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shiny_iv

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

nyer15

Sorry I have to correct my previous mistake. We have strong presence in HK in term of the whole Georgetown Univ alumni network, but relatively weak for MBA ones. Dont be shy away from my statement.  Our HK alumni club is extremely generous to offer us help in our job search.  They want to bring MBA program to a higher level, which means that MBA is still part of the close-knitted community.

For a marketing focus talent, it is also hard to land a job here in the US.  Think about culture barrier, and you'd know what I am talking about.  For example, do you know what "Jack in the box" is about and its history? Culture barrier truely exists.  In my humble opinion, the best move for this type of talent landing a job in US is to find a job that requires you as a contact window with Chinese clients.

You can google "china georgetown alumni" and you will find what you want.  I am more familiar with HK alumni club

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/20 21:23:42)

nyer15

About location:
DC is just 4hr of drive from NYC.  Which city do we go for networking or job interview? NYC for sure.  At DC, you can find some NGO like the World Bank or other government related jobs.  But everybody knows that NYC is the ultimate place to go for job search.  Also because we are in DC, many potential employers do come stopping by at our school for campus recruit or info session.

qizuko

Thanks for sharing! I am R2 applicant, still waiting for update.

pacificocean11

确实是真知灼见，谢谢2位热心前辈的指点迷津

Cortega

在美国做marketing非常困难，比finance和consulting的难度都要大，建议你将找工作主要精力放在跨国大公司在国内的office。无论申请什么工作，你要想清楚一个问题，你和你的美国MBA同学相比优势和劣势在什么地方，你有什么本钱让美国公司聘用你而不是招一个美国人，多想想怎在申请中突出你如何利用之前在国内的工作经历为公司创造价值

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/20 21:23:42)

piaoguo2000

Hi, nyer15, thanks for your information. I am now on the wait list of the admission queue for Round I and I'm preparing an additional essay hoping to get ahead in the wait list. This uncertain situation brought me a lot of stress about my MBA application process. Can you give me some suggestions for this situation? Do you think an additional recommendation letter will be more helpful?
As MSB is always my first choice, I really want to join this community.

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Keep your faith.  Actually I was 2nd-round waitlist and finally got admitted at the last minute. Or you can probably get other better admission.  Dont worry.

nyer15

See the message in your mailbox for some details.  And you say GU is always your first choice. Why saying so???? it may be a good point for you to stand out.  Also, think about what u can bring to the community.  If you can contribute something to the program, that may help. Please dont BS anything that you could never accomplish.  I am doing what I've promised in my essay

[quote]
Hi, nyer15, thanks for your information. I am now on the wait list of the admission queue for Round I and I'm preparing an additional essay hoping to get ahead in the wait list. This uncertain situation brought me a lot of stress about my MBA application process. Can you give me some suggestions for this situation? Do you think an additional recommendation letter will be more helpful?
As MSB is always my first choice, I really want to join this community.

Keep your faith.  Actually I was 2nd-round waitlist and finally got admitted at the last minute. Or you can probably get other better admission.  Dont worry.

-- by 会员 piaoguo2000 (2011/1/21 8:20:00)

hellooasis

Sorry, this question is out of my scope.  I dont work in back office

Basically, getting in IBD or S&T in US is still possible, but very very very TOUGH.   Given on what I've seen in our school, no Chinese students got invited to IB internship interviews.  But please dont give up hope if that is truly the destination you want to go for the rest of your life.  Under the circumstance with weak economic strengh and high unemployment rate, remember to "be flexible."  What I want to say is you never know what's gonna happen three years from now.  I assume that the eco would turn way much better than it is now.  Chances would be bigger.  The thing you can do now is to get in you ideal school, stick tight to your goal, and work on it til the end.  For now, I think the biggest chance to find a finance-related job in US is to get a job as internal control, or auditing-related jobs. These jobs requires high skills but few oral communication with others.  We have better chances in these jobs than in IB or S&T.

We have solid relationship with JPM, CITI,BofAML, and AE.  Goldman starts to recruit our people for interns and Morgan Stanley starts to hire us for full-times. -- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 9:58:29)

谢谢LZ答疑！

针对LZ所说的这两句话，我想确认一下：虽然Goergetown跟这几个银行关系紧密，但中国学生还是基本进不去吧？或者说IBD和sales&trading部门（在美国的office）完全没什么希望了？那像equity research一类的，甚至更后台的部门，有希望么？

-- by 会员 hellooasis (2011/1/20 11:45:50)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 12:02:10)

谢谢热心的LZ！

进一步问一下：也就是说学MBA finance方向的中国同学找的一般都是内部审计（internal audit）的工作？另外，记得比如像GS有个Finance部门，MS有个Financial Control Group ,请问类似这种Finance部门有中国学生进去吗？LZ可否介绍一下这类工作？

-- by 会员 hellooasis (2011/1/20 12:24:52)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 13:20:47)

果然干前台和干后台的之间没什么交流。LZ原来是front office，IBD的？

shiny_iv

Hi Cortega, 谢谢！你的指点直指中国人在US找工作的核心问题^^ 的确在美国继续marketing的职业还想有好的发展非常困难，我也充分地思考过这个问题，所以正在积极做些相关的准备让自己不至于被圈在一个过于窄小的选择范围内。接下来半年我会做一个biotech VC的前期调研项目，也会考CFA。将来的定位是做市场部的pricing strategy或直接转finance相关的职位。
有关nyer提及的方向，譬如找一个跨国公司对中国市场的相关职位，请问你目前接触到类似的机会有多少？目前US有类似雇人需求的公司多吗？我完全不了解……求教

在美国做marketing非常困难，比finance和consulting的难度都要大，建议你将找工作主要精力放在跨国大公司在国内的office。无论申请什么工作，你要想清楚一个问题，你和你的美国MBA同学相比优势和劣势在什么地方，你有什么本钱让美国公司聘用你而不是招一个美国人，多想想怎在申请中突出你如何利用之前在国内的工作经历为公司创造价值

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/20 21:23:42)

-- by 会员 Cortega (2011/1/21 1:48:35)