Experience during the program

My time at Goizueta has been fulfilling. I have been able to achieve my professional goals, made strong connections with classmates, and enjoyed the rigor of the academic experience.
Goizueta is a place where you have to put in the work to get what you want. It is not the most social school, but if you make an effort you can develop lifelong friendships. If you are clear on what you want to do professionally, the resources to help you do it are available. You will need to leverage the network and dig deep to find the right people to help you get to where you want to go.
Academically Goizueta is more rigorous than I expected. Students generally come to class, prepare for class, and engage in class. If you want to coast you surely can, but if you want to excel you can do that too.
Goizueta does need to improve its sense of community. The program office does a good job in fostering a sense of community during your fist semester, but beyond that it is up to the student to engage and develop a community for themselves.

About professors, classes and curriculum

Professors are knowledgeable and most are strong teachers. Many have real world experience they bring to the classroom. Some have higher standards than others. The curriculum is going through a much needed overhaul. The changes being made will help students be more prepared for the workforce.

About job placement process

Atlanta is a major metro. Several F500 companies recruit at Goizueta. Most consulting firms do as well. Students generally do quite well in IB recruiting, especially for the size of the program.

Overall BSchool experience (4.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (3.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Alumni Network
Career opportunities provided by school

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Marketing
Investment Banking

Can be improved:

Student body, diversity
Brand/Ranking
Facilities
Admissions Team

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I chose Emory for my MBA because I wanted a small, top 20 program in a major city. I knew that wherever I ended up in the top 20, I'd find my people and have excellent faculty. However, I did not expect to build relationships with the amount of people I have. While I do have my close friends -- most of whom I met in the first weeks of orientation -- I also feel as if I can sit down with anyone in the program from any cohort and have a good conversation. The faculty have also exceeded my expectations. Not only are they incredible, participating in really interesting research and coming from very prestigious business backgrounds, but their connections and the guest speakers that have joined my classes have absolutely blown me away.

Overall BSchool experience (5.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Location
Culture & Student Support

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Finance
Investment Banking
LDPs

Can be improved:

Career opportunities provided by school

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Goizueta is a small community where you have a lot of opportunities to lead and grow. The core semester is intense, but it builds you up in many ways. After surviving all the key subjects and group work, you will find yourself so prepared for summer internships. The faculty is strong and caring. I learned a lot from them in more areas than what I would expect.

My focus is in marketing. Even though Goizueta is strong in consulting and finance, I found myself grow in knowledge in the two fields, which will help me in my specialization long term. I also like the marketing courses and faculty here.

Utilizing the alumni network is also great. But it is smaller in size comparing to other schools and it seems that more connections are in Atlanta. Every encounter I had with alumni was amazing. I also learned a lot from the speakers we had in class.

Overall BSchool experience (5.0)
Schools contribution (5.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Brand/Ranking
Facilities

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Finance

Can be improved:

Student body, diversity
Alumni Network

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The professors are good , classes are well organised though there is definitely some mismanagement at school's end for sure.
So far the experience has been positive, still Looking for summer internship, the downfall of economy , current recession has certainly slowed down the recruitment cycle , specific to international students.
For Locals or say US citizen its still strong.
We are getting interviews but its really difficult to convert them due hiring freeze and limitation in visa sponsorship.

Ultimately its not the school's fault, i will say its because the situation is tough.
The curriculum is good , though i feel the overhyped core SEM class that everyone will talk about is a big big let down .

About professors, classes and curriculum

Rummel and JB are good and then chellapa is a gem of a professor.
Other atleast in core are okay 👍
Electives - well i am taking them now so far so good...

About job placement process

Placement process is self driven, u have to have a clear mind where u want to apply, school will provide opportunities and its up to u how well u can cope up with it.
Still in search mode...so can't say its excellent nor can i say its poor at school's end ..
Wish me luck.

