Hello,

Could you please give me your opinions about Birmingham and Kingston's FT MBA programs? I got an offer from both, but I'm confused now. Both schools are ranked pretty good (not excellent), but both didn't ask my poor gmat score. I even didn't interview with Birmingham. I'm very confused and getting skepitacle... Which do you think better and why? Please help me to make my mind!

Thanks.

Which : Birmingham>Kingston
Why : Birmingham is EQUIS Accredited, Kingston is not.

Well can we know what is your GMAT score??!!!!

My score is 500 (Q 45+, V10). So embasassing... I was doing OK with Verbal section during practices, but something went wrong on the test day. And, since my work got so busy, I decided to re-take if I could get a conditional offer. But, I got unconditional offers! Now, I'm questioning what my time & stree for GMAT was...

Well, you have a below avg GMAT Score...there is nothing embarrassing in it...sure you had given your best shot...its just that on that day your luck didnt quite compliment your efforts...many people score less than 500, many take multiple shots...all are part of ultimately becoming a B School student...you r just another one of them and need not feel down/bad...cheer up!

as far as your admit to Birmingham/Kingston is concerned, its true that most of the reputed B Schools obligatorily ask for GMAT score but in the UK is not uncommon for a B School to give admit without a Gmat Score...believe me...its quite common for all the good but not top-notched schools...I do not know about kingston but I can assure you that Birmingham is a decent B School...Off late it has lost much of its sheen to new schools like Warwick, lancaster etc but around 3-4 yrs ago Birmingham used to loom large in the B School market.

Birmingham Uni being the oldest among all the red-brick Universities provoke good amount of respect at the interview table when a student shows Birmingham Uni degree.

I am not advocating against Kingston...Kingston being located at the London got tremendous amount of advantage over Birmingham but had I been in your place I would have accepted a school which finds its place in the FT/EIU ranking.

Birmingham's stats :
FT ranking :- http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/birmingham-business-school#global-mba-rankings

EIU ranking :- http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=school_snapshot&university_id=1920471592&mba_program_id=1930471593&university_name=Birmingham%2C+University+of--Birmingham+Business+School

Kingston stats: not present in both FT and EIU

Hope this helps......

_ Nes