Hi,

I have got admit into the below schools and would like any one of you to please let me know which one would be ideal school in terms of rank and placements

1. Florida International University ( IMBA, 1 yr)
2. Kansas State University ( Full time MBA, 2yr)
3. Thunderbird ( Full time MBA, 2 yr)
4. UCR ( Full time MBA, 2 yr) with Fellowship
5. University of Illinois, Chicago (Full time MBA, 2 yr)

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Want to change career to Finance

Take a look at http://bit.ly/xIQ2fz

I would put then in this order:
Thunderbird School of Global Management (AZ)
University of Illinois--Chicago (Liautaud) (IL)
Florida International University (FL)
Kansas State University (KS)
University of California--Riverside (Anderson) (CA)

Thank you for the reply Duncan
However i found the most popular schools list in this website, where the order is slightly different for some ( what makes these schools most popular? rank or placements?)

http://www.find-mba.com/most-popular/usa

FIU--24
Thunderbird --32
UIC--88

This ranking is determined by user page views (http://www.find-mba.com/mba-faq#15). It is not based on quality or reputation, but only on user interest.

Hi Duncan,

Thank you for the reply. I do have one more question in this regard.

Does the school's reputation or quality any way depend on the admission process?

I mean for example in the below list of schools that i have got admit for Fall 2012

1. Florida International University ( IMBA, 1 yr)
2. Kansas State University ( Full time MBA, 2yr)
3. UCR ( Full time MBA, 2 yr) with Fellowship

4. Thunderbird ( Full time MBA, 2 yr)
5. University of Illinois, Chicago (Full time MBA, 2 yr)
6. University of Pittsburgh( Katz school of Business)

The first three schools gave me an admission without an interview, while the last three schools conducted a telephonic interview to evaluate my profile.

Can we infer something here?

Thanks and Regards
Rahul

Well, I think you can infer that they are very keen to have you specifically, because something they can quantify from your application: that could be nationality, work experience or GMAT.

But, yes, the general selectivity of a school is a good clue to quality. But look at overall selectivity, not how selective they are of strong candidates.