Re: Accepted to Michigan - Ross and Austin - McCombs P/T!!!
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27 Jun 2010, 10:22
Do you mean you are accepted to the full time Ross and part-time McCombs? If so I would go with the full-time program.
That aside, I strongly disagree with the "highest ranked you get into advice". If you're talking HBS v. UT, then sure, but Ross/Darden/McCombs/Cornell/Fuqua/UCLA etc are in the same class. Never ignore geographical preference, both short and long term...a Fortune 2 (not 200) exec told me that. By the above logic, someone who wants to work in Los Angeles would pass up UCLA for Darden, which would be pure idiocy. While it is true that you can go "anywhere" with an MBA, it will require a lot more leg work on your part to escape the region in which the school resides.
Texas isn't like going to Indiana, where you would definitely be moving somewhere else post-grad. TX has the most fortune 500 HQ's of any state, a trillion dollar economy, every major consultancy and BB bank have offices, etc. BUT, if you go to UT, you will be interviewing with for the TX offices of those firms, barring some extra effort on your part. If you go to Ross, you will likely be looking at Chicago and some New York. Personally, I have no desire to leave Texas, which is why I chose McCombs. If I wanted to work in New York, it obviously wouldn't have been the best choice.
I'm not sure what you mean about the "major"...is that a part-time limitation of McCombs?