Help required in finalizing program

Sam_Walter

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Posted Mar 31, 2015 15:14

Hi,

I have admits from the below three programs (so far, of the many I had applied).
UT Dallas -JSOM (scholarsip - $35000)
UC Davis (scholarship - $34000)
JHU Carey (scholarship - $90000).

Assuming that I will not get any further admits, I would like to get some inputs on these 3 colleges (I have done a fair bit of research myself, but I would like to hear from the wise men out here as my work will definitely be biased - mostly inputs from current students and alumni).

My undergrad is Mechanical engineering with a GPA of 3.83 (evaluated by WES). I have a work experience of 4 years in Information Technology industry (mostly Data Analytics and consulting).

I am interested in technology and operations management with a wide range of add-on subjects such as business analytics, securities and risk management, global strategy, etc. I am not in favor of any particular location post MBA, though I am particular about the industry, technology.

Hoping for some inputs.

Thanks in advance
Sam

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ezra

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Posted Apr 01, 2015 17:33

Dallas seems like a great choice for you, given its ranking in Businessweek and the fact that it places almost half of its grads into tech roles.

I suppose that Davis could be an option if you were specifically looking at ending up in the Bay Area or even Silicon Valley... Although in these areas there will be a fair amount of competition from MBAs in the top-tier schools.

Hopkins places far fewer grads into tech/ops roles. I would think that it would be hard to justify the cost of that program when Dallas has similar salary outcomes.

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