snigdha1605 wrote:
Hello,
I have gotten admits for the following universities -
Kelley (waiting for packet with info on scholarship if any)
UIUC (Scholarship $)
Foster ( No scholarship)
Smeal (GA + Stipend)
My post MBA goal is to get into Management consulting.
Plz advice which school would be good esp for an international student wrt job placements.
Thanks in advance!
Kelley and Foster are the only two good enough to get you into MC...although not good enough for MBB recruiting. Check the employment reports (and contact the management consulting clubs if need be) to see how many people got taken for Deloitte/Accentures/PWC/etc, and if it MC or support type of roles.
Edit: I'm bored at work so I did it.... Foster sends 21% of people to consulting at median salary of $100k, Kelley sends 21% into consulting at a median base of $120k....this can be a bit misleading though (2 or 3 more hires from Foster could've sent their median to $120k), and school-wide they have similar average salary and similar student bodies. Kelley looks a bit better for consulting, but not extremely better. Since they are so similar, you should probably go with the region you want to work. Kelley is mid-west and Foster in North West, at a school of this tier, you won't have much ability to move outside this regions. I'd still recommend reaching out to their management consulting clubs and getting the figures for top mba consulting mba employers.