Olin's program is more for advanced managers that the program is more sophisticated and extensive http://www.olin.wustl.edu/MBA/Academics/index.cfm?sid=48&tid=59 Notre Dame is more for entry-level that the curriculum and concentrations are quite fundamental and have major improvement opportunity http://www.nd.edu/~mba/academics/twoYear/concentrationTracks.shtml you can see Notre Dame's program is not that complete even the most demostrative marketing is short of some key elements such as the most critical core in marketing are missing: market research and consumer behavior, CRM, Channel Management, ricing, and marketing communication. while you can see Olin is very complete. Although St. Louis City is not good in terms of security they have the segregation program that many white St. Louisans live in better-off south St. Louis City or have moved into the better-off suburbs (so-called white flight). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_social_issues_of_St._Louis,_Missouri http://safety.fizber.com/Missouri/St-Louis-County-Sheriff/ South Bend, Indiana where U of Notre Dame located is not good, either, and is catching up in crime rate http://safety.fizber.com/Indiana/South-Bend/ just stay in safer area where white people reside, and stay away from the high crime rate area. It's the same rule with any other part of the States. while St. Louis County is the safest place in the U.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri |