美国的成功人士给我选校建议，为何与CD网上前辈差异巨大

dj100

美国的成功人士给我选校建议，为何与CD网上前辈差异巨大

虽然她没有读的MBA专业，但她已经成功地在美国创办自己的公司，非技术类公司，现任CEO，主要开展中美之间的业务。

我现在倾向选择 univ. of minnesota, 他是我申请的排名最高的学校，三个月就业率91%而另外的一个给了全奖的学校，三个月的是65%.

我也咨询过另外两位在美国就读的MBA，他们给我的建议是选排名最好的学校。其中一个MBA还非常后悔没去上top5 MBA. 不过，他们没有签证的压力，因为本来就已经在美国读书了。我想不通他们和她，为何结论会有如此大的差异，

下面是她给我的回复email,因未征得她的同意，似乎也不好去征求她的同意，所以我去除信中的个人信息，为避免对其他学校的不尊重，其他学校隐去了名字，希望大家谅解。

感觉非常困惑，再次谢谢大家。

Hi AAA,

It depends on what you want in the future. If you want to go back to China and to be hired by a good international company, I will say go to Minnesota, because it can give you more prestige to step into the door. ( That is what I see the value of a prestige school.) But if you want to stay in US and start something new by yourself or want to be hired by a regular company to start with and move your way up, then you should choose DDD because a NBA is a NBA. Besides that full scholarship can help you to obtain the visa which also very important.

If you don't like the school, when you get more familiam with the school system in US, you can always drop it and change to Minnesota.  Let them know because the financial difficulties that you have to give up the school of your dream and to see if they can help you with other resource ( You may even do it now when you decide to turn down the school)

I understand it is a tough decision but you have to see what is your strength and weakness.  A good school is also means high pressure. If you expected to find job to make up the tuition, it can be very difficult. Even you can find one, you may not do it legally or may not have time to do it, because English is you second language and US is very different culture from yourse.

That is just my personal opinion, and you have to make you mind based on what you want for your future.

下面是我的原email.

Dear BBB,

I greatly appreciate your experience and helpful advices. Based your information, I will try to accustom myself to the cold weather.

Regarding the financial aids, laceType w:st="on">Univ.laceType> of laceName w:st="on">MinnesotalaceName>, placing 21^st, has awarded me a 1/2 tuition waiver scholarship while CCC, placing 23^rd, only 3500USD. So the former will be better.

Additionally, other Universities, such as laceName w:st="on">DDDlaceName> laceType w:st="on">UniversitylaceType>, which places 90^th in US News MBA ranking and locates at EEE, have awarded me a full-tuition waiver scholarship with month stipend.

Although I hear that it is very tough for international students to pursue a job at such tie 3 or tie 4  B-schools, however, full-tuition waiver scholarship may be very helpful for my application for US visa. Is this true? What is your opinion about the choice between high ranking and full-tuition waiver scholarship, such as between laceType w:st="on">Univ.laceType> of Minnesota and DDD Univ.?

Thank you once again.

CCAML

CD上前辈们的建议是什么？

dj100

CD上前辈就是说去排名更高的学校，

我记得前些天有位CD同学还有在不知名的MBA学校学不到什么 东西

thankceleste

有机会去最好的，为什么不去？

dj100

我也是想去排名靠前的，

怎么看这个已经到了美国许多年的阿姨，说法不同呢

dj100

感觉真是个老问题，记得我看到一个去年的老帖子，

一个老前辈对于这个问题是这么说的，

说

几年前幸好他自己选择了UIUC，一个上升的program,

说现在care排名远远多于 学费。

印象好深刻。

borisbecker

倒是有过来人劝我不要那么执着。说学校到头来都是“殊途同归”。

dj100

倒是有过来人劝我不要那么执着。说学校到头来都是“殊途同归”。

要是都这么想就好了，

judy_zhaoli

看了楼主的帖子，觉得还是说大实话比较好。我觉得你咨询的那位女士给你的意见是比较中肯的，她希望你结合自身优劣条件来考虑选校问题。

记得有个朋友说他只给他在英国的儿子100万人民币读书，多出来的部分他不管。OK，如果你也是不用为钱操心，那么尽量选择自己喜欢的、排名高的读，因为有钱人读个书尤其是文学艺术等，都是相得益彰可以理解的。

在美国人的心里，名校是常春藤，按商学院学生的期望，再扩展到TOP15而已，其他的都是地区性学校，毕业后大多在本州就业，所以你的朋友说后悔没读TOP5也是有道理的，你咨询的女士叫你不要介意排名也是有理，因为她已经一分为二地给你说了排名在美国和中国观念上的差异，和你考虑是否留美。你可以综合自己对经济状况、学校所在位置、毕业后规划考虑择校问题。毕竟在美的成功人士7成不是知名商学院毕业的，但是难道他们就不挣钱么？

如果你在签证的时候，还是把求学目的明确和归国计划说好听点容易理解点，不要让签证官觉得你是冲着奖学金去的，那容易让他感觉你的移民倾向。其实我自己都要下个月才签

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-4-13 12:57:28编辑过]

dj100

谢谢你的指教。感觉这个就象小马过河一样，

得结合自己的情况来看这些问题