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10 Dec 2009, 22:50
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Hey alex, I'd appreciate some input:
I'm a little older than it seems most mba students are - I'll be 31 next fall... I prefer to be on the west coast or in the northeast, but mainly I want to pursue Real Estate Development instead of continuing my current job in construction management.
My stats:
GMAT - 730
GPA - 2.9
UnderGrad - Vanderbilt University
Work Experience - 7 yrs, including project management
Good recommendations
What should be my safeties, probables and reaches?
Thanks!
I'm a little older than it seems most mba students are - I'll be 31 next fall... I prefer to be on the west coast or in the northeast, but mainly I want to pursue Real Estate Development instead of continuing my current job in construction management.
My stats:
GMAT - 730
GPA - 2.9
UnderGrad - Vanderbilt University
Work Experience - 7 yrs, including project management
Good recommendations
What should be my safeties, probables and reaches?
Thanks!
13 Dec 2009, 18:11
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Real estate = local.
Focus on MBA programs in the regions you want to work in.
There are only so many schools. If you're in California, then it's basically Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UC-Irvine, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, SFSU (also depends on whether you want to be based in SoCal or NoCal). Northeast is also pretty broad -- Boston/NE, DC/Virginia, Philly, NYC, etc. They're all very local markets.
Keep in mind that if you want to do real estate development, the pedigree of your MBA will mean very little. It's about contacts, salesmanship and money. If you're interested in the "development" side more than the finance side, then you may want to consider a MS in Real Estate offered by schools like MIT or Berkeley (amongst others - although I really dont' know a whole lot about those programs).
Focus on MBA programs in the regions you want to work in.
There are only so many schools. If you're in California, then it's basically Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UC-Irvine, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, SFSU (also depends on whether you want to be based in SoCal or NoCal). Northeast is also pretty broad -- Boston/NE, DC/Virginia, Philly, NYC, etc. They're all very local markets.
Keep in mind that if you want to do real estate development, the pedigree of your MBA will mean very little. It's about contacts, salesmanship and money. If you're interested in the "development" side more than the finance side, then you may want to consider a MS in Real Estate offered by schools like MIT or Berkeley (amongst others - although I really dont' know a whole lot about those programs).
13 Dec 2009, 18:25
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Thanks for your input!
I do want to do real estate development, but I also want to keep my options open. It may be that I can make some good money doing real estate finance for a couple years before doing development, at that point the pedigree would be important, right?
Plus, who knows what kind of doors will open at a top B-School... maybe I get in and change directions? I'd love to have those kind of options, so I am concerned with the pedigree of the program.
Do you agree?
I do want to do real estate development, but I also want to keep my options open. It may be that I can make some good money doing real estate finance for a couple years before doing development, at that point the pedigree would be important, right?
Plus, who knows what kind of doors will open at a top B-School... maybe I get in and change directions? I'd love to have those kind of options, so I am concerned with the pedigree of the program.
Do you agree?
