Comments on this program? seems to be structured like an EMBA and it should carry more prestige than a regular HKUST MBA.
http://globalfinance.bm.ust.hk/index.asp
Msc Global Finance NYU-HKUST
Posted Jul 09, 2009 22:19
http://globalfinance.bm.ust.hk/index.asp
Posted Jul 10, 2009 14:11
Perhaps.
The MBA program is certainly well-reputed, and the fact that the Msc program is connected with NYU Stern can't hurt. However, since the Msc requires five years of work experience (compared to two for the MBA,) it seems to be aimed more at the executive level.
More prestige, though? Maybe only in the sense that it's suited for higher level students.
The MBA program is certainly well-reputed, and the fact that the Msc program is connected with NYU Stern can't hurt. However, since the Msc requires five years of work experience (compared to two for the MBA,) it seems to be aimed more at the executive level.
More prestige, though? Maybe only in the sense that it's suited for higher level students.
Posted Jul 10, 2009 16:09
Perhaps.
The MBA program is certainly well-reputed, and the fact that the Msc program is connected with NYU Stern can't hurt. However, since the Msc requires five years of work experience (compared to two for the MBA,) it seems to be aimed more at the executive level.
More prestige, though? Maybe only in the sense that it's suited for higher level students.
yes, you are studying with executives, but unlike the EMBA you do not need to be sponsored by your company to get in, or maybe im wrong and that is assumed with this program as well.
you get an actual degree from NYU as well, its not one of those connected/partnership things which you get nothign out of. this is a dual degree.
The MBA program is certainly well-reputed, and the fact that the Msc program is connected with NYU Stern can't hurt. However, since the Msc requires five years of work experience (compared to two for the MBA,) it seems to be aimed more at the executive level.
More prestige, though? Maybe only in the sense that it's suited for higher level students.</blockquote>
yes, you are studying with executives, but unlike the EMBA you do not need to be sponsored by your company to get in, or maybe im wrong and that is assumed with this program as well.
you get an actual degree from NYU as well, its not one of those connected/partnership things which you get nothign out of. this is a dual degree.
Posted Sep 03, 2009 20:21
Sponsorship seems to be down across all programs I have looked into. I don't think anyone requires it any more. I am looking into this program b/c there is no other program like it....focused on finance in an schedule that lets me keep workuing full time. Stern is a top 3 school in finance. It's amazing that I can get an NYU Stern degree while still living in Asia.
Posted Sep 04, 2009 20:28
Sponsorship seems to be down across all programs I have looked into. I don't think anyone requires it any more. I am looking into this program b/c there is no other program like it....focused on finance in an schedule that lets me keep workuing full time. Stern is a top 3 school in finance. It's amazing that I can get an NYU Stern degree while still living in Asia.
NYU and HKUST are very much alike, very strong Finance focus in research/teaching etc... i can imagine the ROI and networking with this degree is one of the highest anywhere.
NYU and HKUST are very much alike, very strong Finance focus in research/teaching etc... i can imagine the ROI and networking with this degree is one of the highest anywhere.
Posted Oct 17, 2009 17:00
Sponsorship seems to be down across all programs I have looked into. I don't think anyone requires it any more. I am looking into this program b/c there is no other program like it....focused on finance in an schedule that lets me keep workuing full time. Stern is a top 3 school in finance. It's amazing that I can get an NYU Stern degree while still living in Asia.
NYU and HKUST are very much alike, very strong Finance focus in research/teaching etc... i can imagine the ROI and networking with this degree is one of the highest anywhere.
i have not heard of this degree, is it new?
NYU and HKUST are very much alike, very strong Finance focus in research/teaching etc... i can imagine the ROI and networking with this degree is one of the highest anywhere.
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i have not heard of this degree, is it new?
Posted Aug 20, 2010 05:53
Posted Aug 20, 2010 05:55
Posted Aug 26, 2010 23:26
ps everything is quick and brief, while the nyu professors maybe a little better, the hkust professors are all jokes lol...dumb scholars
thats a strong statement, can you go on record with this?
specifics regarding Professors please.
