Most Prestigious Non-Top 10 US MBAs in India?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I know I recently made a thread asking about masters in accounting programs, but now, I'm randomly curious about US MBAs in India. Obviously, everyone who's anyone in India will have known of the most prestigious US MBAs (Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Booth, MIT, Columbia, etc.), but I was wondering if there are any second-tier MBAs that will be highly regarded as well. So I ask for your help again, help me place the following MBAs into appropriate tiers (you don't have to do all of them, just as many as you're familiar with/want to or ones that obviously fit into particular tiers that I will describe):</p>

<p>Michigan, Virginia, Duke, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Texas, Cornell, Wash U in St. Louis, USC, North Carolina, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Washington, Rice, Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Tier 1 = Amazing, will compete with the best IIMs/ISB and will have top notch "street" prestige (street prestige means common folks will be impressed just from the name of your school)</p>

<p>Tier 2 = Quite good, won't be as competitive as the IIMs, but will place into excellent positions and have very good street prestige</p>

<p>Tier 3 = Good, not nearly as competitive name as IIM/ISB, but will compare favorably to Indian second-tiers such as FMS, SP Jain, etc. Good street prestige, but will be a name known to less people/very informed minds.</p>

<p>Tier 4 = OK, but you will be labeled as an "American MBA" and may lose out to Indian second-tiers due to lack of familiarity with Indians. Poor street prestige. Maybe = to newest/low tier IIMs among the Indian crowd.</p>

<p>Thanks. I know this is long, but I think this could be useful for all potential NRIs looking to move back. PS: you don't have to rank ALL of those schools I listed, just do as many as you want/the ones that most obviously fit into those tiers I spelled out.</p>

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<p>No one who frequents this forum will be able to answer your question accurately.</p>

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<p>I know almost next to nothing.</p>

<p>But I’ve 1 siblings and 2 cousins who applied to these MBA colleges. One last year ( got in CMU ). And the other two probably 3 years back ( One in ISB;the other 1 in kellogg ) in . It was on their advice & knowledge that I was urged to apply to Undergrad colleges in US.</p>

<p>Since they talked soooo much abt all this … I know just this …</p>

<p>NYU stern > Dartmouth > Duke > CMU > michigan > Cornell ( Apart from the most prestigious ones )</p>

<p>prestige wise ( In India ) - probably CMU…
Again I may be wrong… but that’s what i remember … no credible proof</p>

<p>And yes ISB >> IIMs. ( ISB has gone WAYYYY past IIMs )</p>

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<p>CMU > Stern/Duke/Ross?
That can’t be right. =/</p>

<p>EDIT: This is so pointless. Guessing isn’t going to get us anywhere.</p>

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<p>Well I know that opinions are going to differ, but I was just wondering what schools, besides the obvious names (i.e. the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley) will have a good reputation in India? I’m an NRI looking to come back to India and while I’m shooting for ISB, then IIM-A/B/C, and after that, I’ll consider some tier 2 Indian schools like FMS/XLRI/SP Jain etc. However, I’m wondering, since ISB/IIM A/B/C are so difficult to get into, if I might be better off going to a US school and then coming back? I’m probably not competitive enough for the M7 US MBAs, but I think I’d have a really good shot at UCLA, UT-Austin, Michigan, Virginia, etc. so I’m wondering whether any of these types of schools will have a good name to common folk in India (I’m sure any businessman will know a decent amount of the schools I mentioned).</p>

<p>I guess the real test I’m asking is, outside of the M7, NYU, Berkeley, Tuck, which schools would still carry a name brand in India where a common person would say, “Wah, usne (insert school name here) se MBA kia” versus just saying, “Haan, wo America se MBA kia”. You kind of get what I’m saying? I want to be labelled as someone who went to a top notch US MBA if I don’t get into ISB/IIM, and not just an “American MBA” if you get my drift?</p>