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07 May 2018, 14:32
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I am an American student, a bit mature (30+), and have significant international experience. I have a BA from one of the Top 5 US Universities (HYPS) and a Masters degree from an Oxbridge university, both in Humanities/Social Sciences.
My work experience has largely been in the corporate retail industry - business development, marketing, and e-commerce management. I am looking to get an MBA to get a formalised business education (since I have 2 degrees in Humanities/Social Sciences, to build credibility for potential investors) and to prepare to launch my own entrepreneurial retail/e-commerce business.
I was offered a £35,000 ($50,000) merit scholarship from London Business School. I have informed Columbia but they will not match and have offered me $0 in funding towards my degree. Since LBS's fees are lower to begin with, this will make it $100,000 more expensive for me to get an MBA from Columbia than it will to get an MBA from LBS.
I am wondering since both school are never directly compare against eachother in rankings etc, what anyone else's pro's/con's might be? I have come up with a list of my own, but it's pretty much dead even. It would be great to see if anyone has some thoughts/ideas/insights that I didn't come up with already.
Here are the main ones for me at the moment (setting things where I think they are pretty equal like faculty etc aside):
LBS pros: international student body, more mature students/higher student age, lower cost
LBS cons: lack of brand recognition in USA, far from family & friends, smaller alumni network in USA - specifically greater NYC
CBS pros: closer to friends & family, strong brand recognition in USA, extensive alumni network in greater NYC
CBS cons: high cost, younger student body, more direct competition/comparison with other US universities
Many thanks in advance!
My work experience has largely been in the corporate retail industry - business development, marketing, and e-commerce management. I am looking to get an MBA to get a formalised business education (since I have 2 degrees in Humanities/Social Sciences, to build credibility for potential investors) and to prepare to launch my own entrepreneurial retail/e-commerce business.
I was offered a £35,000 ($50,000) merit scholarship from London Business School. I have informed Columbia but they will not match and have offered me $0 in funding towards my degree. Since LBS's fees are lower to begin with, this will make it $100,000 more expensive for me to get an MBA from Columbia than it will to get an MBA from LBS.
I am wondering since both school are never directly compare against eachother in rankings etc, what anyone else's pro's/con's might be? I have come up with a list of my own, but it's pretty much dead even. It would be great to see if anyone has some thoughts/ideas/insights that I didn't come up with already.
Here are the main ones for me at the moment (setting things where I think they are pretty equal like faculty etc aside):
LBS pros: international student body, more mature students/higher student age, lower cost
LBS cons: lack of brand recognition in USA, far from family & friends, smaller alumni network in USA - specifically greater NYC
CBS pros: closer to friends & family, strong brand recognition in USA, extensive alumni network in greater NYC
CBS cons: high cost, younger student body, more direct competition/comparison with other US universities
Many thanks in advance!
07 May 2018, 16:41
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Congrats on your admits. I feel LBS and CBS are within the same “group” of 3-4 Elite MBA schools.
I feel If you are looking to do a startup, you will need to save as much $$$ as possible and have as few bills as possible.
At the same time, if you worked in Spain the last 8 years and get an MBA from LBS, and then try to do a startup in the US, the feeling will be that you are detached from the US consumers.
Everything being equal, I would not shy away from LBS and feel it would be a good match for CBS even without a scholarship for someone looking to work on Europe or Asia.
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I feel If you are looking to do a startup, you will need to save as much $$$ as possible and have as few bills as possible.
At the same time, if you worked in Spain the last 8 years and get an MBA from LBS, and then try to do a startup in the US, the feeling will be that you are detached from the US consumers.
Everything being equal, I would not shy away from LBS and feel it would be a good match for CBS even without a scholarship for someone looking to work on Europe or Asia.
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