<p>Hi, I am just curious to know what are some of the schools with better MBA programs on the west coast, because I know how the ivy league schools are on the east coast.. but I am most likely attending college on the west coast and would like to stay there to complete education for my MBA after graduating from college</p>
<p>Stanford - not just best in the west - one of the best b-schools in the world.</p>
<p>Haas? ten char</p>
<p>tops: stanford, haas (berkeley), anderson (ucla)</p>
<p>marshall (usc) is highly popular in southern california, pepperdine too
merage (uc irvine) is on the rise, and ucsd is starting their b-school</p>
<p>not sure how the norcal b-schools stack up
dont forget washington if you're thinking pacific northwest</p>
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Hi, I am just curious to know what are some of the schools with better MBA programs on the west coast, because I know how the ivy league schools are on the east coast.. but I am most likely attending college on the west coast and would like to stay there to complete education for my MBA after graduating from college
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<p>I hope you do realize how difficult it is to get into a top B-school right after undergrad without any full-time work experience.</p>
<p>I know, I know all what I need to do to get into a top b school... it's just I don't know of which ones to look at</p>
<p>Berkeley is the place to be!</p>
<p>I'd rank them like this in California:</p>
<p>1) GSB - Stanford
2) Haas - Cal
3) Anderson - UCLA
4) Marshall - USC
5) Merage - UCI</p>
<p>Then you have other UCs like UC Davis, UCSD, and Pepperdine.</p>
<p>You should also look at what different schools are ranked in certain disciplines (finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, etc). Another important thing is who recruits there. For example, a lot of banks won't recruit at Marshall or even Stanford but will come to Haas and Anderson.</p>
<p>alright thanks... i know i'm still a long while away, but does anyone know what anderson's requirements are for a college gpa and gmat score? or what would be a goal? i do plan on getting management work experience and internships as well</p>
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does anyone know what anderson's requirements are for a college gpa and gmat score? or what would be a goal?
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<p>hmm i used to answer this question a lot: </p>
<p>there's no required GPA or GMAT score. however the range for the GPA of admitted students was 2.8-4.0 (average 3.6) and the GMAT range was 560-790 with an average of 700. the wide range is because GPA/GMAT are only two of many factors considered by the admissions committee. </p>
<p>Seeing that you haven't even started college yet, it's pretty pointless to look at Anderson's requirements now, since they change every year. You're probably not going to be going to b-school for another 7-10 years, and since GMAT scores have been going up lately, their average might be 720-730 by the time you apply. As for grades, just shoot for a 4.0 and hopefully you'll land somewhere near it.</p>
<p>alicantekid,</p>
<p>can you describe the experience at anderson for us? :)</p>
<p>That's a pretty broad question. Care to be more specific?</p>
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or example, a lot of banks won't recruit at Marshall or even Stanford but will come to Haas and Anderson.
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<p>Which banks won't go to Stanford but will go to Haas?</p>
<p>The ones who don't get the invite to Stanford? :)</p>
<p>Why do you say Stanford does not get recruited from?</p>
<p>Does that mean everyone in Stanford should transfer to Berkeley to be able to get interviews?</p>
<p>it could be because stanford MBAs are the entrepreneural and venture capital types who want to work in silicon valley, while Haas MBAs are more finance and banking oriented and seek jobs in SF. the stanford student body is probably stronger than Haas' but the students at both seek different types of jobs. </p>
<p>just a guess based on hearsay.</p>
<p>Haas is WAY better than Stanford!</p>
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<p>All evidence to the contrary. According to Businessweek, the Stanford MBA program gets a 78% yield, whereas Haas gets only about 50%. If Haas really is way better than Stanford, then why isn't Haas's yield higher than Stanford's?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/full_time_profiles/haas.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/full_time_profiles/haas.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/full_time_profiles/stanford.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/full_time_profiles/stanford.htm</a></p>
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For example, a lot of banks won't recruit at Marshall or even Stanford but will come to Haas....
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it could be because stanford MBAs are the entrepreneural and venture capital types who want to work in silicon valley, while Haas MBAs are more finance and banking oriented and seek jobs in SF. the stanford student body is probably stronger than Haas' but the students at both seek different types of jobs. </p>
<p>just a guess based on hearsay.
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<p>I don't know about USC-Marshall, but the evidence seems to belie the assertion that Stanford students are somehow less finance/banking oriented than Haas students are. According to the 2005 employment reports, 28% of Stanford grads went to financial services, vs. 24.4% of Haas grads. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/reports/report05.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cmc/reports/report05.pdf</a>
<a href="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/careercenter/04_05Stats.html#ONE%5B/url%5D">http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/careercenter/04_05Stats.html#ONE</a></p>
<p>I am still interested in hearing which major banks are hiring at Haas but not Stanford. Again, according to the Stanford employment report, it seems as if all the heavy hitters in the banking industry recruited at Stanford - Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, UBS, Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC, and so forth. So I'm quite eager to hear who are these banks who recruit at Haas but not at Stanford. </p>