nink wrote:
My Mom: (she heard) So mom, I have few options right now. Kellogg, Booth,Yale, ......
Oh my god Yale? Yale? Yale? You got into Yale???
Me: Yes mom but for business school, Kellogg and Booth is more highly regarded...
My Mom: Oh my god, my son got into Yale!
People know the big boys: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Princeton.
A few weeks ago I was talking to an American about MBAs, he's a director at a major manufacturing plant:
Quote:
him: I have a friend who has an MBA from the University of Chicago I think it's well regarded
me: Booth? Yep it's a good one.
him: Boose? What is that?
me: no Booth, University of Chicago's School of Business.
him: oh maybe, I dunno, I just know it's a good degree.
This is a translation of what people understand:
Tuck -> nip tuck
Kellogg -> the cereals manufacturer*
Columbia -> bowling for Columbine
Stern -> Howard Stern
Wharton -> what?
etc
Therefore I would advise the OP to shoot for the internationally known names or INSEAD which has a branch in Singapore.
*: ok I admit, the Kellogg is mine. It was 8 years ago when I wasn't into this MBA thing, and didn't know about American Universities except MIT, Stanford, etc. A friend of mine told me he could go to Kellogg. I told him "how so you'll be eating Coco Pops for free!"