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thats a strong statement, can you go on record with this?
specifics regarding Professors please.
Posted Aug 26, 2010 23:28
Save your money. This program is just about so so. I am currently a student under this program. You pretty much can't learn a lot from it as it is just an alliance between hkust and nyu. Program is pretty sparse and cracked into 4 days seminar of a month.
I would really try something else rather than this joke. Regret my money and time...it sucks
i missed this post before, sorry to say it but it makes you look really "dumb" ... how could you spend money on something that it appears you had not researched before hand?
I would really try something else rather than this joke. Regret my money and time...it sucks
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i missed this post before, sorry to say it but it makes you look really "dumb" ... how could you spend money on something that it appears you had not researched before hand?
Posted Aug 27, 2010 10:55
Save your money. This program is just about so so. I am currently a student under this program. You pretty much can't learn a lot from it as it is just an alliance between hkust and nyu. Program is pretty sparse and cracked into 4 days seminar of a month.
I would really try something else rather than this joke. Regret my money and time...it sucks
i missed this post before, sorry to say it but it makes you look really "dumb" ... how could you spend money on something that it appears you had not researched before hand?
Some things look much better on paper than they do in reality. On paper, a NYU-HKUST finance program sounds perfect. For new programs especially, the main source of info is what you can gather from the school's website and various net articles. So rather than "dumb," it can indeed have been the case that it was an informed gamble that did not materialize profitably. Or at least that's the message I'm getting from Wayne's situation. Very few people jump blindly into something without at least doing the basic research, but i guess if that was the case it would indeed be "dumb," but I doubt that was the case. It's more likely that there wasn't much info to begin with (often the case for new programs), and as a student of the program, he's here to shed light on the matter and remedy the lack-of-info predicament. Though obviously there's always the potential for bias, but as netizens we all know this (maybe the program is great but he's just disgruntled, i can't imagine there being a lot of finance jobs after the financial crisis, but who knows).
I would really try something else rather than this joke. Regret my money and time...it sucks
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i missed this post before, sorry to say it but it makes you look really "dumb" ... how could you spend money on something that it appears you had not researched before hand?
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Some things look much better on paper than they do in reality. On paper, a NYU-HKUST finance program sounds perfect. For new programs especially, the main source of info is what you can gather from the school's website and various net articles. So rather than "dumb," it can indeed have been the case that it was an informed gamble that did not materialize profitably. Or at least that's the message I'm getting from Wayne's situation. Very few people jump blindly into something without at least doing the basic research, but i guess if that was the case it would indeed be "dumb," but I doubt that was the case. It's more likely that there wasn't much info to begin with (often the case for new programs), and as a student of the program, he's here to shed light on the matter and remedy the lack-of-info predicament. Though obviously there's always the potential for bias, but as netizens we all know this (maybe the program is great but he's just disgruntled, i can't imagine there being a lot of finance jobs after the financial crisis, but who knows).
Posted Aug 27, 2010 18:06
and as a student of the program, he's here to shed light on the matter and remedy the lack-of-info predicament.
yes please, share some insights!
making unsubstantiated statements adds no value.
i just looked up this Msc, to me it is clear black on white that its an executive weekend type of a degree, so if you were going to ask me, one goes there to network and to have a piece of paper to frame and hang on his/her wall.
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and as a student of the program, he's here to shed light on the matter and remedy the lack-of-info predicament. </blockquote>
yes please, share some insights!
making unsubstantiated statements adds no value.
i just looked up this Msc, to me it is clear black on white that its an executive weekend type of a degree, so if you were going to ask me, one goes there to network and to have a piece of paper to frame and hang on his/her wall.
Posted Aug 28, 2010 00:49
yes please, share some insights!
making unsubstantiated statements adds no value.
i just looked up this Msc, to me it is clear black on white that its an executive weekend type of a degree, so if you were going to ask me, one goes there to network and to have a piece of paper to frame and hang on his/her wall.
