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09 Apr 2020, 00:48
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chand2211
Hey, question for any other admits or applicants. Anyone else worried about how much more COVID19 will affect a one year program such as Judge compared to two year programs? With only one year and perhaps a couple months online, I'm concerned about career prospects? Haven't put my second deposit down and so just wondering what people think. Thanks
I'm in the same situation as you. Haven't paid the second deposit yet. Honestly, it is way too early to tell. If the situation worsens in your home country or in the UK, we won't even get the visa, in which case our admission would likely be deferred. If the situation improves, you'd still be right - the world would be in a recession and our career prospects would be poor. But who knows how the economy would look like in Sep 2021. Maybe it would be in an upward trend. I guess that's the risk we'll need to take. Hopefully, the brand of Cambridge would give us an edge in the market.
26 Apr 2020, 11:56
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chand2211
Hey, question for any other admits or applicants. Anyone else worried about how much more COVID19 will affect a one year program such as Judge compared to two year programs? With only one year and perhaps a couple months online, I'm concerned about career prospects? Haven't put my second deposit down and so just wondering what people think. Thanks
I'm in the same situation as you. Haven't paid the second deposit yet. Honestly, it is way too early to tell. If the situation worsens in your home country or in the UK, we won't even get the visa, in which case our admission would likely be deferred. If the situation improves, you'd still be right - the world would be in a recession and our career prospects would be poor. But who knows how the economy would look like in Sep 2021. Maybe it would be in an upward trend. I guess that's the risk we'll need to take. Hopefully, the brand of Cambridge would give us an edge in the market.
Hmmm... no option looks good right now. The biggest risk is, in my view, rashly rushing ahead with this September at the full fees, and then a second wave of the virus strikes. This would put us in the same unfortunate position as the current cohort.
With my limited knowledge of other pandemics in recent history, a second wave is a virtual certainty.... and so I'm not sure this September is a great idea.
26 Apr 2020, 18:16
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I know R3 admits have another month to decide, but at this stage I am leaning towards putting in a formal request for deferral. I feel that starting in Sept 2020 for a 2 year programme would be more favourable at this stage than a 1 year programme. My understanding is that there are several companies that would usually come to recruit on campus during Oct - Dec. A Cambridge alumnus told me that they start the recruitment drives almost from week 2. I honestly can't see a lot of the usual companies focussing on growth or hiring the same number of interns/associates this year, given that many of the current MBA cohorts worldwide have had their job offers postponed. But say if MBA applicants were not sure about their current job security, you might as well proceed with the programme; upskill yourself and build your network to give you an edge for when the market does recover.
