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J5D
Joined: 16 Oct 2014
Last visit: 11 Apr 2016
Posts: 35
Given Kudos: 10
Concentration: Strategy, Organizational Behavior
Schools: Marshall '17 (M) Anderson '17 (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q44 V42
WE:Project Management (Energy)
21 Jun 2015, 01:54
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21 Jun 2015, 01:55
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"With admits from both schools that I applied to, I have agonized over USC and UCLA all month. Their admit pre-MBA orientation falls on the same weekend, so I don't really have a chance to check out both schools in full. That said, I have already decided to withdraw my application at UCLA and have submitted my deposit for USC.
Note that UCLA is higher ranked, has a better career center, arguably has better professors and a better MBA program, is in a prettier part of town, has better name recognition nationally and internationally, will probably have a smarter, more experienced incoming class, and will make me a better person. However, USC fits better with my long term goals, which will require a strong network with deep pockets to tap into. Also, I don't plan on leaving socal, so I don't need the UCLA brand. If I wanted to work in the Bay Area in tech or on the East Coast, I would have chosen Anderson without hesitation. USC has plenty of recognition in OC/LA, so that's enough for me.
I also want to mention that USC weirdly has a lot of entrepreneurs. Frankly, USC doesn't strike me as an innovative school and it's been sliding in the rankings. Anderson is the one that's always "thinking in the next" and has TED talks and has the cool curriculum and all that, but somehow USC has billionaires (5 of them, see here, UCLA nowhere on the list) and a shark tank week and CEOs and executives crawling all over the place in socal. Maybe this is premature, but based on the people I've met and already know, I've come to the conclusion that UCLA makes innovators that can work, while USC makes innovators that can network. And if business has taught me anything, it's not what you know -- it's who you know.
Thus, I've decided to move forward with Marshall. That and they also gave me a fellowship, so the money factor makes it a no-brainer. UCLA is still a fantastic, awesome school of dreams and I am so grateful for the opportunity. I've met students and alums that have become good friends and advisors. But Marshall is simply a better fit, and I am super excited to join the Trojan family." - J5D, Current USC Marshall Student, Class of 2017
Note that UCLA is higher ranked, has a better career center, arguably has better professors and a better MBA program, is in a prettier part of town, has better name recognition nationally and internationally, will probably have a smarter, more experienced incoming class, and will make me a better person. However, USC fits better with my long term goals, which will require a strong network with deep pockets to tap into. Also, I don't plan on leaving socal, so I don't need the UCLA brand. If I wanted to work in the Bay Area in tech or on the East Coast, I would have chosen Anderson without hesitation. USC has plenty of recognition in OC/LA, so that's enough for me.
I also want to mention that USC weirdly has a lot of entrepreneurs. Frankly, USC doesn't strike me as an innovative school and it's been sliding in the rankings. Anderson is the one that's always "thinking in the next" and has TED talks and has the cool curriculum and all that, but somehow USC has billionaires (5 of them, see here, UCLA nowhere on the list) and a shark tank week and CEOs and executives crawling all over the place in socal. Maybe this is premature, but based on the people I've met and already know, I've come to the conclusion that UCLA makes innovators that can work, while USC makes innovators that can network. And if business has taught me anything, it's not what you know -- it's who you know.
Thus, I've decided to move forward with Marshall. That and they also gave me a fellowship, so the money factor makes it a no-brainer. UCLA is still a fantastic, awesome school of dreams and I am so grateful for the opportunity. I've met students and alums that have become good friends and advisors. But Marshall is simply a better fit, and I am super excited to join the Trojan family." - J5D, Current USC Marshall Student, Class of 2017
You can read full admission debrief of J5D here: my-usc-ucla-mba-app-experience-196564.html#p1518022
mbadream16
09 Aug 2015, 06:55
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Has 2016 admission window opened? I did not find any option to apply for FT MBA 2016?
