Welcome! Check out our free B-School Guides to learn how you compare with other applicants.
Login or Register
 

Chicago part-time vs UCLA part-time? - Help Please

This topic has 2 member replies
Bookmark
Previous Topic Next Topic
JayCFA Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
Joined
01 Mar 2012
Posted:
5 messages
Chicago part-time vs UCLA part-time? - Help Please Post Tue May 15, 2012 6:42 am
I was recently accepted to both the Chicago and UCLA part-time programs. I currently work and live in LA and can take an internal transfer to the Chicago area. I am interested in investment management, but would like to work and live in California post-MBA. Chicago is argueably the very best school for my career interests, however, UCLA is still a great school and is located in the area I would like to work. I feel that attending UCLA would allow me to network more easily with the firms in this region. Would it be a poor decision to choose UCLA over the prestigous University of Chicago?

Need free GMAT or MBA advice from an expert? Register for Beat The GMAT now and post your question in these forums!
wmalum2006 Rising GMAT Star Default Avatar
Joined
08 Aug 2011
Posted:
39 messages
Thanked:
2 times
GMAT Score:
660
Post Tue May 15, 2012 6:09 pm
UCLA is a top ranked school and generally a top five part time program. You can't go wrong there because travel will not be as big of a concern.

Going to Chicago will mean traveling over halfway through the country presumably every other week and it will be expensive to do such travel, so that needs to be taken into consideration too.

Congrats on the acceptances and good luck with your decision.

JayCFA Just gettin' started! Default Avatar
Joined
01 Mar 2012
Posted:
5 messages
Post Wed May 16, 2012 8:34 am
Thanks for your reply. If I attend Chicago I will relocate to the area, which is generally a less expensive place to live as compared to Los Angeles. However, I would like to move back to Califonia post-MBA. The Booth brand is global in reach. But I dont want to underestimate the power of the UCLA network in California, either.

Best Conversation Starters
1 varun289 34 topics
2 killerdrummer 22 topics
3 sana.noor 21 topics
4 guerrero 14 topics
5 sanaa.rizwan 14 topics
See More Top Beat The GMAT Members...

Most Active Experts
1 image description Brent@GMATPrepNow

GMAT Prep Now Teacher

 200 posts
2 image description GMATGuruNY

The Princeton Review Teacher

 135 posts
3 image description Jim@StratusPrep

Stratus Prep

 106 posts
4 image description Anju@Gurome

Gurome

 56 posts
5 image description Jon@Admissionado

Admissionado

 44 posts
See More Top Beat The GMAT Experts