You shouldn't feel so defensive. I'm not Wayne, so I'm not so personally offended by your insults to Wayne or HKUST for that matter, just trying to encourage insider knowledge transfer. If he's telling the truth, he's got some inside information on such things as course-load, on-campus recruitment, professors etc... that can't often be gleamed from the website. But to call someone "dumb" over the internet without looking at the potential worth of what they have to say, isn't that "dumb"? I'm not here to hear opinions on what you can gleam from the website, because if I looked at the website I can do that too, I'd like to hear a bit beyond that, and in that respect a current student has much more valuable information than what can simply be "gleamed" from the official website. Confirmations, clarification, explaining misconceptions etc... websites often aren't enough for that.
yes please, share some insights!
making unsubstantiated statements adds no value.
i just looked up this Msc, to me it is clear black on white that its an executive weekend type of a degree, so if you were going to ask me, one goes there to network and to have a piece of paper to frame and hang on his/her wall.
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You shouldn't feel so defensive. I'm not Wayne, so I'm not so personally offended by your insults to Wayne or HKUST for that matter, just trying to encourage insider knowledge transfer. If he's telling the truth, he's got some inside information on such things as course-load, on-campus recruitment, professors etc... that can't often be gleamed from the website. But to call someone "dumb" over the internet without looking at the potential worth of what they have to say, isn't that "dumb"? I'm not here to hear opinions on what you can gleam from the website, because if I looked at the website I can do that too, I'd like to hear a bit beyond that, and in that respect a current student has much more valuable information than what can simply be "gleamed" from the official website. Confirmations, clarification, explaining misconceptions etc... websites often aren't enough for that.
Posted Aug 28, 2010 16:36
when someone posts a dumb post, you call them on it.
i am sincerely interested in everything i can learn from posts here, as I am looking into Insead and Hong Kong UST, and there isnt as much info out there on the latter.
when you have a guy who spent i dont know, how much 80k, on a program and sounds like he has no idea what he got himself into, then thats pretty dumb. Normal people just dont do that, think about it and what he said, does it make any sense?
Anyhow. Wayne, if you have some concrete info to post, please do so, but dont post something like this and disappear.
In the end it seems we are both looking for the same thing, reliable first hand info, making unsubstantiated generalizations helps no one. If you can list Professors-courses which sucked that would be of great help!
that is of course if Wayne truly is/was a student ..... which at this point I highly doubt. He actually sounds like somebody who got rejected...
i am sincerely interested in everything i can learn from posts here, as I am looking into Insead and Hong Kong UST, and there isnt as much info out there on the latter.
when you have a guy who spent i dont know, how much 80k, on a program and sounds like he has no idea what he got himself into, then thats pretty dumb. Normal people just dont do that, think about it and what he said, does it make any sense?
Anyhow. Wayne, if you have some concrete info to post, please do so, but dont post something like this and disappear.
In the end it seems we are both looking for the same thing, reliable first hand info, making unsubstantiated generalizations helps no one. If you can list Professors-courses which sucked that would be of great help!
that is of course if Wayne truly is/was a student ..... which at this point I highly doubt. He actually sounds like somebody who got rejected...
Posted Aug 29, 2010 11:43
I too think it was pretty vague (his statements), but trying to get someone to elaborate by calling them dumb is a pretty bad strategy. You barely gave the a person 2 minutes to reply to your inquiry about professors before calling him dumb. I highly doubt someone would "run away" because he was lying after being called dumb, if i was on the other end, even if i had the best insider info ever, i would be thinking "alright, fuck that shit, maybe i should just say it's the best program in the world on this board so this douche would waste his money, cause really, wtf." Not the best way of trying to get at info is all I'm saying. I'm not entirely disagreeing with you, because his statements were pretty general, but you have to take it in context. It was his first reply, maybe he would have replied had you asked the right questions. How about asking questions and then waiting for a reply? The whole "it sucks balls" thing comes around a lot (often a lot of trolls come along, it's a forum afterall, it's the rule to have at least a couple), but overall simply calling someone dumb before hearing a reply is not smart info gathering is all. That's all I'm really pointing out.
