Owen (Vanderbilt) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants!

I accepted my admission offer last week. I will be attending in the fall.

Hello,

My school list looks very similar to yours; I have been applied to most of the same schools as you. Why did you choose Owen in the end? My two concerns are:
1) many of the finance/consulting jobs seem to be in the healthcare sector.
2) many of the companies that students took a job at don't have vanderbilt listed as target schools on their websites.

I will be matriculating this fall as well.

Owen is very very selective with applicants hence they get an amazing class each year with 170-180 students. Being small in size it is very close knit.
Eagerly looking forward to meet my would be classmates in Apr during Admitted Students weekend.

Great!! Congrats buddy!!

What is ur profile?

11 Feb was the deposit deadline for R1 accepted candidates - I reckon Owen AdCom to start getting more active for R2 people (6th Jan round) pretty soon.

Good luck, people! And congratulations to those who've decided to matriculate at Owen. It's a great school

Well I want to end up in the south. I have scholarhsips from all of them but Vanderbilt stuck out to me in terms of the tight knit community. I also think the school is on the rise. Are you doing consulting or banking and what is your background?

Also what schools on my list are you accepted to?

Hello,

My school list looks very similar to yours; I have been accepted to most of the same schools as you. Why did you choose Owen in the end? My two concerns are:
1) many of the finance/consulting jobs seem to be in the healthcare sector.

They are health care focused in recruiting but that is because they are known for that. People come specifically to the school to do health care. The place a ton of people at deliotte which is a core. Citi is a core. Plus baml, jpm, ubs, suntrust all come to school to recruit.

2) many of the companies that students took a job at don't have vanderbilt listed as target schools on their websites.

I dont think this should be looked at as a negative. Vanderbilt has a uncanny ability to place people at a ton of places. The fact that they place people at non-target schools should excite you not scare you.

I am thinking the same thing. The South is the big draw. I need a break from the North. Owen's community and "core values" are what really draw me. The students and staff I have spoken to have been very helpful. Then again so have the other schools. I work in wealth management now and would like to stay in Finance, but move into something else so I can make a bigger impact. Moving other people's money around doesn't do it for me anymore. I want to help build something, not necessarily from scratch, but help create real long-term wealth in the world.

Hi,
I had been interviewed on the 30th of Jan,2014 and haven't heard back anything from the college. Does that mean a rejection? Approx how many days after your interview did you get an admit??

Same Here..I have had been interviewed on 4th Feb 2014. What i see from the R1 guys on this forum is that they received the decision around the notification date...we have to wait till 14th March...The wait is killing....

thisisatestonlyatest,

I read your post on the Which School to Attend board. It was a good read going through your decision process.

Have you come to a decision or closer to a decision?

Not yet. I'm still interviewing at schools. I will wait until I hear back from every school first, even if I'm 95% sure of where I'll end up.

Both are correct! Unfortunately, if you are not in healthcare the range of possibilities is limited. Not all companies that visit Owen hire for all the positions and functions. For example, most companies hire only for HR positions.

Consider this carefully!

1) Deloitte hired a ton of Owen students? 2 or 3 for strategy and operations and another few for human capital! Not sure what you mean by "core"...

2) If recruiters and companies don't come to campus, it is very difficult to get an interview.

So 5 people were placed at Deloitte last yr which is pretty high considering the class. People also went to Bain and mckensey. 21% of the class went to consulting and 17% was to management strat , 4% healthcare consulting. Core means they have a standing relationship with Owen and hire their students.

As far as finance they avg about 8% into ib. Thats decent considering you are outside the m7. Cornell only puts about 11-12% and they are in ny. Citi is a core school again go look it up predator.

Something is fishy about predator. You just joined today and are talking relatively negative about your own school. Hmmmm . You don't know your own core recruiters and you stated that companies that come to you school dont really come. I would take predators info with a grain of salt.