LBS 2012 - Calling All Applicants

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Well, I would refer you to the two posts above by "wheretogo'. Those posts clearly mention the spin a school might want to give. The fact of the matter is all future Non-EU students will need an employer to sponsor them - cap or no cap or anything else is a matter of detail for companies, their HR and lawyers to sort out. And not all companies will have that kind of resource infrastructure. Refer to the posts by "wheretogo" above again. In any case, why would companies sponsor a foreign candidate to work in London when there is an extremely large pool of EU candidates of suitable calibre available locally. Lets not kid ourselves. Overtly or covertly, there will be always be preference for EU workers. As for small companies they would never bother with this kind of bureaucracy and hassle. Simply put, there does not exist a level playing field anymore for foreigners.

Reality is - It will be more difficult to recruit foreign MBA workers as compared to EU MBA workers.

What do you have to say about the mood of pessimism at campus as has been describes by an LBS student himself in businessweek (posted above). Students struggling to find good jobs. Career service trying to temper expectations rather get students into decent roles. The student author praying for his classmates whom he leaves behind at LBS. Ridiculous stuff.

Brand - What good is a brand if it cant fetch students that one thing for which they want to be associated with a particular brand. It seems LBS brand is particularly good at extracting money out of students and giving very little in return.

I wouldnt even bother comparing INSEAD with LBS. Suffice it to say INSEAD is in the league of Harvard and Stanford, and people "in the know" know it.

Internationalism - is good-to-have, not a must-have
Good Job - is a Must-have

Rankings - If the Economist can rank the unheard-of - University of Bath MBA as a top one, whats the big deal in FT ranking LBS MBA as top one.