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Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA

Fuqua vs Kellogg Miami for a job in consulting post EMBA

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Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 20:11
Hi Everyone,

Wanting to hear your thoughts on Kellogg Miami vs Fuqua, both EMBA. I got admits from both without scholarships. Both have once a month residency which is a big plus for me. Here is my profile:
- 12+ yrs work experience.
- Have family commitments so prefer once a month residency.
- Reason for MBA: Looking to make a move to consulting or a lateral move to a different organization (in corporate strategy) post-mba.
- Self funding.
- Age: mid 30's

I am leaning towards Fuqua because of the following reasons:
- Although the brand name is awesome, I am not sure if Kellogg Miami campus would provide on and off campus recruitment/networking opportunities as Fuqua does.
- The culture and cohort at Kellogg Miami seems to be focussed on staying in their current organization/function, which doesn't help my case.
- Kellogg Miami is ~$70k more expensive. I am ok with this if it pays off in long run.

Would love to hear thoughts to validate/invalidate these reasons.

Thanks!

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Re: Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 20:20
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Welcome to GMAT Club. Congrats on your admits!

EMBA rarely provides a scholarship unfortunately... so it would be there rare for someone text we get money to go.

EMBA is a bit tricky. Your biggest network will be your classmates and of course alumni of that program and the greater Fuqua community but your immediate network is your classmates. I would thinking consider which program is more likely to half the type of folks who you would like to have a new network. Which program is bigger?

I kind of agree with you in terms of the Miami campus and not being close to the mothership. Covered brand is very strong but it’s not the same as being in Chicago or Evanston. My guess would be that the Miami campus was targeting a lot of the South America candidates?

Some thing I cannot comment on is how helpful EMBA is with consulting. This would be something to research with current students and run your career goals by them. Consulting is a pyramid. That’s how they make money and there’s only so many spots at the top and a lot more for 28-year-olds looking to take an associate position. There are specialists and industry roles and consulting for sure. But usually those don’t require an executive MBA. I would encourage you to research how traditional of a path it is to go from an executive MBA to a consulting role. Maybe it’s very straightforward and easy but I just don’t want to make that assumption.

It appears I’m leaning with you towards Fuqua 😎

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Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 20:58
Thanks bb. This is very helpful. Yeah looking at the the Miami cohort it sure looks like the Miami campus is targeting SAmerican students. Good point on who would I be naturally connecting more in my cohort. I should do that research.
The good thing about Fuqua is that they don't seem to discriminate between FT MBA & EMBA on consulting projects/opportunities. Such projects would be in addition to the usual work load. I couldn't seem to find any such opportunity interacting with Kellogg CMC or Adcom.
Yes, I am REALLY leaning towards Fuqua after your feedback. My only hesitation is that if I am not able to convert any opportunity from the school network, the Kellogg brand would help me getting opportunities in the open market. Do you think the Fuqua brand is also strong enough to help me in the open market, if the situation arrives?
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Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 21:05
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I love Kellogg. Of course it probably sounds like the words of a hypocrite after recommending and siding with Fuqua but I am not sure about your last comment. Sure, Kellogg name is very strong. It’s not Harvard but it is strong.

At the same time, I would hope you would not have to go to the open market with either program that would be almost a lead down and head scratcher if you had to go to the open market and compete with a bunch of people with an only potential advantage of having a piece of paper with kellogg Miami. I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that... if it does, the Miami location may backfire as someone will be confused why you got a degree from a Chicago university located in Miami. You don’t want people to dismiss your application based on that...

PS. There was an uproar among the FT Anderson folks when the program removed Part-Time designation on the diploma. So it it seems small things matter at least In peoples minds.

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Re: Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 21:10
bb. "..if it does, the Miami location may backfire...": Very valid point. You just saved me $70k and validated what my wife has been saying for last 2 days :)

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Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 21:19
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Oh! Never go against your wife!
Rule #1. Lol.

Seriously though, you definitely want to take into account your spouses feedback. she will be supporting you during this time (by taking on more work at home or taking care of the kids or sacrificing social life ) and you will have very little time. Things will be stressful and you’ll be fighting a war at work and the war at school and you don’t need a war at home. If your wife feels that you’ve made decisions without her or did not give her input enough consideration, that will be permeating through the entire experience....

I’ve had a good friend who went to Chicago booth. His wife did not want to go to Chicago and while he was happy about his choice, she was very vocal about him dragging her there and how she would’ve chosen differently had been her choice I had her husband listen to her. He muscled it but it would always come out somehow. 😬 I felt bad for him and that was the burden he was carrying in addition to the debt and all the other workload.

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Re: Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 22:17
bb. Fully agree. Couldn't even think about anything like this without spouse's full support.

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Re: Kellogg Miami campus vs Fuqua: EMBA [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2021, 06:40
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I love Kellogg but I love Fuqua more (I may be biased). The Fuqua community is absolutely PHENOMENAL and in a program that is not full-time, that support is even more important. I am in the online MS in Quantitative Management program at Fuqua and when I got laid off due to COVID (how many have had to say that....sad), I had people from the Daytime MBA, WE-MBA and GE-MBA reach out to me to offer their support and helped get me interviews with companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and a few banks. They recognized that regardless of the mode of delivery, I was family and family helps family. Also, close to the end of the Fall semester, I contracted COVID and my professors were more than understanding and accommodating. Team Fuqua is real and so much more than a slogan. Regardless of your program, you are a member of Fuqua and you are seen for your IQ and EQ but more importantly, your DQ.

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