So, have you got accepted to this school, SJC? I know at one time that the University of Chicago was considered to be in the top 3 of MBA schools along with Stanford and Harvard. Getting a MBA from them would definitely be something to be proud of, IMO. Can I ask why you would want to get a MBA? Is this to be just like another degree because you want a challenge? Or is it because you are thinking about getting out of your present profession of Law? If you haven't already gotten in, I wish you luck in getting in and luck in completing this ambitious program.
Thanks a lot! Well, I am not really working as a lawyer anymore, I started in our company (an Internet portal) as the first lawyer in Europe and then moved over to general management. So now I am responsible for one of the products and I have gotten a lot of hands-on business experience, but I feel like it could not hurt to make sure that I also have all the tools and methodology and the fundamentals, and, maybe even more important, be able to document that to the outside. A friend of mine who is also a lawyer by training is without a job right now and although he worked in management, he has no chance of getting into good management positions because they all see him as a lawyer "only". So I think it would be good to be able to have something to "prove" that you also have the business knowledge. I think the "challenge" thing is also a small part of it, but another big thing is that it would be a nice thing to spend some time in Barcelona (it's not a full-time program, but one of those where you just fly in for a week every six weeks for a week or so, so I can stay in my current job, but I would have the pleasure to spend time in Barcelona, Singapore and Chicago as part of the program (it is one of those "global" programs) and that just sounds cool to me. I had an interview a few days ago and they haven't sent me an acceptance letter or something yet, but I am almost sure that I will get in. I already got accepted by this school http://www.iese.edu/programs/GlobalEmba/index.html, which has a very similar program (Barcelona, Shanghai, Silicon Valley) but I would prefer the University of Chicago, because this IESE school is very renowned in Europe, but nobody knows it in the US. There was one more program I wanted to look at, http://www.london.edu/emba-global/Admissions/Requirements/requirements.html , a joint program of Columbia and the London School of Economics, but I missed the application deadline. I am planning to call them on Monday and try to see if they accept a late application from me. All three of the programs are quite expensive and I would have to pay most of it myself, my company would only pay a small part, but I feel like it is one of these once-in-a-lifetime things that I might regret later if I didn't do it and I hope it would somehow pay off later.
Baqui99, I got you beat, I'm at UT, and I only have one final , but I'm taking 12 hours. If you are taking 15 hours, only having 2 finals is impressive. My one final is next Saturday night tho.
my 2 finals are with 16 hours, so even more impressive. although i only got out of 1 because he let us replace our lowest test grade with our homework grade. i'll be replacing the zero i get when i don't take it.
I got a 580 on the GMAT, by the way. Just thought I'd mention that. I know Baylor required that I take the GMAT for their MTAX program, but I don't recall them ever saying anything about what sort of score I had to get. Considering how mediocre my undergrad GPA was, I'm sure I had to score high on the GMAT.... and having both my parents as Baylor grads probably didn't hurt (and my Dad is a Baylor Med grad, as well). Of course, I didn't even last a full semester before realizing Tax Accounting was really, really boring and dropping out. You'd think since I majored in Accounting in undergrad that I would've realized how insanely boring accounting is much earlier.
I just thought I'd put the standard UT reply here. 13 hours, 2 finals baby....but they're both pretty damn important...i need a 90 on one to make an A...and a 92 on the other. DAMMIT! I better do it. If I do...I'll climb up the Clock Tower's steps like rocky and go nuts. I balled at Greg today...anytime u see a 5'7" Indo dude with glasses and no handle, no J, no D....that's me. SJC and Manny...getting an MBA sounds really awesome...esp. the global program. I'm just an undergrad at the Business School at UT...I wish I knew another language fluently so i could pursue that global program.
I have 4 10 page papers due in the next 2 or 3 days, then my final begin, and one is another 15 page paper, I really dont want to get started, hence my lurking on the bbs
It's all in English, but they normally require about 10 years job experience or so. So perhaps you could do it in a few years. My GMAT score was 680, but if I wanted to get into Harvard or something like that, I would probably need 700 or 720, so for that, I would have to prepare a bit for the math questions before taking it again.
4 more finals in 4 days...... At least I'll be done by Thursday night. This year's finals suck. I think Unit Ops might be the easiest one I'll take, and one of my finals is 60% of the total grade Good luck all, I have to get back to studying....
Final on Wednesday, Final on Thursday... got two projects due on Thursday also...anyone here have any experience with VHDL?!?
I thought Harvard didn't require the GMAT, but I guess they do (I just looked it up and they say they do). When I was taking my GMAT (back in 1991), I thought I remembered reading about how Harvard didn't require the GMAT because they didn't feel it was an accurate indicator of future achievement. Either they changed their mind or I dreamt the whole thing from before. Interesting (to me anyway), either way. (Also, my math portion was what brought my score down, too. I was in the ninety-something percentile in Verbal and somewhere in the 50s in math. But there ain't no way I'd be getting into Harvard anyway... so I was happy with what I got).
Congratulations, SJC! I know I have done a lot of moaning and complaining about my classes, but I was able to pull out an A- in the grad class and a B in the Finance class. So, it is really not that bad. I'm sure a smart guy like yourself will be just fine.
