2-tier non-us B schools

Question

Hi guys,

I just want to start this thread to get an idea of which one is better or the best (if possible) of the 2-tier non-us bschool. It is very clearly that there is no need to discuss who is better, e.g. LBS, Insead, IMD etc. So far good international schools in 2-tier that i can come up with are: 
Oxford, Camb, HKUST, NUS, HEC(?), IESE, Ivey.

Because of my gmat and WE, i'd like to apply for these schools and i will be applying for HKUST for sure. Could anyone just share more lights on this topic?

akshathbs · Answer

don't mean to offend you but seriously dude ..Oxford, Camb, HKUST, NUS, HEC(?) -2nd tear?? which world are you living in ?

skahuh · Answer

Gotta love a comment that beings with "don't mean to offend" and ends with "in which world are you living?" Nice! :lol:

anaik100 · Answer

what is ur basis for deciding 2nd tier school?

bsd_lover · Answer

You may find this thread useful ranks-and-clusterings-of-various-international-b-schools-78320.html

shaselai · Answer

ended.... i guess 5-10 us schools are "2nd tier" too ? anyway, if you do tiers at least to by rankings of 10s or 20s... But i think international schools are "less known" so maybe the tier is a bit higher due to that?

Jeanette · Answer

I think there's a definitional problem here.

shaselai · Answer

i think he will have "trouble" getting into 2nd tier schools with his gmat. guess try 3rd tiers.

Jiang · Answer

Thanks @bsd_lover, i guess my scope includes "Elites" and top one in each regions. Personally i think schools such as LBS, Insead and IMD (lot of arguments for IMD here

) can be recognized as 3 to 7 in US, so they are out of the scope. If you talk about this in US, i guess it will be between 10 to 20. Sorry to bring up this "tier" thing, i guess near-elite and other regional schools can be categorized as 3rd tier. I will definitely apply for 2011 HKUST. However, i heard from someone that big names such as Oxford is better. I am not sure what "better" means here, probably they provide awesome class or just coz their brand?

shaselai · Answer

i beleive oxford is 1 year mba... so prob not as many recuiting opportunities and internship as 2 years

2-tier non-us B schools

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