MSU Broad Vs Olin Vs UT Dallas Vs Purdue Krannert Vs Mays- TAMU

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Mo2men  ,  bb

Hii everyone,

I have got final admission call for Full time MBA- 2022 batch from following colleges:

MSU- Broad- 90% Scholarship, 
Olin- WashU - 50% Scholarship
TAMU- Mays- 70 % Scholarship, 
Purdue-Krannert - Scholarship $ 10K + GA 
UT Dallas- Naveen Jindal - 90% scholarship
Rutgers- $ 12K

Now, I am confused between which one to chose. What are the pros and cons of one over the other. Kindly help me to decide.

I have 9 years of work Ex of project mgmt in a manufacturing and engineering organization- BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals ltd).

I wish to do my MBA in SCM.. and after my MBA i am inclined towards doing a job in a SCM or operations consulting role...

However, I am bit flexible as far as future JOB opportunities and areas of work or Industries are concerned. And I would be fine with project mgmnt role or supply chain specialist as secondary choice.

Small difference in the fee or the scholarship doesn't matter to me.. If the college and future opportunities are better at some place, I would be happy to spend few more pennies..

I am an international Student (From India) and I have no reservations for the location of the colleges.. Though, it would be helpful if you could suggest any location to have particular advantages over other (among the above list of colleges)..

Please Help me decide..

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FinanceMan · Answer

I edited your post to add a poll. This will help make it easier for your to track.

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bb · Answer

Congrats on your admits and scholarships!
Sorry, I am not very strong or well versed in SCM or Ops roles and opportunities but my suggestion would be to minimize your risk and pick a program with the highest scholarship and also one that has STEM https://gmatclub.com/forum/top-stem-mba ... 13573.html

Great job!

FinanceMan · Answer

I am not very familiar with SCM but I have heard wonderful things about Broads SCM and job placements. Couple that with the scholarship and I would recommend Broads.

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bb · Answer

P.S. You may want to consider some very similar discussions with current students from Broad & others: https://gmatclub.com/forum/wisconsin-vs ... 22797.html

Mo2men · Answer

Hi  omsworlds 
Congrats for the admit in those schools. Happy to help as it is with my domain in operation and supply chain.

Before I go further, what does GA in Krannert exactly cover? What will be the total cost for you after adding GA?

ANALysis · Answer

voted Wash U cause of rank

omsworlds · Answer

Mo2men

I am posting the exact mail content of Purdue- Krannert

" we are pleased to inform you that you have been selected to receive Graduate Assistantship and additional funds in the amount of $10,000.00.

The Graduate Assistantship is being administered as a quarter-time (0.25 FTE) assistantship which covers tuition and some fees in exchange for working approximately 10 hours/week. Graduate Assistants work in a variety of functional areas, some of which include admissions, student services, career services, alumni relations, and undergraduate affairs. You may be contacted to interview for a specific Graduate Assistant (GA) position, or assigned a role based on your professional background and interests.

The assistantship provides an annual salary, paid bi-weekly in 19.5 increments, of $7,724 as well as a remission of all but a portion of fees per semester."

Please Help..

omsworlds · Answer

Thanks FinanceMan..

omsworlds · Answer

Thanks bb..

Mo2men · Answer

Hi  omsworlds

When it comes to SCM, there is another ranking to schools called Gartner. It ranks all SCM programs MSc and MBA with SC focus.

From quality view, Broad tops all the above schools. It has the best rich SC curriculum and biggest staff and employers come to recruit from there. Krannert, Jindal and Rutgers come behind it. I would quickly rule out Olin and Mays from this list.

If you consider full MBA experience, then Olin outperforms the other schools. It has SC concentration but not as strong as the other schools. In my view, Broad lacks other MBA electives that complement your SC focus. Other schools has by way or another balanced MBA academics but lower ranking.

When we talk about employment, you will hear a lot of arguments so my advice is to study each report in line with conversation with alumni and current students.

No we will come to the most critical part, you have good scholarships with Broad, Krannert, Mays, and Olin but Olin and Krannert are STEM. In this world with uncertainty and immigration stumbles, I would choose the best prograjm with less cost and STEM. In my opinion, I'm leaning towards to Krannert as it has the free ride, STEM and wel blalance4c MBA (especially data analytics which really a huge asset in searching for jobs). For the record, I saw other people who took risk and chose a program that is not STEM because they found them to be more fit. Again this is me and how I see it. It is totally up to you at end.

Happy to have any questions.

omsworlds · Answer

That would be helpful.. Thank you  Mo2men

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