Admitted to IOWA

!conformist · **Admitted to IOWA -** 24-01-2006, 08:34 PM

Hi Guys .. I got an admit from IOWA Tippie School of Business .. the school is offering me some funding in the form of graduate assisantship .. it should cover a good part of the tuition and living expenditure ...

I also have a call from AIM Manila for GD/PI ..

Would love to hear feedback on IOWA from anybody who has any info regarding the school before I decide to accept the offer ..

My profile :
Kampooter Engineer
>3 yrs workex
GMAT: 720

Hope to get as many replies as possible ...

cheers!!!!

kbhooshan · **Re: Admitted to IOWA -** 24-01-2006, 10:13 PM

hi congrats for IOWA,
well its a great college ,
see for urself
http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html

its ranked 35, in world ranking ,
i thnk thats good
and also , if u see the other columns and compare the info given , then also it come s out to be good choice

regds
kulz

datewithdestiny · **Re: Admitted to IOWA -** 25-01-2006, 08:54 AM

hey congrats dude... Iowa's Ranking Are quite flattering... 35th world-FT, 37th world-The economist, 12th US- Forbes, 37th US- USNews. and didnt they mail u a brochure? i got one yesterday...

I too have applied to Iowa. Lemme know when u applied and the date they gave u admission so tht, i would have a fair idea as to when ill get a decision.

chandler · 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !conformist

Hi Guys .. I got an admit from IOWA Tippie School of Business .. the school is offering me some funding in the form of graduate assisantship .. it should cover a good part of the tuition and living expenditure ...

I also have a call from AIM Manila for GD/PI ..

Would love to hear feedback on IOWA from anybody who has any info regarding the school before I decide to accept the offer ..

My profile :
Kampooter Engineer
>3 yrs workex
GMAT: 720

Hope to get as many replies as possible ...

cheers!!!!

Congrats man

Did u have an interview ? How did it go ?
I guess Iowa ranks very high with regards to job opportunities after MBA.

Crash_test_dummy · **Re: Admitted to IOWA -** 25-01-2006, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by !conformist

My profile :
Kampooter Engineer
>3 yrs workex
GMAT: 720

congrats! would you mind pouring in a little more info about yourself. like, any extra currics or special stuff under your belt...achievements etc...basically, anything that you think might differentiate you? also, could you please post your breakup of the gmat, i want to get an idea abt my chances, i`m planning to app in fall 07, i`ll have 3 yrs that time and i`m almost in the same boat as you. i got 730 (v42, q48, awa5.5), so i guess your info should be pretty useful to me as well. also, why iowa...why did u choose it? some special background info on it? sorry for so many querries and thanks in advance for the answers!

!conformist · **Thanx for the responses -** 26-01-2006, 09:32 PM

Hey guys .. thanx a lot for ur responses ..

to begin answering ur questions

yup I did have an interview. some of the questions that I was asked were:
1. Describe current job responsibilities
2. Netime when you went out of ur way to help a client
3. Netime when you had to negotiate with a client
4. Give examples when you demonstrated leadership at work

I submitted my application on 28th Nov and got the admission result on Jan 11

The breakup of my GMAT was 720 (v38, q50, awa4.5),
undergratute: BE Computer Science Thapar Institute class of 2003, acad - average, extra curr: average, good at school
other stuff... was promoted at work in half the time, handled big international projects early .. could demonstrate consistent career progression .. volunteer work at day care center in a hospital

Chose Iowa because I thought it offered a good ROI. Have a friend studying there .. she dropped columbia and tepper to go to Iowa since she was getting good funding at Iowa .. she was all praise for the school and said she din regret dropping the other schools to go to Iowa at all .. The school offers a small program and the faculty goes out of their way to make it a customized experience for each student. The career services deppt is also ranked very high..

Having said all that I would still like to get more inputs from the wise people on this forum before I deicide to join this school , hence this thread ..

Thanx !!!!

!waytogo! · 12:06 PM

Hi Conformist:

Iowa and AIM both are wonderful schools, which hold equivalent platform in Indian job market.

There are two factors which should help you decide:

1. Cost: Go with the school that puts least pressure on your finances.
2. Post MBA location: If you want to come back to India post MBA (assuming you are still in India), go with AIM. Tippie will not fetch you a better salary anywhere in India; on the contrary AIM is much more popular across Asia. However, if you want to settle in US, atleast for the first 5-6 years, Iowa experience will beat AIM anyday.

Now take your call on these two parameters and go ahead.

All the best!
D.

coolmayukh · 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !conformist

Hi Guys .. I got an admit from IOWA Tippie School of Business .. the school is offering me some funding in the form of graduate assisantship .. it should cover a good part of the tuition and living expenditure ...

I also have a call from AIM Manila for GD/PI ..

Would love to hear feedback on IOWA from anybody who has any info regarding the school before I decide to accept the offer ..

My profile :
Kampooter Engineer
>3 yrs workex
GMAT: 720

Hope to get as many replies as possible ...

cheers!!!!

Hi !confirmist,

I too have got an offer from Tippie with a good scholarship. my profile is :
Electronics Engineer : Topper in University
> 3 yrs workex
GMAT : 690

I have also got an offer from NUS...the same case as yours. Now I want to go to the place where I'll get good ROI. Can you please tell me the total cost of Tippie MBA?

If you want, you can also get in touch with me at

For the ppl who are still waiting for an interview or applying, my interview was really lengthy. It was over 30 mins and it was mostly situation based questions like :
1. Describe a situation where u have shown leadership roles.
2. Describe a situation where have shown initiative.
.........etc

To be very frank, I was not at all expecting such questions and I was totally unprepared for these sort of questions. But I showed good presence of mind by answering all the questions immediately. That really impressed the AdCom.

Cheers
Mayukh