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Also: I was going through my spreadsheets and found this great article highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of all the b-school rankings. Further, the article also goes on to give you a spreadsheet based on the US News data that you can play around with to develop your own rankings by changing the weights.

Article: https://www.dealmaven.com/community/blogs/student/archive/2007/08/15/mba-admissions-101-mba-rankings.aspx

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dosa,
did u use any rank models??? I see that ur first ranking (not the excel), u just added the individual scores...

The results can be significantly different if u use ranking models..
just my thought.. but i see your point.....
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Tell me, and I've brought this point up quite often in my posts here, is the whole point of an MBA to get a job with McK or Google?
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For me, yes, and that on an international basis, too.



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And I find it slightly ridiculous to insinuate that a program that one has never heard of cannot be a quality one. It's like saying a small liberal arts college you've never heard of can't give you as good, if not better, an undergraduate education as the Ivy League - which is certainly not true.
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As this was apparently aimed at me, I beg to differ :) . As I want to go into consulting I need to put myself into the shoes of the recruiting people of my possible future employers. And there is one aspect that is really simple in consulting in my home country: If they havent heard of the school where you got your MBA, they might not even invite you to interview. End of story. So yes, it IS important to go to a program that is know. Brand Awareness is everything in this market. Although the inherent quality of a small unknown program might be there, no doubt.

Do you know what I mean?

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I haven't spent time looking at the numbers more closely, but I suspect the "top" US Schools lose out significantly on the following:

Women board: 1%
International faculty: 4%
International student: 4% I think a lot of the European schools have more than half their classes feature international students?
International board: 2%
International mobility: 6%
International experience: 2%
Language: 2% Is there any school that has a second language requirement - The Wharton Lauder program notwithstanding?
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You re most certainly right about that. Looking at the number US schools lose on this terms, although I agree with kry in saying that the American population is so diverse that even though people are considered nationals, the ethnic backgrounds are still offering variety.
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You re most certainly right about that. Looking at the number US schools lose on this terms, although I agree with kry in saying that the American population is so diverse that even though people are considered nationals, the ethnic backgrounds are still offering variety.
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Maybe so, but having met many Americans from different parts of the USA, the difference is negligible when compared to people from different countries. Or even from countries where there is a bigger discrepancy between rich and poor, where there is completely different spoken languages in the same country. e.g. India and China. There is a big difference between an Indian from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, likewise there is difference between chinese from Beijing, Shanghai to Guangzhou more so because there spoken languages are different. Most people don`t even know that Bangalore speaks Kannada people assume its Hindi.

There is diversity in all countries, even in a small country like the UK, east, west north, south and midlands have their own culture. But to someone from abroad, the difference is negligible in the `big picture`. The whole idea of an international leader who works in a global multi-national companies which the like of Mckinsey and Google will be like, is that the individual is used to working in a multi-national diverse environment. To me, working with Americans from all over the States is not diverse enough. Fortunately most US schools also have 30-40% internationals. I certainly wouldn`t apply to a school that is less than 20% international.
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Interesting reply from Haas representatives on BW:

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Interesting analysis on the FT rankings. Specifically, I like his explanation as to why ISB and other schools were ranked high.

https://onwardtomba.blogspot.com/2008/02/financial-times-ft-2008-mba-ranking.html
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Dosa thats pretty interesting...except his top 10 seems off to me. Kellogg isnt on there but Columbia, Tuck, and Duke are. Ross isnt either and seems most people put Ross above Duke and possibly in the long run it will overtake Tuck because of the size difference.
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Oh yeah- I dont agree with his top 10 either but was just looking at his explanation for certain international schools to have jumped in ranking.


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Dosa thats pretty interesting...except his top 10 seems off to me. Kellogg isnt on there but Columbia, Tuck, and Duke are. Ross isnt either and seems most people put Ross above Duke and possibly in the long run it will overtake Tuck because of the size difference.
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