In @ MIT & Kellogg, which one to choose?

hertz

cong!!

Behemoth

First of all, welcome to the Sloan family!

Secondly, for your question about going into VC upon graduation, I would recommend Sloan to you based on the following reasons:

1. Program: As mentioned before, Sloan is famous for entrepreneurship and therefore has a strong connection with the VC community. Classes such as New Enterprises, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Early Stage Capital (just to name a few) will definitely be of great help for you to understand the industry. Also, prominent professors in the field will be valuable assets. For career resources, there are also databases where you can find all the VC/PE information and contacts.

2. Location: Boston is a place where many VC firms are located. Hence, there will be extensive opportunities to interact with top-tier VC firms either on or off campus.

3. Activities: VCPE Club is one of the most active clubs at Sloan. Various kinds of activities such as VC speaker series, breakfast talks, entrepreneurial competitions ($100K), and seminars are waiting for you to explore the VC industry.

Since the skill sets required by consulting and VC industries are a bit different, consulting might not be necessary for you, especially given your extensive w/e. Whichever industry you choose, I believe it's the person who make a difference in others' perception. If there is any other question, feel free to contact me. I would be more than happy to answer your questions!

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summerchen

Maybe Kellogg.

VC/PE is a industry hard to get in, then refer is very important.

K的校友在国内做VC/PE的非常多，但是MIT的听说的比较少一些。 更多校友refer，就可以有更多的机会。仅供参考！

fiddlelover

cathy, 多谢你的建议!

我从中文转EE其实没什么神奇的, 要感谢我的母校. 我们学校的中文系非常有趣, 高数普物数字电路都是必修课. 所以master的时候稍微补两门课就过关了. 我的中文倒是不怎么样.

以下是引用pwjcathy在2008-4-9 0:52:00的发言：

先祝贺一把，这种烦恼是一般人要不起的，：）

关于VC，提供一点个人见解：

1）MIT的创新非常强，也和MIT的整个大campus结合的很好，想想有很多vc的program就在你身边。呵呵。再者boston也是智库所在地。

Kellogg不是很了解。

2）建议lz发信给career service要一些毕业数据来比较，比较solid。还可以想办法去找current students问，比如cd的在校生答疑post。

3）最后，lz能不能share下怎么从中文 转到ee的？实在太令人好奇了。

Best wishes！

fiddlelover

多谢dove. 可不可以请你介绍一下你是怎样进入VC这个领域的? 想知道要向哪个方向努力.

我可不可以选择做个VC里的好人呢?

以下是引用dove_hp在2008-4-9 1:53:00的发言：
I'm working for a US VC firm in SH. Based on what I see and learn, I would say MIT would make you a competitive candidate for VC. It's because MIT is labelled for its entrepreurship, while Kellogg Marketing. As we all know, VCs care more about entreprenurship. But personally speaking i don't like the MIT style that much. All my MIT co-workers or interns are obnoxious. So are their professors. On the contrary, the Kellogg people are just NICE! it also depends on if you want to be a jerk VC or a nice marketing person after graduation.;)

More importantly, congratulations!

fiddlelover

以下是引用Behemoth在2008-4-9 7:40:00的发言：

First of all, welcome to the Sloan family!

Secondly, for your question about going into VC upon graduation, I would recommend Sloan to you based on the following reasons:

1. Program: As mentioned before, Sloan is famous for entrepreneurship and therefore has a strong connection with the VC community. Classes such as New Enterprises, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Early Stage Capital (just to name a few) will definitely be of great help for you to understand the industry. Also, prominent professors in the field will be valuable assets. For career resources, there are also databases where you can find all the VC/PE information and contacts.

2. Location: Boston is a place where many VC firms are located. Hence, there will be extensive opportunities to interact with top-tier VC firms either on or off campus.

3. Activities: VCPE Club is one of the most active clubs at Sloan. Various kinds of activities such as VC speaker series, breakfast talks, entrepreneurial competitions ($100K), and seminars are waiting for you to explore the VC industry.

Since the skill sets required by consulting and VC industries are a bit different, consulting might not be necessary for you, especially given your extensive w/e. Whichever industry you choose, I believe it's the person who make a difference in others' perception. If there is any other question, feel free to contact me. I would be more than happy to answer your questions!

Behomoth,

Thanks a lot for your reply! Those are all very solid points. With all the info I've gathered, I think Sloan should be the right place for me.

Are you currently a student at Sloan? Thank you again for the help you've offered. I think I will have a lot of questions for you soon. :-)

fiddlelover

看到这么多热心的回贴很感动. 衷心的感谢每一位为我出谋划策的人. 希望和大家多多交流.

鞠躬!

morningwilliam

两个学校差不多...鉴于楼主是mm，可以考虑来Kellogg...呵呵

sy029

以下是引用fiddlelover在2008-4-9 15:08:00的发言：

cathy, 多谢你的建议!

我从中文转EE其实没什么神奇的, 要感谢我的母校. 我们学校的中文系非常有趣, 高数普物数字电路都是必修课. 所以master的时候稍微补两门课就过关了. 我的中文倒是不怎么样.

看来是工科院校...而且中文学位很Diversified

pwjcathy

以下是引用fiddlelover在2008-4-9 15:08:00的发言：

cathy, 多谢你的建议!

我从中文转EE其实没什么神奇的, 要感谢我的母校. 我们学校的中文系非常有趣, 高数普物数字电路都是必修课. 所以master的时候稍微补两门课就过关了. 我的中文倒是不怎么样.

 

恩，我的母校的文科倒是强的出名，但是就是一点理科也不碰。连高数也没有。遗憾。

听说这两年改了。从个人发展来讲，大学本科到底是应该专还是博，始终是一个issue。

以我之见，哪一天中国高中的career service做好了，那么就专。否则还是博的好处多阿。