My experience at SOM

Experience during the program

I thought it was an eye-opening, expansive experience as far as my understanding of traditional top-tier MBA programs go. The student body is warm, incredibly bright, fascinating background-wise, and motivated to help each other get through the rigors of the first year curriculum. The curriculum itself is a bit too theoretical and not practical, even though as an intellectually oriented person I found everything fascinating and new. The real benefit in my experience was the amount of people from unconventional backgrounds who had to band together and really help each other out, and those bonds have lasted past business school for sure.

As I was looking to go into food and beverage niches post-graduation, the program was a nice mark on my resume and profile as a candidate for some positions and opportunities, but not directly correlated with my ability to find opportunities. It was a lot of DIY for me, granted I was going into a niche area.

About professors, classes and curriculum

It's very academic in terms of the main subject areas, and while fascinating, does not always lend itself to post-MBA practical skills. but I believe it is being fine-tuned for more of a practical orientation.

About job placement process

The big names are Amazon, Pepsi, the IB names from new york, and a bunch of social enterprise/nonprofit foundations, charities, organizations, cultural entities.

Overall BSchool experience (3.0)
Schools contribution (3.0)
Classmates rating (4.0)

Strengths of the program:

Student body, diversity
Alumni Network
Brand/Ranking

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Finance
Investment Banking
Social Enterprise

Can be improved:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Career opportunities provided by school
Culture & Student Support