hi guys,

i'd appreciate your advises on B-schools for younger (22-23) applicants.
is it worth to apply to decent schools?
any advises on second tier b-schools?

i'm not unexperienced, though most part of experience i was getting during university years.

my pros -

1)2.5 years in Fortune 10 company. Quite good progress of responsibilities, though I didn't have supervisor position.
started with summer internship and shortly was delegated serious tasks.

2) while working 40+ hrs/week, i was studying in the university (part-time). i was the only student in my department who managed to do so and my GPA is 3.8 for Master diploma, and 3.6 for Barchelor.

3)proven leadership activities in student organizations etc. etc. etc.

4) I still hope i could do gmat 700+

my cons -

1) almost ALL working experience was obtained during studying as I graduated summer 2003.

2) I had to quit my job in winter 2004 and relocate to US, so I'm unemployed now. but - I volunteer for international student organization here.

would appreciate any info from you.
if you have a friend who got into top 20 almost after the college, please write about him/her!
if you know that it's impossible, please write also.

thank you Scott!
good luck to you too.

Hjort, thank you for advice!

yes, i'm looking for MS programs as well, but almost all bus schools that are situated in locations appropriate for me teach any business majors in business schools, at MBA programs, not MS

there are MS or MA in majors such as public relations or communications etc, but i'm not sure if that's what i need
however, i keep looking and thank you for feedback!

hi again Hjort,
thank you!

i'm looking for schools in Atlanta metro area or
NY & Boston metro or San Francisco metro - in other words, near big cities with developed job market.

i'm interested in -
MS in International Business/Management/Marketing/
Finance

actually i'm not sure about Marketing, though it's extremely interesting for me, but i learned that for internationals it could be tough to find a job in this area (due to lack of cultural understanding etc)

in Atlanta area there is a good university - Emory, but they propose either MBA or PhD in Business or PhD in Economics, or undegrad studies in these areas, that's all. no MS.

MS programs in Georgia State don't have a rank at all.

I'm thinking about Georgia Institute of Technology as well, but their business program has 43th rank...

as an international student who wants to work in US after graduation, i don't have any options but to get into really impressive program...

here is my draft list of univers:

#6 Columbia University -NY
#12 UCLA -CA
#14 New York University (Stern) - NY
#14 Yale University - Connecticut
#18 University of Southern California (Marshall)-CA
#19 Emory University (Goizueta) -GA
#42 Boston University
#43 Georgia Institute of Technology -GA

i would appreciate your feedback very much

thank you, Hjort!

what does "GSAL" mean?

as i know, there are only MBA&PhD programs at Yale SOM.
Carnegie is 6 hours from NYC. too far.
(i'm still tied to big cities where my husband could have a job)

thank you for inspiring me

thank you Hjort - it's an idea.