Prologue: I am a Brandeis alumus, my wife is applying for schools. She saw this post and asked me to contribute.
IBS is a pretty new program, started out in early 90s, since it's concentrated in international (which is very unique), no official MBA rankings. But you won't regret coming here. First of all, job placement is superb (career service is working very hard helping students), not only because Boston is a financial center in Northeast with a lot of opportunities, but because Brandeis enjoys a very high reputation in finance world (did I mention Brandeis has deep Jewish connections?) and of course in academia: it's the youngest research university in America. That's a prestigious group. Yes, this school is ranked way above Boston College not to mention Boston University.
Graduate students population: abt 35 from China, 20 from France, 15 from USA, others including Turky, Japan, Taiwan...Faculty quality is very high as you would expect from a Boston area schcool. This program is very international oriented...so they love international students. You wont experience a deep culture shock as I did in my previous school. After all, Boston is very much like China. Heard "People's Republic of Cambridge"? , should I like it? 
about your award, it's rare they pay you more than 50% of tuition (that means you're very good), most of the students got 25%. So dont come if you are shy of money, and Boston is very expensive to live, trailing behind only New York and California. A lot of students survive by working part-time on campus. Well, once you get here, you always can work out...
Post if you have specific questions, wish above would help.
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