Overall BSchool experience (3.0)
Schools contribution (2.0)
Classmates rating (3.0)

Strengths of the program:

Alumni Network
Location
Specialization in a particular area (e.g. Finance, Consulting, Healthcare, etc)

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Marketing
Tech
Management

Can be improved:

Alumni Network
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Emory is not a good b-school program - this is telling in a few different areas: the academic staff, the facilities, their covid 19 response, and their career services.
Avoid and consider another school, don't make the same mistake I did please...

Goizueta is struggling to maintain professors for their life. Each semester, their class offerings get slimmer and slimmer, and students with diverse interests are left with little variety in classes to take. This is reflected by professors constantly leaving and being replaced with mediocre professors. Most classes here (I should say there are some exceptions) will leave you with feeling of jokes - be prepared for professors to be openly hostile and dismissive to students.

From a pre-pandemic standpoint, the building is inadequate. You share resources with undergrad BBA students, which on paper is fine, but in practice means that you have no space to study, conduct coffee chats, or hangout on campus. The Goizueta building is in dire need of renovations - the biggest room can barely fit in the class size.

The school decided that the optimal way to respond to classes moving online would be to increase tuition. Very rich of them... So for an experience that costs them less to administer, you end up paying more. They claim to be leaders in diversity, and working towards an inclusive class -- how can you even make these claims with a straight face when your class is 70% male.

While the school does maintain an expansive career network in and around Atlanta , the career student services are awful! I saw a career coach tell a student face to face that they are not ready for an interview. That's great energy. They do get companies on campus, I will say that - but be prepared to do all the interview prep and work yourself. They don't help. Also, if you're interested in recruiting outside of Atlanta, be prepared to do all the work yourself.

Overall BSchool experience (1.0)
Schools contribution (1.0)
Classmates rating (4.0)

Strengths of the program:

Location

Best fit at this program:

Consulting

Can be improved:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Alumni Network
Career opportunities provided by school
Brand/Ranking
Culture & Student Support
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Incompetent professors & administration. For such a well known program it seems like everything is stuck together with chewing gum and paperclips.

Our first semester a professor quit at the last moment and they had to shorten the class (a foundational introductory class that was meant to teach us a lot of statistics and other concepts we would NEED for future classes) to half a semester and get a backup professor to teach it. Now our entire class of 2020 basically has a shoddy foundational knowledge base for doing any sort of statistical analytics.

This past semester students were so upset about a class that we took that they demanded refunds of their tuition because we didn't learn anything of value. This was the second class the entire 2020 body was upset about and it is only our second semester!

Also the evening MBA administration and professors are completely unwilling to accommodate your work schedules. This is an EVENING program and they will have "mandatory" events scheduled for 2:00 PM on a Friday. I'm three semesters in and regret not going to Georgia Tech every day.

About professors, classes and curriculum

We have had 2 professors that have been incredible, so it is not all bad, however I am sorely disappointed in the program as a whole. I expected much more.

A silver lining however is that my classmates are for the most part incredibly talented individuals who are also shocked at how this program is mismanaged. I have learned much more from them than I have from *most* of my classes.

About job placement process

We have not yet started recruiting however I do hear that Emory is very strong in placements and relationships with good companies. If you can handle the disorganization and irritation of the administration of the program itself, I imagine you will get placed very well through the recruitment process.

I do not have any confidence in how well I will be prepared to take on a higher level consulting or managerial position after this program though.

Overall BSchool experience (2.0)
Schools contribution (2.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Student body, diversity
Alumni Network
Brand/Ranking

Best fit at this program:

Consulting

Can be improved:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Culture & Student Support

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There are a lot of things that I really like about Goizueta - the Professors, courses, peer group, facilities

There are a few things that could be improved significantly - brand value needs to be improved outside of Atlanta and the career services needs to bring in more tech firms to campus.

There are amazing options to stay within a mile of the campus (Emory point, Campus Crossings, Post Briarcliff) and the facilities in the campus (sports center, library) are amazing.

The alumni are extremely response and supportive. However, as the class size is one of the smallest, the alumni network isn't as large as some of the other schools.

