HKUST placement prospect

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Posted Jul 15, 2007 16:55

I am just telling you the truth.

I can tell you that while Stanford has great name recognition in Asia, reality is that its alumni network is actually pretty weak in the region, especially if you're in the non-tech arena.

Believe what you want to believe. I am just offering an alternative view on things.

If you want to impress people at a cocktail party, Harvard and Stanford will do the trick no doubt. But, I don't think that's what life (or school) is about.

First off all, my hat is off to anyone after Stanford, whether or not you went there thats another story.

Your last paragraph again contradicts your supposed "Stanford" education. However if you truly believe what you said, you would never take INSEAD-Singapore over HK UST, never!

By coincidence I came across this website and also dropped my short opinion about INSEAD and business schools in another thread. My impression is that there are , strangely as it is, fanboys of various business schools here in these various threads. Anyone who attended a decent MBA program (Stanford is VERY decent, although currently at a lower rank in some bizarre ranking lists) will see MBA participants from other decent schools as good pals. Business schools often have a different focus: finance, general management, healthcare...
That's what makes them special for a certain part of interested applicants. I worked on a project at Stanford as junior student. The schools is brilliant. But my focus was more on general management and INSEAD had a better fit. To me! Others will find Stanford a better fit for them. Same with finance. I think Chicago and Columbia have an edge over other schools. However, your time at the MBA program is limited and you never have time to exploit all the different electives. There always are far more electives than you have time. Besides, folks don't know what elective means. At INSEAD e.g. you do "Advanced Corporate finance" and end up reading 800page-thick books and endless case studies all in 8 weeks. Until you get drowned in financial derivaties engineering. In other schools it would be broken down to several less demanding courses (I know that from Columbia).
Concerning alumni, my predecessor's post is right on focus. It depends on the diversity and region of your alumni. US schools have pretty poor alumni representation in Europe and vice versa. Same with Asia. Does it matter? No!!!
Because once you are in the club, you are in. I often attend MBA dinners across the world, often mixed from the top 15 Business schools. Career search of Harvard, Stanford, MIT and INSEAD are mutual services. You can use the Harvard's job list as a stanford or INSEAD student and vice versa.

It doesn't matter which MBA program you attended, if it is one of the top 10 or top 15 you are in the club. You don't have to impress anyone. The MBA rankings are a joke anyway, schools get shuffled up and down every few years, depending on biased criteria. Who cares?
I would rather give top business schools a ranking similar to the Michelin's guide: 5 star, 4 star, etc.
So if you are in a 5 star business school nobody cares which one you attend. With the Hongkong UST I am not sure, it certainly might be an excellent school, without doubt. But I am not sure whether it would even be listed in the Michelin's MBA Guide. Simply, because nobody ever heard that name. Which is the same problem of excellent first-class resaturants in the province, of the beaten Michelin treck...

<blockquote><blockquote>I am just telling you the truth.

I can tell you that while Stanford has great name recognition in Asia, reality is that its alumni network is actually pretty weak in the region, especially if you're in the non-tech arena.

Believe what you want to believe. I am just offering an alternative view on things.

If you want to impress people at a cocktail party, Harvard and Stanford will do the trick no doubt. But, I don't think that's what life (or school) is about. </blockquote>

First off all, my hat is off to anyone after Stanford, whether or not you went there thats another story.

Your last paragraph again contradicts your supposed "Stanford" education. However if you truly believe what you said, you would never take INSEAD-Singapore over HK UST, never!

</blockquote>

By coincidence I came across this website and also dropped my short opinion about INSEAD and business schools in another thread. My impression is that there are , strangely as it is, fanboys of various business schools here in these various threads. Anyone who attended a decent MBA program (Stanford is VERY decent, although currently at a lower rank in some bizarre ranking lists) will see MBA participants from other decent schools as good pals. Business schools often have a different focus: finance, general management, healthcare...
That's what makes them special for a certain part of interested applicants. I worked on a project at Stanford as junior student. The schools is brilliant. But my focus was more on general management and INSEAD had a better fit. To me! Others will find Stanford a better fit for them. Same with finance. I think Chicago and Columbia have an edge over other schools. However, your time at the MBA program is limited and you never have time to exploit all the different electives. There always are far more electives than you have time. Besides, folks don't know what elective means. At INSEAD e.g. you do "Advanced Corporate finance" and end up reading 800page-thick books and endless case studies all in 8 weeks. Until you get drowned in financial derivaties engineering. In other schools it would be broken down to several less demanding courses (I know that from Columbia).
Concerning alumni, my predecessor's post is right on focus. It depends on the diversity and region of your alumni. US schools have pretty poor alumni representation in Europe and vice versa. Same with Asia. Does it matter? No!!!
Because once you are in the club, you are in. I often attend MBA dinners across the world, often mixed from the top 15 Business schools. Career search of Harvard, Stanford, MIT and INSEAD are mutual services. You can use the Harvard's job list as a stanford or INSEAD student and vice versa.

It doesn't matter which MBA program you attended, if it is one of the top 10 or top 15 you are in the club. You don't have to impress anyone. The MBA rankings are a joke anyway, schools get shuffled up and down every few years, depending on biased criteria. Who cares?
I would rather give top business schools a ranking similar to the Michelin's guide: 5 star, 4 star, etc.
So if you are in a 5 star business school nobody cares which one you attend. With the Hongkong UST I am not sure, it certainly might be an excellent school, without doubt. But I am not sure whether it would even be listed in the Michelin's MBA Guide. Simply, because nobody ever heard that name. Which is the same problem of excellent first-class resaturants in the province, of the beaten Michelin treck...

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