Posted Sep 03, 2010 21:49
I too think it was pretty vague (his statements), but trying to get someone to elaborate by calling them dumb is a pretty bad strategy. You barely gave the a person 2 minutes to reply to your inquiry about professors before calling him dumb. I highly doubt someone would "run away" because he was lying after being called dumb, if i was on the other end, even if i had the best insider info ever, i would be thinking "alright, fuck that shit, maybe i should just say it's the best program in the world on this board so this douche would waste his money, cause really, wtf." Not the best way of trying to get at info is all I'm saying. I'm not entirely disagreeing with you, because his statements were pretty general, but you have to take it in context. It was his first reply, maybe he would have replied had you asked the right questions. How about asking questions and then waiting for a reply? The whole "it sucks balls" thing comes around a lot (often a lot of trolls come along, it's a forum afterall, it's the rule to have at least a couple), but overall simply calling someone dumb before hearing a reply is not smart info gathering is all. That's all I'm really pointing out.
no need to start using expletives... if you dont think someone"supposedly" spending a lot of $$ before knowing the basics is dumb than ....... i would love to hear your definition of it.
as i said before, you post dumb things and you get called on them, easy and simple. obviously he had nothing of value to contribute to begin with as it is very clear now that either hes a troll, or some frustrated reject who got dinged.
why do you try to defend the guy anyhow? if he had anyting worhthwhile to offer i would be the first one to embrace it.
im done here, tried to get some constructive info and got almost none.
no need to start using expletives... if you dont think someone"supposedly" spending a lot of $$ before knowing the basics is dumb than ....... i would love to hear your definition of it.
as i said before, you post dumb things and you get called on them, easy and simple. obviously he had nothing of value to contribute to begin with as it is very clear now that either hes a troll, or some frustrated reject who got dinged.
why do you try to defend the guy anyhow? if he had anyting worhthwhile to offer i would be the first one to embrace it.
im done here, tried to get some constructive info and got almost none.
Posted Sep 18, 2010 20:54
Anyone who says "Wayne Lai" is a rejected student without research is the real dumb. Why you didn't do your research to find it out first before comment. "He" however IS what he said is.
My life is too busy for this but I have said what I have got from the program.
My life is too busy for this but I have said what I have got from the program.
Posted Sep 18, 2010 21:09
p.s. if you think you get find out all about a program by some "basic research", then why you guys are wondering here and still got no clue at all...smart researchers...
Posted Sep 18, 2010 21:30
And let's keep the valuable information up:
Save your money. This program is just about so so. I am currently a student under this program. You pretty much can?t learn a lot from it as it is just an alliance between hkust and nyu. Program is pretty sparse and cracked into 4 days seminar of a month.
The international ranking giving to HKUST has a lot of bubble in it too, trying to balance each continents on the globe, while US schools will always be above par, they will try to give some spots to Europe and Asia schools to balance.
I would really try something else rather than this. Regret my money and time?.
ps everything is quick and brief. Think about it, any program trying to collaborate from a secondary school to a better school has a lot of glam factors in it. It is kind of like paying to get a degree?columbia, harvard, stanford, yale, upenn are really the outstanding ones.
Save your money. This program is just about so so. I am currently a student under this program. You pretty much can?t learn a lot from it as it is just an alliance between hkust and nyu. Program is pretty sparse and cracked into 4 days seminar of a month.
The international ranking giving to HKUST has a lot of bubble in it too, trying to balance each continents on the globe, while US schools will always be above par, they will try to give some spots to Europe and Asia schools to balance.
I would really try something else rather than this. Regret my money and time?.
ps everything is quick and brief. Think about it, any program trying to collaborate from a secondary school to a better school has a lot of glam factors in it. It is kind of like paying to get a degree?columbia, harvard, stanford, yale, upenn are really the outstanding ones.
Posted Sep 19, 2010 06:29
Interesting - I guess this could also be applied to: Tsinghua/MIT/HEC, Fudan/MIT, and Tsinghua/INSEAD EMBA. Just curious, if you could do it over again, would you choose HKUST/NYU or Tsinghua/INSEAD EMBA?
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