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24 Mar 2020, 10:23
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Hello Everyone,
Was accepted to both SMU Cox with a slight scholarship and Georgetown McDonough Part Time programs. In either case I will be moving to either Dallas or DC and continuing my current career in ERP implementations/solutions within the federal government space leading a project team of 16 (and growing). Currently a consultant level but hoping to get promoted to manager soon. After my MBA I'm hoping to switch to commercial strategy/management consulting and eventually become a partner.
Given I want to shift to commercial consulting is there one school that is better / provides better outcomes? From my research both schools get recruited by many of the large consulting firms, im already in one so I dont think making the jump will be difficult. Also dont have a real location preference, I just want to have a nice life wherever I am both throughout school and afterwards.
Georgetown Pros:
Overall School Prestige
Interested in government and foreign policy
Higher caliber of student which will help push me
SMU Pros:
Average consulting salary when adjusted beats Gtown
Program done in 2 years
Lots of upward momentum around the school - strong strategy curriculum
More individualized
Cost of living
Georgetown Cons:
Cost - 30k more expensive than SMU (I'm paying all on my own)
3 year program
Feel may be more limited to staying with govt consulting
SMU Cons:
Limited brand to Dallas area and not much further
Felt I was slightly ahead of the average student
Gamble on rankings future?
Thanks everyone for your help!
Was accepted to both SMU Cox with a slight scholarship and Georgetown McDonough Part Time programs. In either case I will be moving to either Dallas or DC and continuing my current career in ERP implementations/solutions within the federal government space leading a project team of 16 (and growing). Currently a consultant level but hoping to get promoted to manager soon. After my MBA I'm hoping to switch to commercial strategy/management consulting and eventually become a partner.
Given I want to shift to commercial consulting is there one school that is better / provides better outcomes? From my research both schools get recruited by many of the large consulting firms, im already in one so I dont think making the jump will be difficult. Also dont have a real location preference, I just want to have a nice life wherever I am both throughout school and afterwards.
Georgetown Pros:
Overall School Prestige
Interested in government and foreign policy
Higher caliber of student which will help push me
SMU Pros:
Average consulting salary when adjusted beats Gtown
Program done in 2 years
Lots of upward momentum around the school - strong strategy curriculum
More individualized
Cost of living
Georgetown Cons:
Cost - 30k more expensive than SMU (I'm paying all on my own)
3 year program
Feel may be more limited to staying with govt consulting
SMU Cons:
Limited brand to Dallas area and not much further
Felt I was slightly ahead of the average student
Gamble on rankings future?
Thanks everyone for your help!
24 Mar 2020, 11:17
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Congrats on your admits. If you were interested in Gov consulting work work then DC and the line of Gov-Tech businesses that line the freeway from Dulles into the district would definitely appeal. This would be so easy of a post 
Are you sure you don't want to keep working in Gov/IT related field and possibly switch to Raytheon/etc down the road? Would make my job of posting easier 
One thing about DC (before COVID-19) at least is that it has horrible traffic and cost of living is expensive if you want to live close to your work/school. Would it make your life miserable if you were going to Georgetown - would you be able to work and live close enough to Campus to make your commute manageable? That's my biggest concern for Georgetown, otherwise, it is in a very good spot - if economy takes a nose dive, you will always have a job since Gov work will be busy. If Economy recovers, you can then get an offer elsewhere as easily. Moreover, you will be in touch with many of your classmates who will work for a variety of DC firms and Fed gov locations - I feel the caliber of opportunities they can introduce you to would be better than in Dallas. Gnpth, anything you want to weigh in on here?
My concern for Cox is that it is regional and small program. Their FT recruiting is not great and PT recruiting would be non-existent. It would be something you would have to do on your own completely and limited within the Dallas area.
Do you have a personal network in either East Coast or Texas areas? If you do, that may be helpful to rely on for recruiting.
P.S. Have you spent much time in either DC or Dallas?
