sublimer23 wrote:
Hi Mistablair,
Yes, I have been satisfied by the OCR opportunities, as well our career management center in general. I believe our CMC staff were ranked in the top 10 last year in one guide (though unfortunately I don't recall which publication I saw that in).
Though I haven't talked to anyone who has a negative attitude towards OCR/CMC, I suspect there probably are a few. My guess (and it is just a guess), is that this would be the case at almost any school. Students with backgrounds that aren't particularly conducive to the career switch they are hoping to make (one example I know of being state government to venture capital) face an uphill battle. Not necessarily impossible but a tough sell even out of H/S/W.
At this point, I believe we'd placed about 60% of my class in internships as of a week or two ago, with another 30% of students projected to receive offers by April. Based on what the CMC has said, students interested in real estate and other niche opportunities often deal with just-in-time hiring, so the final 10% tends to happen in May as we break for the summer.
As with anything, I'd advise everyone to take MBA statistics with a grain of salt (How to Lie with Statistics is a quick read from the 50s that is still extremely relevant and readily available on Amazon). It's true that the way career data is aggregated can obfuscate some things (e.g., if a career report says Financial Services, that isn't very telling as to whether students were placing in IB, PWM, Operations, etc.). Try and connect with real students about your particular area(s) of interest to see whether relevant opportunities exist at your school of choice and what degree of success current and former students have had in landing those opportunities.
Although we do place well in NYC and have a growing contingent out on the West Coast, many students tend to look for opportunities in the South (think Nashville, Atlanta, etc.), due to a more expansive alumni network, favorable cost of living, lower hours, etc.
Best.