MBA in New York

buktown

4 8

Posted Jul 25, 2007 03:55

Metropolitan College of New York has the most attractive 1 year MBA program or 1 year specialized MBA in Media Management Program.

It is located in the Village New York City about 10 blocks from NYU. You graduate from the program in 1 year. All students go on a free trip from New York City to Europe (France, ENgland, to the Cannes Film Festival & London Stock Exchange) to learn and study about international businesses or international media depending on which MBA program you pick.

Students go to Europe with your classmates and professors and you develop a great friendship with your school. THe networking opportunities are tremendous and everybody who graduates from this program get offered top jobs around the world because of the international seminars.

I recommend this program highly! I graduated from there!

http://www.mcny.edu/business/mba_mediamanage.php

quote

Tobinblows

1 2

Posted Oct 17, 2007 23:01

Face facts...St. John's is the city's next up and coming business school, and Hofstra (which is garbage nonetheless) is nowhere to be found. And since you incorrectly extrapolate Zarb's position in finance, from a dean's background, it's clear that I won this debate rather easily, based on factual evidence and valid conclusions (about the schools, not the deans). Now that you want to harp on recruiting, here's some food for thought, regarding "the reality":
Next time, put your money where your mouth is.

I'd like to send out a WARNING to everyone on here reading these posts and considering St. Johns: This poster G3XL has been pumping SJU like a JT Marlin broker pumping a tech startup in 1999.

G3XL is an immature crybaby, who posts on multiple message boards how media rankings mean nothing and SJU is the best MBA program in NYC, aside from NYU and Columbia. This couldn't be further from the truth, as many employers do not even know SJU has a business school!!

In fact, this G3XL character has been posting double talk about SJU being an up and comer for OVER 5 YEARS in internet message boards. He was already banned from the businessweek message boards due to his nasty attacks on anyone who disagreed with him on SJU, which invariably was many people.
The fact of the matter is that Fordham is ranked for a reason, and SJU is not ranked for a reason. Those who rank business schools do it for a living, and they are not idiots. They see qualities in Fordham's school that do not exists in SJU's School of Going out of Business.

Don't be fooled: STAY AWAY FROM SJU. BUYER BEWARE!

<blockquote>Face facts...St. John's is the city's next up and coming business school, and Hofstra (which is garbage nonetheless) is nowhere to be found. And since you incorrectly extrapolate Zarb's position in finance, from a dean's background, it's clear that I won this debate rather easily, based on factual evidence and valid conclusions (about the schools, not the deans). Now that you want to harp on recruiting, here's some food for thought, regarding "the reality":
Next time, put your money where your mouth is.</blockquote>

I'd like to send out a WARNING to everyone on here reading these posts and considering St. Johns: This poster G3XL has been pumping SJU like a JT Marlin broker pumping a tech startup in 1999.

G3XL is an immature crybaby, who posts on multiple message boards how media rankings mean nothing and SJU is the best MBA program in NYC, aside from NYU and Columbia. This couldn't be further from the truth, as many employers do not even know SJU has a business school!!

In fact, this G3XL character has been posting double talk about SJU being an up and comer for OVER 5 YEARS in internet message boards. He was already banned from the businessweek message boards due to his nasty attacks on anyone who disagreed with him on SJU, which invariably was many people.
The fact of the matter is that Fordham is ranked for a reason, and SJU is not ranked for a reason. Those who rank business schools do it for a living, and they are not idiots. They see qualities in Fordham's school that do not exists in SJU's School of Going out of Business.

Don't be fooled: STAY AWAY FROM SJU. BUYER BEWARE!

quote

maite

18 16

Posted Oct 18, 2007 18:37

But Tobinblows, can you tell me, is St. johns THAT bad? Ok it is not ranked, but it could have some assets for those people who are not among the brillant students being accepted by Columbia or NYU?
I'm just curious because I am part of those, but besides also I know quite a few who desperately try to find out which MBA to do with a below 520 GMAT or something similar. It would be good to get a real picture of St. Johns.

Thanks!!

quote

Tobinblows

1 2

Posted Oct 23, 2007 14:09

But Tobinblows, can you tell me, is St. johns THAT bad? Ok it is not ranked, but it could have some assets for those people who are not among the brillant students being accepted by Columbia or NYU?
I'm just curious because I am part of those, but besides also I know quite a few who desperately try to find out which MBA to do with a below 520 GMAT or something similar. It would be good to get a real picture of St. Johns.

Thanks!!

No problem - I'd be more than happy to help.

SJU's MBA is not as bad as dowling. However, if I couldn't get in to CU or NYU, my next choices would be those schools that are or have very recently been ranked. Face facts, media rankings and the prestige of institutions plays a large role in the business world. How are we able to tell the differences among a list of candidates? The acid test for this is the school the candidate attends. If you attend a better school (as recognized by media rankings), your resume will carry more weight than someone who went to a school anyone could have gotten into.

