MBA_Marketing_HELP!

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Hi all,

I got an admit from UCSD Rady (50%$$), UC Davis (60%$$), Pitt Katz (MBA+Business analytics with 50%$$) and Cass Business School ($) for the 2020 intake.

I wish to get into consulting with a niche in marketing, marketing analytics, growth marketing. I’m a student of Math & Stats with an eager interest in data science. I’m from New Delhi, India.

Really look forward to getting your thought on this. Also, to defer or not to defer?

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bb · Answer

Congrats on your admits and scholarships!

None of these programs offer on campus consulting recruiting. I would take the one with STEM and run with that.

As to defer, that’s a personal thing with a lot of crystal ball peeking and I can’t find mine at the moment ?

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perusingh@hotmail.com · Answer

Thank you for your insights. If not on campus, how are the odds of converting jobs off campus and on your own?

Katz and Davis are both STEM. Which one in your opinion has a better reputation amongst recruiters and ROI?

I think I shall defer and apply to a few more schools in states. My GPA is 3.9 but my GMAT is disappointingly low - 640. I have 6 years of professional marketing experience. My bachelors was in Math and I also have a post graduate diploma in Applied Statistics (accredited university), along with a certificate in Data Science (not accredited but globally recognised university).

I may be eating into your time, but I’d be grateful if you can suggest some schools in US/Europe/Canada that would be a good fit for me.

Thank you in advance.

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bb · Answer

The chances of getting recruited off campus, you can assume them to be the same but you can do another layer of research and talk to the current students and see if there is a stronger play perhaps with a local consulting office that may have a number of alums.

If you’re considering reapplying, I would strongly suggest investing time and effort and possibly money into your GMAT. Think about it, if you can bump your GMAT and perhaps spend 1000 bucks on a tutor, you may be able to get a full scholarship to one of these programs or get into better ranked schools.

PS. Schools are like baseball caps - One size fits all. You may not like how it looks but it’ll fit. So you walking into a baseball cap store and asking someone to recommend a baseball cap is not an errand I can help with ? There are several discussions and topics specifically written for the purpose of choosing and selecting and short listing business school programs. You can review them but there is no formula per se. when you get out of the Top 10 programs, things start looking very similar. There are many differences among schools however but they are small-ish. stem, is probably the biggest of them all (besides the big elephant in the room - rank)

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DJWolo92 · Answer

Hi and congrats on your admits! I was also in a similar position last year and ended up going to Rady. I'm originally from southern California, so the geographic of UCSD was very beneficial to me. As MM stated, there won't be as much on-campus recruiting as compared to some of the other schools in the region, say UCLA or USC. However, there is a great career team, and if you're willing to be proactive, you can find great opportunities, especially at Biotech and Tech companies (I got a great internship in corporate finance through networking). Rady has a great marketing analytics program as well, so you can surely find a great marketing and analytics path. There is one consulting firm I know that recruits on campus and pays well (Gartner Consulting). I guess a lot depends on where you want to live after you graduate. As far as the schools are seen/respected in CA it usually goes Stanford > Berkeley > UCLA>USC > UCSD, and the school has a great reputation locally. Hope i've help shed a little bit of light! Thanks.

JohnJohnJ · Answer

If you want to be marketing analytics, you don’t need an MBA for it. A masters in analytics is good enough to get started. 
You can aim to get a job at an ad tech or marketing tech company after that. I think all masters in analytics are STEM and they all have extremely good employment stats. I love UCSD for the weather and I love Pitt for the city.

Outside of consulting firms proving services in marketing/growth, a lot of marketing tech product company are based out of CA and a lot of marketing tech services companies are based out of NY (a few product companies too), so think of the location too-I feel location will help you to network and find your desired job.

With that information, I feel don’t limit yourself to an MBA for your long term goals.

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ANALysis · Answer

all super mediocre programs; just go with the STEM program that offers you the most money

authoritativefuji · Answer

Hi!

I would actually encourage you to go for Cass Business School for the following reasons.

1. UK Program in London -> The UK has introduced a 2 year post graduate visa that can be converted into a Tier 2. If you get a job in data analytics, your role will be on the UK skill shortage list. Therefore, you will be exempted from passing the labour market assessment test. Moreover, the eligibility for UK indefinite leave to remain (UK permanent residency) is 5 years vs. 20+ years for a Green Card in the USA if your country assignment is India.

2. Cass is part of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance. If you want to get into the Microsoft ecosystem, this is a school where many London-based Microsoft Partners (and even Microsoft themselves) actively target. If you are already part of the greater Microsoft ecosystem, this is a massive plus.

3. Schools in the USA tend to either be National Top 20 or highly regional. Based on where you got admission, I am not sure of the value of the network you would get that would help you get a job in the USA.

For the question of deferral, it would really depends on what you can get as a GMAT score. What is the breakdown of your score? By the way, you probably want to take the offer this year as next year's admission cycle (Fall 2020 application for matriculation in Fall 2021) is expected to be the most competitive of the last 5-10 years due to deferrals.

Good luck!

JohnJohnJ · Answer

Bet you are from Harvard or Stanford business school.

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Regenerate · Answer

Nope ... (s)he's just another applicant who didn't bother trying to get in either of those two programs.

Regenerate · Answer

I think you've received some helpful feedback here.

If I were in your shoes, I'd ask for a deferral from a couple of schools ... then ... spend ALL the time you'd need to bump up the GMAT score. Due to the competitiveness of others with similar backgrounds, you'll need to be over 700 before having really much of an opportunity at any T15 program. But, even if you don't get all the way up to 700, there are still other T25 programs who do have on campus consulting recruiting.

Most of the information you're looking for is on each schools website. Good luck to you!

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JohnJohnJ · Answer

Then I hope s/he has gotten into Harvard or Stanford to call someone else’s choice of school super mediocre.

Regenerate · Answer

(S)he never even bothered applying to GSB or HBS...

JohnJohnJ · Answer

got it

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