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The full-time MBA program is structured in a mod term, 1 mod is around 3 months, within those months students will have to take 3 classes (eg: 1st mod we get statistics, economics, and accounting) altogether which makes the 1st year quite hectic. At the end of every mod, students will face a real business challenge to leverage knowledge gain from those 3 courses. Overall the material and delivery are excellent.
I have no problem in securing a good intern and tech job at Forbes 500 company. Some older review discussing poor career center, but I found that it is not the case anymore, the career center is proactive and helpful.
The student body is excellent, rather young (average 27) but most have an impressive background prior to MBA, a mix of professional and entrepreneur. Overall I enjoy my time there. Go BU!
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Full-time 2 years program, with 1st year common curriculum in 3 first quarters, and then optatives from 4th quarter onwards. A rather small program (150 students separated into 3 different cohorts). Strenghts in healthcare, tech, and non for profit areas, with lack of distinctive strength in the rest. Career services practically useless. Good brand recognition in the Northeast and in California, basically non-existent in the rest of the country. As an international student, it was helpful because it allowed me to find a job, but not thanks to the connections in Questrom, but only to the MBA title itself. Student body is diverse (nationalities and background), although not impressive. Main concept here is teamwork, and being humble.
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School was great from an academic perspective, i learned a lot. School does not provide a lot of networking opportunities and the alumni network is very week. Career services were unhelpful unless you wanted to go into consulting. Brand in healthcare is strong, but your personal network will get you farther than BU's network in getting a job.
BU focuses on a few key pillars, particularly healthcare and public/non profit. I was a healthcare management student at BU. BU has strong relationships with the provider material, but has a very hard time placing students in healthcare industry jobs. Most people who end up in those spaces do it on their own. Limited help with internships and job placement. Far too much focus on global business, which is ancillary for the healthcare market. I would look elsewhere if you are not interested in Healthcare/ IT Management/ Non-Profits. Faculty pushes you towards consulting jobs. Know what you want before you go here.
Classes and professors are excellent, especially in marketing and strategy
At BU you will be on your own when looking for a job. Network for minority students/non white students could be much much stronger.
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I am happy about my selection of Boston University primarily because it did not cost me anything. As a full tuition scholarship student, I am in a fortunate position and feel I can be slightly more objective. The complaints about career opportunities here are true - but fed by a misunderstanding that it is similar at many other schools. No, you will not get handed a job here. No, you will not get handed intelligence here. You need to work hard for both the former and the latter, and you have to do a lot of it on your own. Understand what business school is, and Boston University will serve you to the best of its ability. The faculty could be better, the administration varies from excellent to abysmal, and at times fellow students might seem to be phoning it in. But Questrom is what you make of it. Make it great. I can see Questrom easily rising to a position of far higher prominence with key changes in policy, admission decisions, and faculty structure. Fingers crossed they make it, and that you who attend contribute to that positive push as well.
Work hard. Pay attention. It is easy to perform at an excellent level if you dedicate yourself - though with a huge caveat that at least two professors I experienced are clearly happy with their tenure and honestly make the entirety of academia look bad with their lectures, grading, and general attitude. Avoid them (you can hopefully figure out who they are) and you will be happy.
You have to do it on your own. There is support from the school, but no one gets handed a job coming out of BU. Same can be said for every other b-school - a friend at HBS post-graduation had to work for free for six months before getting a paid position. BU is the same but a little worse, I guess. But the talk of being unable to break into a certain level coming out of BU is not accurate - there are Questrom MBAs at all of MBB. But they got themselves there, for better or worse.
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This seems bad. I am having to choose between Questrom and Simon, and leaning on Questrom for its location, it'd be good to stay in a big city to network for my career. But after reading this review I'll have to think again :D
The first year curriculum is organized in a quarter system (known as Mods at BU). The final 2ish weeks of each Mod culminate in a final project. As a result, there is a limited amount of teaching done in each subject. While this may be fine for courses that most students have taken previously (e.g., statistics), some students leave other courses feeling as if they learned nothing. The value of the end of mod projects are also questionable.
Something that BU emphasizes is the importance of working in teams. That aspect of the program has been positive and I have enjoyed learning more about my fellow students.
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Hi @Cooperfoley
Many thanks for your review; this makes me more confident in my decision to join Questrom this fall. Especially about the career center part, glad to know that this has improved.
And congratz on your graduation and all the best with your next chapter!