Having said all of that, my advice to anyone who scored below a 520 on the GMAT (besides retake it!), is to apply to Fordham, Baruch, and Rutgers (if in NJ) as these are the only part time programs that get any noteriety. I know an MBA at Fordham now who just had an internship with NBC sports and now has one with Novartis. Neither of these firms recruit at SJU.

If commuting to Fordham or Baruch isn't a problem, then those 2 schools are your first 2 choices (in no particular order, Fordham may have been career services, but Baruch is substantially cheaper). However, if you cannot commute into the city and you live in NJ, then I suggest go to a local NJ school. If you live on Long Island, I suggest check Hofstra out. If you live in Queens, check out SJU (however I'm not sure how much they've moved into Manhattan). Once you are looking at non-ranked schools, convenience and price matter more than anything else.

The real picture of St John's is that they are trying to improve their business school and in 20 years they could be at a level that is greater than Fordham and Baruch, however as of now there's no competition. For a little more perspective, e-mail some recruiters and ask them what schools make their candidates easier to place. The overwhelming response I received was that (aside from NYU and CU), Fordham and Baruch MBAs are much more marketable than any other school in the NYC metro area.

<blockquote>But Tobinblows, can you tell me, is St. johns THAT bad? Ok it is not ranked, but it could have some assets for those people who are not among the brillant students being accepted by Columbia or NYU?
I'm just curious because I am part of those, but besides also I know quite a few who desperately try to find out which MBA to do with a below 520 GMAT or something similar. It would be good to get a real picture of St. Johns.

Thanks!!</blockquote>

No problem - I'd be more than happy to help.

SJU's MBA is not as bad as dowling. However, if I couldn't get in to CU or NYU, my next choices would be those schools that are or have very recently been ranked. Face facts, media rankings and the prestige of institutions plays a large role in the business world. How are we able to tell the differences among a list of candidates? The acid test for this is the school the candidate attends. If you attend a better school (as recognized by media rankings), your resume will carry more weight than someone who went to a school anyone could have gotten into.

Having said all of that, my advice to anyone who scored below a 520 on the GMAT (besides retake it!), is to apply to Fordham, Baruch, and Rutgers (if in NJ) as these are the only part time programs that get any noteriety. I know an MBA at Fordham now who just had an internship with NBC sports and now has one with Novartis. Neither of these firms recruit at SJU.

If commuting to Fordham or Baruch isn't a problem, then those 2 schools are your first 2 choices (in no particular order, Fordham may have been career services, but Baruch is substantially cheaper). However, if you cannot commute into the city and you live in NJ, then I suggest go to a local NJ school. If you live on Long Island, I suggest check Hofstra out. If you live in Queens, check out SJU (however I'm not sure how much they've moved into Manhattan). Once you are looking at non-ranked schools, convenience and price matter more than anything else.

The real picture of St John's is that they are trying to improve their business school and in 20 years they could be at a level that is greater than Fordham and Baruch, however as of now there's no competition. For a little more perspective, e-mail some recruiters and ask them what schools make their candidates easier to place. The overwhelming response I received was that (aside from NYU and CU), Fordham and Baruch MBAs are much more marketable than any other school in the NYC metro area.

quote

maite

18 16

Posted Oct 24, 2007 15:17

thank you for the long post.
I know, best is to retake the 520 GMAT... but even with a better result, Columbia and NYU are still out of reach I guess. So I'm glad about your advice concerning Baruch, and Fordham, very helpful.

quote

amar_singh

1 2

Posted Oct 26, 2007 15:00

I have GMAT of 510 and 2 yr work ex.GPA-3.7,decent extra curicular activities and social work.Kindly suggest me some univ. in US where i can get admitted considering avilability of financial aid(aid is very imp. to me..).Please help!!!

quote

maite

18 16

Posted Oct 29, 2007 17:20

Well, Amar, unfortunately only the top level programs are listed in the rankings. There ist no listing those kind of schools you are looking for, so you will have to do your own research, going through the schools one by one.
The first question should be easy to answer, many schools disclose info on GMATand GPA range of their students.

Regarding financial support, this is a heary question - you might be looking for a loan, or a scholarship, depending on what funds you have already; some schools offer scholarships for students from certain countries, or specially for women etc. But to get any funding, they will look at your results also, so maybe you can retake it?

Anyways, be aware, an MBA is an investment. You cannot not expect your whole MBA, tuition and living, being paid by means of financial aid. Unless you are a total genius with the best grades on earth...

quote

amar_singh

1 2

Posted Oct 29, 2007 17:29

Thanx Maite...for being so straightforward in your reply...
I have shortlisted Howard and Hofstara....can u please tell me which is better in terms of availability of internship and employers visiting the campus.IS there any slightest chance of getting a financial aid...
Pls advice...

quote

reya

1 1

Posted Nov 27, 2007 04:49

can someone tell me which school is better: fordham or baruch?

quote

vgasanova

1 2

Posted Dec 14, 2007 16:45

Hello everyone!

