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18 Mar 2021, 12:01
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I've gotten admitted to the Masters in Quantitative Management at Duke Fuqua School of Business and the Masters in Analytics at UChicago Graham school. Which program to choose, esp if my interest is to be in tech post-grad?
Obviously UChicago is an enormous brand name, and highly technical institution located in a big city with a lot of job opps. However the program is offered by the engineering school (not the same type of recruitment opps) and might be a very intensive degree for someone with a business background. At the same time, Duke Fuqua is highly focused on career placements post-grad and has a pretty incredibly MQM program thats ideal for econ/business majors. Doesnt teach you enough to be a hardcore data science expert but enough to make you employable for some solid roles.
Would love some insight.
Obviously UChicago is an enormous brand name, and highly technical institution located in a big city with a lot of job opps. However the program is offered by the engineering school (not the same type of recruitment opps) and might be a very intensive degree for someone with a business background. At the same time, Duke Fuqua is highly focused on career placements post-grad and has a pretty incredibly MQM program thats ideal for econ/business majors. Doesnt teach you enough to be a hardcore data science expert but enough to make you employable for some solid roles.
Would love some insight.
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19 Mar 2021, 00:41
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Omarkhan095 You are absolutely right with your assessment about the two courses. However, what seems to be the missing piece here is the course preferred based on years of experience. I was in a similar stage last year while choosing the path forward for myself (I deferred my admission to this term instead and will be travelling in couple of months). In my opinion, the answer to your question can be simplified by answering the following : How many years of industry experience do you have? I do realise that both the courses ask for typically 1-2 years of experience but if you dwell deeper you would realise that UChicago MSc Analytics program is better suited for somebody coming out relatively fresh from Bachelors whereas Duke Fuqua MQM program is better suited for people with a good 2-3 years of hands on industry experience. The Duke MQM program is basically very close to an "Executive MBA" structure with pure focus on career building skills and catapulting your career into the base to mid level executive roles. On the other hand UChicago MSc program is all about learning and understanding the world of Data science. Their capstone projects are the stepping stones for any engineer coming fresh out of Bachelors and pursuing Masters. The other factor as you rightly mentioned is the career opportunities. Fuqua has an edge here owing to the great netowrk built by there Business Grads (Graham being a technical school, lags behind in the business world network). In simple terms, I would suggest making the decision based on three things: your current skillset, number of years of experience and your areas of interest for future learning.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
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06 Apr 2021, 23:37
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Omarkhan095
I have looked into a few MSQM / MSBA programs, and here's my take away:
1) Generally, programs offered by computer science departments will be far more technical than business-oriented. If you want to DO the analytics, these might be great options. If you want to lead a team of people doing the analytics, you're probably better to go to a business school offering a similar, but more business-themed program.
2) The MSBA program at Carnegie Mellon falls more into the "do you want to DO the analysis" group than "this is a degree offered by a business department" group.
3) The MSQM program at Fuqua is much more of a "do you want to lead the team" sort of degree. Note that if you already have a MBA, you can get this degree in a year -- but, if you don't, it's a two year degree (making it a bit of a MBA-lite degree).
4) NYU Stern offers another MSQM program that's even less "do you want to DO the analysis" sort of a program than Fuqua's program; the program at Stern even offers a pathway to xfr from the MSQM program into their MBA program at some point ... so, it actually serves as a bit of a backdoor into their MBA program ... so, if you're really interested in an MBA at a Top 10 program, but aren't really able to get in, try to apply to Stern's MSQM program knowing that, at the right time, you're going to xfr into their MBA program.
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