About professors, classes and curriculum

Some of the professors are really good and I've been able to learn a lot in their classes. e.g. Microeconomics by Prof. Ray Hill, Marketing Management by Prof. Ryan Hamilton, Process, Systems and Management by Prof. Ram Chellappa

About job placement process

The school attracts a lot of good companies, particularly in Consulting and Marketing. As with most schools currently, the situation for international students isn't the most ideal and it's certainly a uphill battle in terms of recruiting. Goizueta isn't exactly known for Tech and that's primarily because of the location. For Tech recruiting, networking and off-campus opportunities will be your best bets.

Overall BSchool experience (4.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (4.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Location
Culture & Student Support
Facilities

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Marketing

Can be improved:

Alumni Network
Career opportunities provided by school
Brand/Ranking

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The small class size creates a very intimate and collaborative culture in the program, with everybody knowing all their classmates, including candidates from senior batches as well as other MBA programs like 1-yr MBA and MSBA. Alumni is always helpful when reached out to, and 2nd years provide a lot of help in career coaching and counselling. Most of the faculty is really good with some outstanding faculty present as well. The IMPACT program is a unique and interesting takeaway. It coaches students on a lot of aspects of "Day 1 readiness". It is especially helpful for those aspiring to become consultants and bankers, but also to everyone in general. The 2nd part of the program involves a real-world client project, which lets students get their hands dirty and experience the real world situations in business.
Excellent opportunities and resources are available- including the library. It's upto the students to make maximum use of these resources. Overall, a very strong program with a lot of students opting for the consulting, banking, general management, and marketing sectors for jobs.

About professors, classes and curriculum

Some of the must attend classes:
Economics- Prof. Ray Hill
Finance- Prof. J.B. Kurish
Global macroeconomics- Prof. Jeff Rosensweig
Marketing- Prof. Ryan Hamilton

About job placement process

For international students- Job opportunities for internationals are falling at an alarming pace, with most companies not sponsoring H1Bs anymore. It's a difficult situation as the total number of options available is only 20% of that available to the domestic students. It's getting increasingly difficult to find firms that sponsor. (

Overall BSchool experience (4.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Student body, diversity
Culture & Student Support
Specialization in a particular area (e.g. Finance, Consulting, Healthcare, etc)

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Finance
Marketing
Investment Banking
Management

Can be improved:

Alumni Network
Career opportunities provided by school
Brand/Ranking

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I wanted to move into Consulting so I have to admit the school offered an opportunity to interview with all the big consulting firms.

The career services were quite helpful while preparing for case prep and interview preparation. The Consulting club is great and very supportive.

The marketing club is strong too. There are lots of events and opportunities to interact with alumni and professors in the marketing field.

Some professors really stood out for me. Prof. Hamilton in marketing is amazing. Prof. Ray Hill who teaches Economics is incredible and will really challenge you.

The weather is a huge benefit of the school and the sports facilities are fabulous. The library is huge and the facilities overall are just awesome!

About professors, classes and curriculum

The IMPACT course is a massive and hugely helpful. Great course and makes the Goizueta program unique.

About job placement process

Tech recruiting is very very limited at Goizueta so if that's your area of interest, it's not the best option.

Overall BSchool experience (4.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Location
Culture & Student Support
Facilities
Specialization in a particular area (e.g. Finance, Consulting, Healthcare, etc)

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Marketing

Can be improved:

Student body, diversity
Career opportunities provided by school
Brand/Ranking

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Totally met my expectations. I was thinking about a couple of different schools in the southeast and Emory undoubtedly is one of the best schools to consider including UVA, UNC. I liked Emory a lot more due to their location, size and commitment to the individual having a very positive experience. I ultimately went into strategy and business development for a health care company and have been able to leverage my amazing network. I interned in investment banking in new York city at a bulge bracket bank where I got a lot of exposure and learned a lot. Also e hours great recruiting opportunities for marketing, consulting as well as general management. 100% of my classmates found jobs and internships.

Overall BSchool experience (5.0)
Schools contribution (5.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Career opportunities provided by school
Location

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Finance
Marketing

Can be improved:

Facilities

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