HannahChow wrote:
Hi guys, I am an international applicant and I was admitted by both Simon and Cox and I’m like 80% sure that I will get an offer from Carlson (but not very confident with the scholarship).
(Sorry I’m typing with my phone so please forgive me for typo and weird grammar and logic problems.)
I would prefer working in the US for at least a couple of years after graduation, and I prefer jobs related to MKT (data driven).
So seeing the locations, Cox is no doubt of the best, while considering other facts, I’m not sure.
Simon is the most quant project among the three, and it offers me a lot of money with very quick decision. But I don’t know if its location will be a huge problem.
Carlson I believe is the best school among this three (and I do not hate weather in Minnesota). However I have heard that most big companies are not sponsoring international students, and they are kinda slow in decision making.
It will be great if someone could answer me the following questions:
1. How is the career service in Cox for international students? I have noticed that there are not too many international students in this school. Though many companies come to school to recruit, I heard some of them will close their doors to foreigners. I wonder if we could actually enjoy the benefit brought by the excellent location.
2. About Simon: on campus recruiting seems not very popular in Simon. Is it the case that students have to fly everywhere for job hunting? How is the career service? (I would assume that since Simon has tons of International students, they are doing it well?) is the location a big drawback, or students are taking it well?
3. Is Carlson releasing their decisions on rolling basis? Or are they sending out offers all around decision making ddl?
I will add things if I come up with new stupid questions. If you are admitted by any of the three schools, and want to discuss with me, please PM me.
Best luck to everyone!
PS: if anyone wants to apply to Katz, i have got an extra application fee waiver code. Let me know if you need it:)
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Hello
HannahChowCongrats on admission to those good schools
If Carlson does not offer you $$$, I would rule them out.
That comes to Simon vs. SMU.
Here we can see that from US News rankings, Simon is just slightly better ranked :
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-sc ... a-rankingsStory is the same with Poets and Quants rankings :
https://poetsandquants.com/2018/11/14/2 ... ranking/4/Again :
https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolra ... nking-2018However, with Simon you can expect $119,410 weighted salary and 125% increase vs. $122,109 and 104% for SMU.
On the other hand, Bloomberg disagree with their survey of 26,699 MBA students, alumni, and recruiters in 2018 about their goals and experiences. These rankings are based on their responses, as well as compensation and job-placement data from each school :
https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/2018/Forbes, basically ties them, but seems like SMU offers hire salary again :
https://www.forbes.com/business-schools/list/#tab:rankFinally Economist also places SMU (53) above Simon (57):
https://www.economist.com/whichmba/full ... epth=77633All in all, due to location (big city + climate) and other facts presented, I personally would rather go to SMU.
Having said that, I dont believe you will make wrong choice with Simon either.
Below you will find some placements info :
https://www.simon.rochester.edu/programs ... index.aspxhttps://www.smu.edu/cox/Degrees-and-Pro ... managementGood Luck with decision