Hi everyone,
This forum looks amazing and as I am looking into doing an MBA in a US university I wanted to hear your opinion on an option I have set my heart on. I have been looking for a good program for over 8 months now and my attention landed on this university - Chicago Booth (https://www.accessmba.com/school/chicago-booth). I am most interested in it as it has a campuses in three different countries and I can take courses in any of them (London will be the one I will be attending mostly, but diploma will cover all). As the costs are quite out there I was wondering what is your opinion of the school - I did meet with a representative and they did mention a few options for scholarships, but if I do not land one I want to be sure this is truly worth my time and money. As I have no friends or family in US (living in Europe) I would appreciate some feedback on the reputation the entity has - after all I will be looking for a job afterwords and I would like to keep my options for the US market open.
Thanks in advance!
You should take questions about job placement directly to that institution’s career center itself.
Your first question should be about access to OPT. Do graduates of this program qualify for OPT. If this were a traditional MBA program in the US, at the present time you would be eligible for 12 months of visa extension after graduation in order to gain work experience (OPT). That policy can be changed at any moment, and even if it is not changed, eligibility for OPT does not guarantee that you will find an employer willing to take you on for one year.
Longer-term employment in the US requires the employer getting lucky in the H1B visa lottery process or the worker being hired by a large firm that has occasional tranfers to the US with L visas.
Booth is one of the top schools that all businesses will hire its graduates, however, if you want to work in the USA, you’d better off study on the Chicago campus as it will have the highest exposure to US businesses.
Like happymom said, it’s increasing difficult to gain working visas for students so prepare for it in the USA will be more convenient.