Hi everyone!

I have been reearching this progam, and it looks really interesting. I especially like the Enterprises where you can work with real clients as part of the program.

The only problem seems to be that this is perceived as a regional school, with great connections to the companies in the Twin Cities but nothing else.

What do you think about the career opportunities for international students getting a job in the US, in the Twin Cities or elsewhere? I would appreciate hearing if anyone on these boards have some knowledge about Carlson.

I'm currently a first year student at Carlson and i'll try to address some of the issues that you have mentioned.

The enterprises are a great part of the overall program and gives you a great way to interact with real clients and apply the concepts that you'll learn in class.

There are many career opportunities in the twin cities for domestic students and some of them hire international students. The biggest complaints that most international students have is that the biggest employers around the twin cities do not hire international students and that can be looked upon as a problem. However, career services has been doing more to help locate more jobs and employers outside the twin cities area and with a small class size at Carlson, they do offer more personalized career coaching to individuals.

I don't think finding a job is easy but it's not much easier anywhere else either. As an international student, you do have to put more effort and time into the job search. Still, the international placement rate is pretty high for this program.

If you have any more questions about the program feel free to post here or send a message. I'll try to answer them as best as i can

I haven't actually "joined" my enterprise yet because we start out enterprises in the spring semester. However, I'm very excited to be joining the Consulting Enterprise in the spring and working on their projects. I have heard a lot of good things from alumni and second year students about the enterprise program and how valuable it was for them. You can also have the opportunity to select the project that you will work on so that also helps with finding the perfect project that fits your future goals. From what I heard and experienced, I strongly believe that enterprise will be tremendous help for my job search because I'm a non-traditional candidate that can fully utilize the knowledge and experience that I gain from the enterprise.
Due to the smaller nature of the program, you do have a very close and personal relationship with the many of the staff/faculty at Carlson and that could be a huge advantage to help you get a job. I have heard from some of the alumni that they were able to locate their jobs with the help from the enterprise directors.

I got my decision last year in the email first and then in the mail. However, i was located overseas so I was not given a phone call.

This year there was some talk about calling the admitted students but i'm not 100% certain.

For finding the result out early is unlikely from what the admissions told me but anything could happen

Got the call today as well. Excited about the opportunity as Carlson has a fantastic program and the people are great. Long ways to go in my MBA decision process but I feel great about Carlson!

I got a call before Christmas. Did anyone else attend the Fall Preview in October? I enjoyed it.

Scholarships come with the Welcome Packet in the mail. I'm anxious to find out myself; I hope the packet comes soon.

I figured they may not be sent out till the Jan 15 hard deadline? I may reply to my email and ask, I'm anxious!

I went to the fall preview event also! During my admissions call I asked when the packets would be mailed out - she thought they would be mailed sometime this week. I'm anxious to see mine too!

Nothing yet, I'm guessing Monday or Tuesday.