Selecting School - Fuqua, UMD-CP, BU

Question

Hello!

I've got admits for Masters in Business Analytics from University of Maryland, Boston University, and Fuqua School of Business. Post my masters, I aim to work as a management consultant and accordingly, I'm inclined towards Fuqua. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

anonymousCentaur · Answer

Hello!

I have received 3 new admits and the deadline for UMCP has expired. I now have the following options:
1. Fuqua - this is what I prefer given that it is already the top ranking Bschool in my list and that matters for consulting. 
2. UT-Austin
3. Johns Hopkins University - The curriculum and consulting exposure looks good here but I haven't seen this Bschool appear on any lists.
4. Purdue - Average Bschool but great program.

Again, to summarize, I have background in software development and wish to break into management consulting with the Business Analytics degree. Any help is appreciated.

yashikaaggarwal · Answer

Fuqua is definitely better.  ARINGO   Admissionado  what's your intake on this?

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Admissionado · Answer

yashikaaggarwal and anonymousCentaur:

Admittedly, we're not as familiar with this degree as the MBA programs at these top schools, but our bet would be that Fuqua would be a great choice.

You can take this with a grain of salt or you can lean heavily into it, but here are the US News rankings for business analytics:

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-sc ... s-rankings

So, if you went purely based on this, you would go with UT-Austin. However, as we all know, the methodologies to determine these rankings is anything but a science.

Fuqua as an overall graduate business school has always been an excellent feeder into consulting, so our guess is you'd have access to many of the same firms as would the full-time MBA students. It sounds like Fuqua would be the right choice for you.

Lastly, you can of course take into account other factors like location, cost of living, etc. in your decision. It's definitely not black and white.

-Admissionado

Selecting School - Fuqua, UMD-CP, BU

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