Dear all,
Please help!
I am offered admission to LSU Baton Rouge and UCONN under same conditions. And dont know what to do!
OK, let me tell you something about myself. I am an international student with 3.5 years of proffesional corporate experience and 28 years old. I am looking for pursuing MBA in Management Information Systems. So let me tell somethings about these Universities
LSU
rankings
USN #71 (declinging)
Forbes #55
WSJ regional recruting #7
students
average age 23
average experience 1.6 years
internationals 10%
At this university I can be a star with my experience, backgroud and can have a better chance to find internship/future job
UCONN
USN #79
Forbes #27
WSJ regional recruting #51
students
average age 27
average experience 4.8 years
internationals 38%
This university has a tradition and offers a great chance to find a job in corporate corridore between NY and Boston. But with many famous Universities around there (MIT, Yale, Harvard, NYU, Simon...) I don't know what would be the chance to find internship/future job as an international. Hey 38% are internationals, somebody needs to help them find them internship & job...
So Tigers of Huskies?
Any other comments would be more then welcomed, esspecialy from ones that are familiar with these isssues...
This is decision of my life since I already decided to marry my girlfreind :)
I have to decide in next 24 hours....
Thanks everybody in advance!
LSU Vs UCONN
Posted May 13, 2010 17:05
Please help!
I am offered admission to LSU Baton Rouge and UCONN under same conditions. And dont know what to do!
OK, let me tell you something about myself. I am an international student with 3.5 years of proffesional corporate experience and 28 years old. I am looking for pursuing MBA in Management Information Systems. So let me tell somethings about these Universities
LSU
rankings
USN #71 (declinging)
Forbes #55
WSJ regional recruting #7
students
average age 23
average experience 1.6 years
internationals 10%
At this university I can be a star with my experience, backgroud and can have a better chance to find internship/future job
UCONN
USN #79
Forbes #27
WSJ regional recruting #51
students
average age 27
average experience 4.8 years
internationals 38%
This university has a tradition and offers a great chance to find a job in corporate corridore between NY and Boston. But with many famous Universities around there (MIT, Yale, Harvard, NYU, Simon...) I don't know what would be the chance to find internship/future job as an international. Hey 38% are internationals, somebody needs to help them find them internship & job...
So Tigers of Huskies?
Any other comments would be more then welcomed, esspecialy from ones that are familiar with these isssues...
This is decision of my life since I already decided to marry my girlfreind :)
I have to decide in next 24 hours....
Thanks everybody in advance!
Posted May 14, 2010 07:42
Have you spoken with your wife-to-be about going back to school?
Since, once you married, you cannot make decision on your own.
If you both fine with you going back to school.
I would choose LSU because I know that there will be less competition in southern USA compared to the northeastern side.
Also, LSU has probably better academic overall ranking (undergrad) compares to U-Conn.
I might be wrong about this. Please do re-check.
Also, another factor to consider, which area you would prefer:
- south: higher crime rate, hotter, slower business environment,
More things to do on weekends, cheaper (& better) BBQ ribs
- north: lower crime rate, colder, more competition,
Less things to do in conneticutt, cheaper lobster
Since, once you married, you cannot make decision on your own.
If you both fine with you going back to school.
I would choose LSU because I know that there will be less competition in southern USA compared to the northeastern side.
Also, LSU has probably better academic overall ranking (undergrad) compares to U-Conn.
I might be wrong about this. Please do re-check.
Also, another factor to consider, which area you would prefer:
- south: higher crime rate, hotter, slower business environment,
More things to do on weekends, cheaper (& better) BBQ ribs
- north: lower crime rate, colder, more competition,
Less things to do in conneticutt, cheaper lobster
Posted May 14, 2010 08:39
Rhino thank u very much.
I am thinking in the same direction. LSU is my favorite because of higher possibility to find a job even though in south with higher crime rate.
At both universities I have full tuition waiver plus
graduate assistantship (LSU)
teaching assistantship (UCONN)
does this make any differences.
To be honest, as European UCONN is much closer to my life-style, but I might face big competition with top-tier universities in New England. As an international student this is a big issue for me, coming back to my homeland with only MBA diploma and 0 days of working experience is not that smart.
Maybe I am wrong about UCONN...
I don't know relation between teaching assistantship and internship.... I am not that familiar with American education...
Anyway thank you a lot for your response :)
I am thinking in the same direction. LSU is my favorite because of higher possibility to find a job even though in south with higher crime rate.
At both universities I have full tuition waiver plus
graduate assistantship (LSU)
teaching assistantship (UCONN)
does this make any differences.
To be honest, as European UCONN is much closer to my life-style, but I might face big competition with top-tier universities in New England. As an international student this is a big issue for me, coming back to my homeland with only MBA diploma and 0 days of working experience is not that smart.
Maybe I am wrong about UCONN...
I don't know relation between teaching assistantship and internship.... I am not that familiar with American education...
Anyway thank you a lot for your response :)
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