A final request, could some other insiders like luckyocean give me some sought of comparison between USC and OSU? Thx first. In exchange, I could share something I know about UW. UW admits 3 per year, with an assistantship of $27000 for 12 months. The admission UW's program is almost totally in charged by Tony Whited. My personal feeling is, Tony welcomes students from, say, not so famous universities. There are two students from such universities in last two years. So if you think your university doesn't have a big name, you should put UW to your application list. UW-Madison (as well as U Iowa) is a typical state-own university, big and wide. If you don't like crowded city like me, UW-Madison is a good place to stay for 4 years. The B-School is located even better. It's a couple blocks away from State Street, the main resteraut street of Madison. Two blocks away, there's a gym center with good swimming pool. Within the B-school, the Actuarial &RMI department and accounting department is a big deal. Maybe you can take advantage of it if your have some related research interest. The economics qualification at the end of the first year is a tough one,so pay extrem attention to those advanced econ classes that you gonna take within the first year. Well, that's all I can think of now. |