I am current International MBA students at Tobin School of Business, so it was nice to read good thing about my school. Well, bad things are also important to know, even if I can not agree with most of them judging from my own experience. But I am here to ask different question.
I noticed that some people here already graduated with an MBA and even recruit MBAs for their companies, I hope they will be able to give me their informed opinion. My current GPA is 3.87, I had 4.0 for 2 semesters but then got some bad luck. I heard on many occasions that it is very important to graduate with 4.0 if you are not from the top school but want to get a decent job. Well, for me it is beyond achievable now, the best I can get at this point is 3.9, so I was wondering if it is really as important to have perfect GPA as people think?
I honestly don't know many MBAs with a perfect GPA at the time of graduation, at least not in my major (Finance), but jobs in top companies are also limited.

quote

G3XL

12 24

Posted Dec 14, 2007 22:51

To VGasanova,

Thanks for participating. To answer your question, your assumption of the perfect GPA as a requirement for a top job, if not from a top school is not true. Look at it from the Investment Banking industry's point of view. While, recruiting will (in addition to other factors, even for someone not from a top school) be skewed toward's those with higher GPA's, once you go beyond a certain threshold relative to your cohort, other criteria will also be used to gauge your fit for the position. Some of these qualitative factors will be too intangible to be measured using conventional academic tools. And in some cases, a very high GPA may work against you, especially if you're in a situation where almost everyone else has a similar GPA: It makes it more difficult for prospective employers to differentiate students relative to the intensity level of subjects and coursework taken, during the student's academic tenure. Therefore, it is not important to have a perfect GPA, but an above average GPA relative to difficult and challenging subjects taken.

Hope this helps,
G3XL

quote

vgasanova

1 2

Posted Dec 15, 2007 00:00

To G3XL

Thank you very much for your reply.
It sure helps. I am trying to take as many finance and risk management related subjects as I can, and it helps me a lot in terms of understanding Financial Services Industry, but it also makes getting straight As so much tougher. I know a lot of people who are doing the opposite, they try to take as many easy A classes as they can possible squeeze into their curriculum, but of course they are more successful in maintaining 4.0 GPA than I was.
I hope my choice of classes will be taken into consideration by potential employers.

Thanks again for the reply!

quote

karthik

1 1

Posted Mar 05, 2009 07:24

hi every one ...
i am willing to do media and entertainment in mba in u.k/u.s...
is there any university which offers ...the coures..with out gmat or gre ...score.

quote

Malia

84 168

Posted Mar 05, 2009 22:14

Dear karthik,

Why do you post these questions in a thread called "MBA in New York"?

>i am willing to do media and entertainment in mba in us
Willingness is important, but not the only requirement.

>and which are the university's that offer this course in us...
Please use the search function on the top right of this website.

quote

munzir

1 1

Posted Mar 08, 2009 17:05

hi everybody ....
i am looking for the business school in NY which is good for international business n marketing. can any one suggest the top 3 from NY are NYU stern, columbia n cornell.. i want to kno abt others as its really tough to get in to those so if any body could tell me the ones ranked 4,5,6, in NY

quote

Malia

84 168

Posted Mar 08, 2009 22:43

Hi munzir,

Read this thread from the beginning and you will find the answer: http://www.find-mba.com/board/2112

Please everyone, don't write SMS style like "i want to kno abt". It's really difficult to read.

BTW: It's "anybody" not "any body", "someone" not "some one" etc. (http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw/someone.htm http://www.mhhe.com/mayfieldpub/tsw/anyone.htm). Some effort please!

quote

Malia

84 168

Posted Mar 09, 2009 10:20

Here's my ranking (overall "brand name"):

1. Columbia
2. NYU
---
3. Cornell
---
4. Fordham
---
5. Baruch
5. Hofstra
5. St. John's
5. Pace

quote

Pitch

1 2

Posted Apr 01, 2009 23:50

One word: Columbia

quote

DimNis

1 1

Posted Jul 20, 2009 17:20

quote

jeffrese

5 10

Posted Feb 24, 2010 18:21

The Metropolitan College of New York MBA program is a waste of time and money. I can't believe they are still accredited. MCNY accreditation cheapens all higher learning facilities with legitimate accreditation. It's a business, not a school. All they care about is letting anybody enter as long as they have money or access to loans. Don't go there, or better yet, go there and tour the "campus" and decide for yourself. It's nothing more than a rip off factory that will take your money and hand you a worthless degree that will not help you get a job. Check out mcnymba(dot)com.

quote