Phoren B-school Assistance Desk

[manu51d]

hi to all,i want to know is there any scope for me in GMAT .i do not have any work ex .done my graduation way back in 2004 .people told me work ex is perquisite requirement for GMAT.are there any colleges which do not put work ex as requirement.please list them

[only_srujan]

Till now, I have 3 offers in hand..n waiting for more.. for Fall 2007
1. EDHEC Business School, France
2. EADA, Spain
3. UCD Michael Smurfit school of business..

Can anyone help me out in choosing the best (among these)??
I am interested in pursuing Finance & Consulting... I have 3 years of telecom experience...

srujan

[Pakya]

Originally Posted by punterpandey

hey pakya your profile matches mine quite closely... same GMAT score, same interest (Finance) and same amount of work-ex. Want to know more about you ? Where you from ?

Hey Punterpandey, I am currently in New York working for Infosys. Planning to apply for 2008 admissions.

[meetarnav]

Hello Everyone.

I took the gmat recently and the score was 710 and AWA 6.
My profile : B.Tech Mechanical from REC ( now NIT ) Hamirpur. (HP).
Work Ex : 2.5 years in the Merchant Navy.

People i am sooo confused by the overwhelming info on the net. I guess i took the gmat at the wrong time yaar. i took it on 31 jan when all the colleges are nearing deadlines. i applied to NUS one week before the last date and the application got rejected. Please telll me about any ohters Melbourne or ISB or whatever. m so confused.

[xcoolaryan]

Originally Posted by manu51d

hi to all,i want to know is there any scope for me in GMAT .i do not have any work ex .done my graduation way back in 2004 .people told me work ex is perquisite requirement for GMAT.are there any colleges which do not put work ex as requirement.please list them

almost all colleges require work-ex....

if you have graduated in 2004, then you must have something....work-ex in family business / as freelancer / as social service / in NGO also works

[subodh_iit]

Query of a User (say ABC) I received on PM. Please pour in your advices..

Profile:
GMAT - 640
Work-Ex - 5 years in Retail

Query
Have been selected for MBA from SUNY Buffalo and waiting for the final decision from Katz school.

Should I drop the idea of MBA for MS in Finance (as sm of my frn's r giving me ideas that MS in finance is goin to surpass MBA very soon.) ROI is really good.

[subodh_iit]

Profile:
GMAT - 640
Work-Ex - 5 years in Retail

Query
Have been selected for MBA from SUNY Buffalo and waiting for the final decision from Katz school.

Should I drop the idea of MBA for MS in Finance (as sm of my frn's r giving me ideas that MS in finance is goin to surpass MBA very soon.) ROI is really good.

My 2 cents:

MS (Finance) is a good alternative. It requires GRE score and is somewhat less demanding on your time and finances.

However, the job you will get post MS (Fianance) will be very specific to Financial field. Your retail experience will be lost. And if you start disliking the field later on, you will have no option other than going for an MBA.

MS (Finance) can never surpass MBA as you cannot go to Marketing, Energy, IT and a whole lot of other companies with MS (Finance).
The most lucrative field where you will be placed alongside MBAs is Investment Banking and Investment Funds - Sales & Trading.

Your work will consist of investing money based on Financial Models. The demand for Fin Modeling whiz-kids grew out of the growing IT power. Still, very few funds and Banks have Partners without MBAs meaning that an MS will give you much less leverage for further promotions.

LTCM was one fund that popularized the idea of hiring and MS and PhDs in finance for trading jobs. But do not expect to be promoted to much higher levels (Senior Traders/Partners) without sufficient reputation in Academia.

Other than these, the only jobs that u can prob get are in Fin deptt. of conventional companies at substantial lower pay.

[apurva_sethi]

Hi...

Could any one please provide me a list of B-Schools in Philadelphia...

[harshg]

Depends which MSF program is s/he planning to take. And Why.

MSF is definitely more of a "deep dive" into the realm of Academic Finance as compared with the MBA and hence, the theory that the MSF would be a "hotter" qual to have as compared to an MBA (if you are hunting for a job in anything which picks up on a MBA with a Finance major) is not unfounded.

Again, MSF is academicaly inclined than a more vocational MBA.

Realisticaly speaking, with a 640 in GMAT and 5 years of retail experience--- you should look at a reason for doing the MBA or the MSF:: and compare that with trying to improve the GMAT score - improving it --applying to a T20 college and hoping for a better (more lucrative placement)--or applying for a higher scholarship at SUNY-- this also would be a better ROI.

Also note that your GMAT scores would be on your resume while you look at a placement post qual. ...... my advise would be to try and improve the 640.

MBA v/a MSF
If your experience has been in retailing Financial Instruments (either courses are a good option as they help you build up on the your chosen industry-- you already have the hands on experience) but if you have been selling Dialysis Filters for the past 5 years -- you may want to consider MBA because the MSF would mean that you start at the bottom of the heirarchy once again.

Again, most of us are looking at an MBA to change our career streams-- ITES to Financial Analytics or ITES to Retail--- MBA is more popular as it feeds both job markets.

And, in my opinion, at present at least the MBA is a more popular option hence there would be lesser competition for the MSF admits (as long as the courses are offered at the same or similar schools).

H.

PS.... I have been a huge fan of specialising in a specific field--post MBBS an MS post MS an MCh---- post MCh; hours of say, cardiothoracic surgery--- post that the number of cardiac by-pass procedures;;;; this is what defines a profession and a professional.

PPS... in case your friend has been looking at the Post Grad Qual in Finance ask him/her to look at the MFE offered by Haas at UC Berkley Master's in Financial Engineering (MFE) Program - About the Program

Originally Posted by subodh_iit

Query of a User (say ABC) I received on PM. Please pour in your advices..

Profile:
GMAT - 640
Work-Ex - 5 years in Retail

Query
Have been selected for MBA from SUNY Buffalo and waiting for the final decision from Katz school.

Should I drop the idea of MBA for MS in Finance (as sm of my frn's r giving me ideas that MS in finance is goin to surpass MBA very soon.) ROI is really good.

[Prime]

What are the chances for an internatinal student passing out from Moore School of Business, South Carolina to land a job in the US?