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24 Jan 2012, 18:33
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Speaking of Consortium Fellowship Day in March, does anybody know what day that is this year? Just curious so I know the optimal time to kiss a little Adcom butt at my top couple schools. bahaha.
24 Jan 2012, 19:16
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Hey all,
Just got back from my USC student visit today. I applied to USC and have it ranked #2 for those wondering. Also did things a little backwards. I've visited the business school before just never did the "official" student visit. Quite interesting.
I'm actually an LA native and grew up about 15 minutes from the USC campus (and not in the "black section" of town but in the "hippy" and now very gentrified and trendy but not "westide" area of Silverlake...for those familiar with LA).
Highlights:
Career services as rated by the student ambassador's: "The reality is career services is great depending on what you want to do. For those interested in real estate like me, you really have to make your own opportunities. The trojan network is real, however".
What I got from that, was it really depends on what you want to do. Marshall is good at placing students at some things and horrible at others. Finance or real estate doesn't seem to be it's strong suit. Luckily I'm not interested in either. But for those that are, like the student ambassador's told me, "it's seriously something that you should think about". They said this more than once. So it really is something you should think about. Their strengths seem to lay in Entertainment, Management, and Marketing.
The Students: My impression was that Marshall students are the epitome of Socal--extremely laid-back. The vast majority of students were in jeans. I was in a polo short sleeve and slacks and still felt overdressed! I felt at home instantly, since as an LA native I've always felt at home in sandals and sweats.
Another girl who had just come from an Anderson student visit the day before confirmed my sentiments of Anderson. She said, "The Anderson kids seemed so much stuffier and way more competitive than the Marshall kids". I definitely had to agree with her. The level of "douchebagness" that I picked up on at Anderson was virtually non-existent at Marshall...but that's just my opinion!
The student ambassador who had friends at Anderson said, "they tend to be more square"...and I would have to agree with that assessment. But again just my opinion. I'm sure there are some cool Anderson cats.
Comparing USC/UCLA I would have to say UCLA probably has a stronger career services office but that when it comes down to the alumni network they're both equally just as strong. Still, I was pleasantly surprised. The elitism that is rampant at the undergraduate level at USC just didn't seem to exist at Marshall. Perhaps the rankings has humbled them? I don't know but I liked it and I'm happy I ranked them second even though the facilities certainly aren't as flashy or as nice as Anderson.
As far as Admissions another few interesting points straight from the horses mouth:
We met with the Assistant Director of Admissions who seemed to contradict herself! On the one hand she said that Marshall, "prided itself in taking a holistic approach during the admissions process....we just don't look at the GMAT or GPA...we look at the whole applicant". But then she later contradicted herself by stating, "To be honest we rarely take anyone with a GMAT below 600. It has to be extraordinary circumstances. We have to do that in order to stay competitive". In other words to protect their rankings there is a somewhat arbitrary GMAT cutoff of 600 albeit extenuating circumstances. So they're "holistic" to a point. I don't think she meant to be that frank I think it kind of slipped out and she didn't even realize it, she was talking so fast.
That's all I got folks. Hope that helps.
Just got back from my USC student visit today. I applied to USC and have it ranked #2 for those wondering. Also did things a little backwards. I've visited the business school before just never did the "official" student visit. Quite interesting.
I'm actually an LA native and grew up about 15 minutes from the USC campus (and not in the "black section" of town but in the "hippy" and now very gentrified and trendy but not "westide" area of Silverlake...for those familiar with LA).
Highlights:
Career services as rated by the student ambassador's: "The reality is career services is great depending on what you want to do. For those interested in real estate like me, you really have to make your own opportunities. The trojan network is real, however".
What I got from that, was it really depends on what you want to do. Marshall is good at placing students at some things and horrible at others. Finance or real estate doesn't seem to be it's strong suit. Luckily I'm not interested in either. But for those that are, like the student ambassador's told me, "it's seriously something that you should think about". They said this more than once. So it really is something you should think about. Their strengths seem to lay in Entertainment, Management, and Marketing.
The Students: My impression was that Marshall students are the epitome of Socal--extremely laid-back. The vast majority of students were in jeans. I was in a polo short sleeve and slacks and still felt overdressed! I felt at home instantly, since as an LA native I've always felt at home in sandals and sweats.
Another girl who had just come from an Anderson student visit the day before confirmed my sentiments of Anderson. She said, "The Anderson kids seemed so much stuffier and way more competitive than the Marshall kids". I definitely had to agree with her. The level of "douchebagness" that I picked up on at Anderson was virtually non-existent at Marshall...but that's just my opinion!
The student ambassador who had friends at Anderson said, "they tend to be more square"...and I would have to agree with that assessment. But again just my opinion. I'm sure there are some cool Anderson cats.
Comparing USC/UCLA I would have to say UCLA probably has a stronger career services office but that when it comes down to the alumni network they're both equally just as strong. Still, I was pleasantly surprised. The elitism that is rampant at the undergraduate level at USC just didn't seem to exist at Marshall. Perhaps the rankings has humbled them? I don't know but I liked it and I'm happy I ranked them second even though the facilities certainly aren't as flashy or as nice as Anderson.
As far as Admissions another few interesting points straight from the horses mouth:
We met with the Assistant Director of Admissions who seemed to contradict herself! On the one hand she said that Marshall, "prided itself in taking a holistic approach during the admissions process....we just don't look at the GMAT or GPA...we look at the whole applicant". But then she later contradicted herself by stating, "To be honest we rarely take anyone with a GMAT below 600. It has to be extraordinary circumstances. We have to do that in order to stay competitive". In other words to protect their rankings there is a somewhat arbitrary GMAT cutoff of 600 albeit extenuating circumstances. So they're "holistic" to a point. I don't think she meant to be that frank I think it kind of slipped out and she didn't even realize it, she was talking so fast.
That's all I got folks. Hope that helps.
