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sayandeepbasak1
Joined: 10 Sep 2014
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Location: Canada
Concentration: General Management, Strategy
Schools: Boston U '18 (A$) Olin '18 (A$) Tippie '18 (A$) HEC Dec '17 (A$) MBS '18 (A$) Desautels '18 (A$) Schulich Jan '18 (A)
GMAT 1: 720 Q49 V40
GMAT 2: 680 Q48 V34
GPA: 3.75
WE:General Management (Commercial Banking)
Schools: Boston U '18 (A$) Olin '18 (A$) Tippie '18 (A$) HEC Dec '17 (A$) MBS '18 (A$) Desautels '18 (A$) Schulich Jan '18 (A)
GMAT 2: 680 Q48 V34
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23 Jan 2016, 00:20
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Dear All,
I've secured admits from the following schools:
1. Olin with a scholarship of $40000 including all semesters (Cost of Tuition: $107000)
2. Boston University with a scholarship of $70000 (Cost of Tuition: $95000)
3. Tippie with a Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistance covering my entire tuition fees
4. HEC Paris with a scholarship of 8000 Euros (Cost of Tuition: 56000 Euros)
5. Manchester Business School with a scholarship of 20000 GBP (Cost of Tuition: 41000 GBP)
6. McGill with a scholarship of 20000 CAD (Cost of Tuition: 80000 CAD)
7. Schulich (Cost of Tuition: 89000 CAD) The scholarship decision is yet to come but I am really hopeful considering the feedback on my profile during the interview process
I have an overall work-ex of 6.5 years, 1 year as a Chemical Engineer, 1 year as the Head of Community Development & Outreach in a local NGO and 4.5 years in Banking and Financial Services. Presently, I am employed as a Branch Manager at Union Bank of India in West Bengal, India.
My post MBA goal is to move into Consulting and I intend to join a global consulting firm within its strategy and operations practices. I want to keep my options open of continuing in Banking and Financial services domain by joining a Management Associate Development program in a large bank. However, I don't want to compromise on my long term goal of coming back to India and work for the development of Indian SMEs through consulting / banking.
My priorities are as follows:
1. Ability to work abroad for a few years to gain valuable global experience that can boost my CV and help me pay off my education loan
2. Cost of the program (Tuition + Living + Opportunity Cost) since I have opted to finance my studies through loan and family savings
3. Brand / Reputation / Ranking of the school
4. Strength of Alumni network in various parts of the world
I urge all my friends on this forum to voice honest opinions help me finalize my decision.
I've secured admits from the following schools:
1. Olin with a scholarship of $40000 including all semesters (Cost of Tuition: $107000)
2. Boston University with a scholarship of $70000 (Cost of Tuition: $95000)
3. Tippie with a Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistance covering my entire tuition fees
4. HEC Paris with a scholarship of 8000 Euros (Cost of Tuition: 56000 Euros)
5. Manchester Business School with a scholarship of 20000 GBP (Cost of Tuition: 41000 GBP)
6. McGill with a scholarship of 20000 CAD (Cost of Tuition: 80000 CAD)
7. Schulich (Cost of Tuition: 89000 CAD) The scholarship decision is yet to come but I am really hopeful considering the feedback on my profile during the interview process
I have an overall work-ex of 6.5 years, 1 year as a Chemical Engineer, 1 year as the Head of Community Development & Outreach in a local NGO and 4.5 years in Banking and Financial Services. Presently, I am employed as a Branch Manager at Union Bank of India in West Bengal, India.
My post MBA goal is to move into Consulting and I intend to join a global consulting firm within its strategy and operations practices. I want to keep my options open of continuing in Banking and Financial services domain by joining a Management Associate Development program in a large bank. However, I don't want to compromise on my long term goal of coming back to India and work for the development of Indian SMEs through consulting / banking.
My priorities are as follows:
1. Ability to work abroad for a few years to gain valuable global experience that can boost my CV and help me pay off my education loan
2. Cost of the program (Tuition + Living + Opportunity Cost) since I have opted to finance my studies through loan and family savings
3. Brand / Reputation / Ranking of the school
4. Strength of Alumni network in various parts of the world
I urge all my friends on this forum to voice honest opinions help me finalize my decision.
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23 Jan 2016, 04:42
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Congrats for admit. Now you became global student to secure admit from 4 countries 
. I will try to throw my 2 cents.
When I think which to rule out, I will start to think in post mba opportunities in that country.
1- France is really expensive and you need to be fluent in French to continue live there. The French economy suffers a lot. The unemployment rate is high.
2- UK imposed new rules that make employment tough and unfavorable after graduation. So companies and corp's are reluctant to sponsor any international students.
3- Canada now welcomes new immigrants due to the new government. You need to check the immigration rules and laws for graduate students because Canada keeps changing its rules. However, the economy is not that good. My friends and relatives talk a lot about getting jobs. Both schools possess great reputation inside Canada.
4- Actually that live you with USA which actually, an MBA make real change in career.
In light of ranking Olin is much higher than Boston and Tippie. In terms of quality of education, Olin has more reputation than Boston and Tippie.
Actually, Tippie is some kind of isolation school which is not known for management consulting or IB. On the other hand, being in Boston means you are close to many financial services and IB but with fierce competition with Columbia, Stern, Wharton and other big schools. In its Employment report, only 11 % went to financial service and can't see any IB. Regarding consulting, 25% went to consulting. It seems 2nd Tier (Deloitte and pwc).
In Olin, 11% went to consulting and only 4% went to IB.
The above represents my view. There are other consideration such your financial ability and loans (think in H1B visa). Also, it is up you desire to where to live and work. In terms of alumni, I think that Manchaster may have alumni in your country in case you would like to return. You should ask or search for it. Also, I advise you to approach student sin Boston and Olin and ask them about the opportunities and difficulties.
I know it is complex decision but this is life.
P.S. i have attached employment reports for Boston and Olin
good luck.
. I will try to throw my 2 cents.When I think which to rule out, I will start to think in post mba opportunities in that country.
1- France is really expensive and you need to be fluent in French to continue live there. The French economy suffers a lot. The unemployment rate is high.
2- UK imposed new rules that make employment tough and unfavorable after graduation. So companies and corp's are reluctant to sponsor any international students.
3- Canada now welcomes new immigrants due to the new government. You need to check the immigration rules and laws for graduate students because Canada keeps changing its rules. However, the economy is not that good. My friends and relatives talk a lot about getting jobs. Both schools possess great reputation inside Canada.
4- Actually that live you with USA which actually, an MBA make real change in career.
In light of ranking Olin is much higher than Boston and Tippie. In terms of quality of education, Olin has more reputation than Boston and Tippie.
Actually, Tippie is some kind of isolation school which is not known for management consulting or IB. On the other hand, being in Boston means you are close to many financial services and IB but with fierce competition with Columbia, Stern, Wharton and other big schools. In its Employment report, only 11 % went to financial service and can't see any IB. Regarding consulting, 25% went to consulting. It seems 2nd Tier (Deloitte and pwc).
In Olin, 11% went to consulting and only 4% went to IB.
The above represents my view. There are other consideration such your financial ability and loans (think in H1B visa). Also, it is up you desire to where to live and work. In terms of alumni, I think that Manchaster may have alumni in your country in case you would like to return. You should ask or search for it. Also, I advise you to approach student sin Boston and Olin and ask them about the opportunities and difficulties.
I know it is complex decision but this is life.
P.S. i have attached employment reports for Boston and Olin
good luck.
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01 Feb 2016, 22:14
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Those are some really impressive results. It's great to know what kind of scholarships are offered and how they compare to tuition. Thanks for sharing.
