Broad vs Olin vs SMU COX

Congrats on your admits.

I think your concerns are valid about people not reporting their salaries. Potentially indicating they were not very competitive but you have to give credit to the school for publishing that statistics despite it being suspicious.

Would you brother in Texas be able to help Aejaz work and find a job? Is he established enough or is he also student? Having a family and support network nearby is super helpful. I would not ignore or discard that, especially if your brother can introduce you to other people that you can net work with and potentially get a lead for a job….

In terms of choice and programs, I think I would agree with you with most of your assessments except the Europe and Asia thing. That is totally fun but completely useless to your main task which is finding a job. I know you want to learn and I know you want to become more competitive applicant and you want to experience a lot of things And I think that’s valid but those are not helpful for finding a job. No employer would get excited about you spending a month in Asia or a semester in Europe. It’s cool and fun and cost money but not helpful in employment. I did a semester abroad and I did an exchange program, most MBA programs have bunch of partner schools. I would be surprised if Cox and Brad did not have them. However, The timing of the exchange can be challenging and can interfere with your recruiting. It interfered with mine 😬

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