Are you sure you don't want to keep working in Gov/IT related field and possibly switch to Raytheon/etc down the road? Would make my job of posting easier One thing about DC (before COVID-19) at least is that it has horrible traffic and cost of living is expensive if you want to live close to your work/school. Would it make your life miserable if you were going to Georgetown - would you be able to work and live close enough to Campus to make your commute manageable? That's my biggest concern for Georgetown, otherwise, it is in a very good spot - if economy takes a nose dive, you will always have a job since Gov work will be busy. If Economy recovers, you can then get an offer elsewhere as easily. Moreover, you will be in touch with many of your classmates who will work for a variety of DC firms and Fed gov locations - I feel the caliber of opportunities they can introduce you to would be better than in Dallas. Gnpth, anything you want to weigh in on here?
My concern for Cox is that it is regional and small program. Their FT recruiting is not great and PT recruiting would be non-existent. It would be something you would have to do on your own completely and limited within the Dallas area.
Do you have a personal network in either East Coast or Texas areas? If you do, that may be helpful to rely on for recruiting.
P.S. Have you spent much time in either DC or Dallas?
24 Mar 2020, 11:43
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Congrats on your admits. If you were interested in Gov consulting work work then DC and the line of Gov-Tech businesses that line the freeway from Dulles into the district would definitely appeal. This would be so easy of a post Are you sure you don't want to keep working in Gov/IT related field and possibly switch to Raytheon/etc down the road? Would make my job of posting easier
One thing about DC (before COVID-19) at least is that it has horrible traffic and cost of living is expensive if you want to live close to your work/school. Would it make your life miserable if you were going to Georgetown - would you be able to work and live close enough to Campus to make your commute manageable? That's my biggest concern for Georgetown, otherwise, it is in a very good spot - if economy takes a nose dive, you will always have a job since Gov work will be busy. If Economy recovers, you can then get an offer elsewhere as easily. Moreover, you will be in touch with many of your classmates who will work for a variety of DC firms and Fed gov locations - I feel the caliber of opportunities they can introduce you to would be better than in Dallas. [/b]Gnpth[/b], anything you want to weigh in on here?
My concern for Cox is that it is regional and small program. Their FT recruiting is not great and PT recruiting would be non-existent. It would be something you would have to do on your own completely and limited within the Dallas area.
Do you have a personal network in either East Coast or Texas areas? If you do, that may be helpful to rely on for recruiting.
P.S. Have you spent much time in either DC or Dallas?
Are you sure you don't want to keep working in Gov/IT related field and possibly switch to Raytheon/etc down the road? Would make my job of posting easier One thing about DC (before COVID-19) at least is that it has horrible traffic and cost of living is expensive if you want to live close to your work/school. Would it make your life miserable if you were going to Georgetown - would you be able to work and live close enough to Campus to make your commute manageable? That's my biggest concern for Georgetown, otherwise, it is in a very good spot - if economy takes a nose dive, you will always have a job since Gov work will be busy. If Economy recovers, you can then get an offer elsewhere as easily. Moreover, you will be in touch with many of your classmates who will work for a variety of DC firms and Fed gov locations - I feel the caliber of opportunities they can introduce you to would be better than in Dallas. [/b]Gnpth[/b], anything you want to weigh in on here?
My concern for Cox is that it is regional and small program. Their FT recruiting is not great and PT recruiting would be non-existent. It would be something you would have to do on your own completely and limited within the Dallas area.
Do you have a personal network in either East Coast or Texas areas? If you do, that may be helpful to rely on for recruiting.
P.S. Have you spent much time in either DC or Dallas?
Thanks for the thorough reply! Being in government consulting already, I can feel the grip tightening and know that soon after my MBA I'll be past the point of no return to switch to commercial consulting. If anything I think I would switch to the commercial defense consulting space having clients like northrop, raytheon, lockheed... That is pure commercial is still optimal. But at this point I know I do not want to continue having federal clients down the road. Right now I have a security clearance so that does = job security
In both situations I am travelling to Pennsylvania every other week for one year but then after my current project commitment is done I am more free (which is when I want to start switching to commercial consulting). I already have a fairly robust network in DC through my current line of work I am there a lot, so im familiar with the area and the cost lol. But currently no network in Dallas.
I think in Dallas I can still develop the network fairly quickly to make the connections I need to get a new role after SMU. I've been there once and absolutely loved it, I can see myself enjoying my time there but I still view it as a stepping stone to another city, as I dont like staying in one place for too too long. I've never lived anywhere for more than 5 years.
