort on success.

高兴

现在才看到这个贴，抱歉没有早一点回复。

我绝对不赞同上面某位同学所说的Vanderbilt (Vandy)是烂校的说法。虽然UNC的排名比Vandy靠前，但到如今已经上完3/8 MBA program的我从来没有后悔过当初自己放弃UNC, 选择Vandy的决定。这大半年来，我在Vandy, Owen school的经历90%是very positive的，虽然有一些小小遗憾（可以通过Owen blog www.owenbloggers.com进行了解，我和我的同学都有谈到这个话题），但我看到学校一直在聆听我们的声音，也一直在不断努力改善。

当初我选择Vandy的原因主要是：1。 Full scholarship; 2。Owen alumni。 第一个原因不说自明，MBA 两年$75,000 tuition不是个小数目.I appreciated Vandy's generous finanical support and I took it for a recognition of my value to the school. How nice it is! 据我有限的了解，Vandy在奖学金的资源方面远比UNC来得充足，而且Vandy strategically uses the resource to attract outstanding students。 在我的班级里就有好几个跟我一样放弃了UNC的admission。

高兴

第二个原因，Owen alum are terrific. 当我在Vandy和UNC之间左右为难时，Owen alum gave me a nice push on my decision. 他们通过各种方式为我提供信息，帮我联系教授来解答关于学业方面的问题，联系海内外的相关校友来解答我的关于就业方面的问题，这些都给我留下了深刻的印象。相比之下，UNC给我的印象是比较arrogant, 有点“你来不来无所谓“的意味。当然这个可能只是我个人的经历，but small things really make a difference.

Owen alum 的热心肠不光是体现在对prospective students上, 更重要的是对在校同学找工作的帮助方面。在我的summer internship job search中，我受到了众多校友，包括在Apple, FedEx, Heinz等等知名公司工作的校友的热情相助。因为Owen student body相对较小，所以同学和同学之间，以及同学和校友之间联系比起大规模的学校要来的紧密得多。

高兴

另外，就找工作而言，学校的CMC service诚然重要，但我的经历告诉我个人的background/experience, language/communication capability and personal networking 才是决定性的因素。

Vandy 和UNC在就业机会上差不多， 因为都是在Southeast region, 所以这两所学校经常和其他几所在同一区域的top business schools (such as Emory, Duke and Virginia）一起举办职业论坛（招聘会），吸引大公司前来面试招聘。今年1月在Bay area 举行的West Coast Forum 和3月在Atlanta 举行的Southeastern MBA Schools Interview Forum就是很好的例子。

要承认的是，UNC的on campus recruitment的机会比较多一点（尤其是IT行业），毕竟UNC MBA班级的规模是Vandy的1.5倍而且排名靠前，但如我前面所说，personal networking 更为重要。很多的机会都是在个人的人际交往和网络的搜索中发现的。最后，是个人的素质和能力决定你能否找到好的工作，而不是学校的招牌决定。