拿到brandeis的offer了

maacid

我现在就在brandeis,但不是读商学院。但准备申请2008的mba.

这个学校的名气在美国很大，是比较主流的学校，但在中国，好像不是那么出名。

国际商学院（ibs）其实经济学在美国是很出名的，有兴趣地可以查一查排名。它以前的很多master在纽约的投行作到很高职位了，所以比较照顾后面的毕业生，包括mba. 像今年有去雷曼兄弟的，就是内部介绍的，职位是不对外公开的。大家以后来了就知道了，美国投行，律所和咨询公司的老板几乎有一半是犹太人。这也是brandeis毕业生的优势。我上次去kpmg纽约实习面试，有个partner听说我是brandeis的以后，就和我很亲切。不过后来没去，也是我自己的原因，这里不说了。当然，大家能去前三十的，还是去前三十的。但如果再往后走，就不一定了。因为今年象匹兹堡大学就不是很好找工作，有中国学生就没有找到。有时候排名也不能说明问题。

maacid

还有就是中国人多是事实，大约20%左右，但不是mba，是整个商学院，不过，只要在美国的同学们都知道，那个商学院的中国人不过呢，虽然mba可能中国不多，但整个商学院中国人一定是最多的。我知道uiuc的商学院，中国人的比例就更高

OKMBA

Maccid, thank you for the new input. Yes, in China few people hear of Brandeis, and due to the information limitation, applicants pull a relative high weight of ranking in deciding what programs to go.

Ranking is important, so is the location. Brandeis enjoys a great place, in Boston, and a nice network from the Brandeis' alumni. Career/job placement situation is always the most important criteria for almost every ranking, so if Brandeis can maintain its good performance in this regard, we can expect to see Brandeis take a nice place in the major rankings soon. 

Good luck to you for your application of 2008 MBA. If possible, please bring us more updates on the career placements, especially for Chinese students there.

OKMBA

以下是引用maacid在2007-5-7 22:15:00的发言：
还有就是中国人多是事实，大约20%左右，但不是mba，是整个商学院，不过，只要在美国的同学们都知道，那个商学院的中国人不过呢，虽然mba可能中国不多，但整个商学院中国人一定是最多的。我知道uiuc的商学院，中国人的比例就更高

What is the downside to have 20% Chinese students? One would be that some Chinese students do not bother themselves speaking English?

Speaking of oral English ability, do you think that such a community stops an effective improvement in oral ability? How do you think the language ability for most Chinese students in Brandeis?

maacid

I think so. Too many Chinese Students will impact negatively on your English practice.

However, as far as I know the students in Brandeis have a very good spoken English. In fact, you have a lot of chances to practise your English in an English speaking country.

hedge

请LZ介绍背景,thx

OKMBA

G 730/5.0, bad T score, GPA 3.3+

Very ordinary working experience, mainly in the financial and accounting function

Age may be a big issue in application in other top schools

OKMBA

以下是引用maacid在2007-5-7 22:42:00的发言：

I think so. Too many Chinese Students will impact negatively on your English practice.

However, as far as I know the students in Brandeis have a very good spoken English. In fact, you have a lot of chances to practise your English in an English speaking country.

An immensed experience in only English speaking environment will force a person to be a fluent English speaker. If we can count on other language in communication, our efforts will be allievated and therefore the effect will be compromised.

However I believe a person can decide who to blend with and what language to use to achieve the dedired effect.

maacid

you mean you are too young to apply other schools or too old (sorry)

maacid

as for the rank of ibs of brandeis I want to add something. it doesn't rank very low. actually you can not find ibs at all in the mba rank list coz it is too young. I hear that it will appear in the list in 3 or 5 years.if it will,I think it should be categorized as top 50 at least.