Columbia EMBA Global

Hi,

I'm a current student in the program and would beg to differ.

The average tenure of someone taking the course is 10-12+ years of working experience, so we are on average 7-8 years beyond the quant grind of being a junior analyst. Additionally it is a global program so the English of a Brazilian or Russian managing director might not be on par with a 22 yo US grad student, but I would personally rather learn with a person that actually manages $5B than a guy who has slightly less of an accent and 5% faster DCF skills. It is really a matter of focus and timing. If you are trying to enter the bottom of the workforce, and grow with your network over the next 5-10 years then a FT program is probably best.

If on the other hand you know that you can de/re-lever a beta or calculate the spot rate on a synthetic future in a foreign currency (albeit not as fast as an interest rate trader) but instead want to know how the real world works at the C-Suite level then an EMBA might be a better fit. For example you'll have a network that is already both mature and globally connected (I currently have a network that spans Columbia, London, Berkley and HKU beyond my original network), and learn the higher lessons of management that would be wasted on a 22-26yo just entering the food chain, etc.

David S.
Current Columbia / London
Global EMBA 2012