gmattester123 wrote:
YourDreamTheater wrote:
I'm no expert, but it seems like it's hard to calculate a school's value outside of the country it exists within. If you want to work in Asia, go to HKUST. If you want to work in the United States, go to Yale. Aside from a few worldwide brands (HBS, Stanford, Wharton, LBS, maybe a few more), a school's value drops significantly outside of the home country. Even these worldwide brands (HBS, Stanford, Wharton, LBS) won't carry as much weight abroad -- but the drop isn't quite as significant.
In short -- I ignore worldwide rankings because it's almost impossible to compare them. It's all about perspective
Isn't Yale a worldwide brand? I thought Yale is known quite well world wide...
There's a difference between a university brand and a business school brand. Sure, Yale has a great university brand (undergrad, law. etc.), but the business school isn't the same caliber (yet) as the other parts of the university.
There are plenty of other examples of top schools with b-schools that aren't quite up to par. Cambridge and Oxford come to mind.
This entire concept holds much more weight if you want to go into a field full of MBAs where your potential employers will know about the business school you come from. If you're going into a field where business school isn't the normal path, then overall lay-person prestige may hold more importance.