cheetarah1980 wrote:
finmaster wrote:
Well, it depends. Here's how I zeroed on on the schools I am going to apply to:
2. I'm not going to spend $160,000 on a not-so-good school. I'd rather not go for the MBA. That pretty much limits the schools to the top 15-16 of the rankings.
6. For me, personally, fit is important but it is not something I'd base my decision to apply on. If, touch-wood, I get admitted to more than one program, then probably fit will kick in.
As of now, when I am at the application stage, fit doesn't matter. I want an MBA from a top school, fit or no fit. As long as I remain an applicant without an offer form a top MBA program, I will consider myself a beggar and beggars can't be choosers.
In short, fit, to me, is a utopian concept which kicks in only when you have more than one admit from a top program in your hand. As long as I don't have that, I won't be in a position to explore that utopian concept.
There are very good schools outside of the top 15. Schools ranked 15-25 all offer a decent level of career opportunity on a national basis and are extremely strong within their respective regions. They also have smart and driven students. It would a mistake to think that just because a school is outside of the top 15-16 that it's a not so good school.
Also, if you don't assess fit before applying the school will do it for you when reading your application. Schools do expect you to understand YOUR fit with their program. If you haven't bothered to assess it for yourself it will show in your application. At many schools that's a fast way to land yourself in the ding w/o interview pile. A little more legwork up front can pay off dividends in terms of the effectiveness of each application you submit.
1. Of course there are some very good schools beyond the top-15. However, as you continue to move down, the chances of getting good/great post-MBA employment will only slim further. You have to draw a line somewhere.
Here, see this,
https://poetsandquants.com/2011/11/28/fi ... a-interns/Of course it's for interns and of course it's for 2011. Nevertheless, it gives a pretty good idea of what's in the mind of the top companies in the world.
15 is just a number. It could just as well be 16, 17 or whatever. Point is, you have to draw a line somewhere.
2. I didn't say I wouldn't assess my fit to the school. I said I won't base my decision to apply on it. I'm assessing how to portray my fit with the school, not whether I should apply to the school based on fit.
I think fit is a very fluid concept which can be defined in any number of ways.
Anyways, what's good for the goose, might not be good for the gander. I was obviously talking about myself. I'm desperate to get into a top MBA program this year. I won't base my decision to not apply to a school because I don't find the fit.
Once, touch-wood, I get accepted into more than one school, then I will probably base my decision on fit. Simply put, beggars can't be choosers.
BTW, don't you think that most of the criteria I listed above also form 'fit' for me?
I mean what is fit? It is nothing but how well a school can satisfy your ambitions, right?
My ambitions are all summarized above. Any school that helps me in the above listed points, is a great fit for me.
Fit is an adaptive concept. All I want is great employment opportunities post-MBA. That's it. I don't want anything else.
If I'm not good enough to adapt even that much to the circumstances of the school that admits me, honestly, I don't deserve to be a manager.
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12 Jul 2012, 00:04
