HI venky...as a student in the exec-mba program at columbia i can tell you one thing..columbia isnt the school for general management..i would say a majority of my classmates hail from finance and intend on going back into that field...
having said that..i am myself am i techy with corp strategy background...and only picked columbia cuz it was in NYC where i live and just didnt want to move out..
ur profile is good for any school..but my advice to you is to focus on harvard..its a clear winner for general mgmt...i have only 2 people in my cluster who are from consulting..so that should tell you a lil about the school..
as for columbia i think its a great program overall...negatives are if u are like me a type A alpha male..u will fit right at home..there is no real leadership development at columbia..and u can tell that most of the alum are not CEOs of fortune 10 companies..
venky1979 wrote:
I saw your post on columbia.
I just need some info. You say that a lot of companies leave out columbia in their list.
Do you mean that Industry does not consiider this to be Ultra elite?
My profile is
GMAT 730 (97 %)
6 years in IT services Industry with 3 years in middle management
Interested in General management specialising in strategy.
I am applying to Harvard,stanford,mit,wharton,queens,Insead,chicago,columbia,carneige mellon, tuck school
In order to ensure chances of admission i was thinking of applying to Early decision in columbia though there is no reason why i would prefer it over other schools.
Please advise iF columbia MBA equivalent if not better than harvard, stanford and other ultra elites.
Regards,
venkat