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Certain schools will be forwarded-thinking in informally considering the highest verbal and quantitative scores, but not in formally combining scores. Tuck School at Dartmouth has in their MBA Admissions FAQs:

The admissions committee takes into consideration your highest test score. The Tuck application allows students to report up to two GMAT and/or GRE test scores. If you have scored better on one test in the verbal section and better on the other in the quantitative section, we will consider your highest quantitative and highest verbal scores. We will not, however, combine scores from different test to create a new total score.

Does this answer your question? If your next question, is which schools have this forward-thinking perspective, you will need to look at the respective MBA Admissions FAQs to see.

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Hi Michael,
As far as my research goes, for MBA applicants with RE focus, UCLA has got pretty strong real estate program (I know there are other schools as well in the top 20 with strong or may be stronger RE focused MBA curriculum, but I'm considering it along side those) . However, I've some dilemma in locking it for my apps mostly because of the following -

I don't want to be in Cali post-MBA. Rather I want to be in the South or East Coast, preferably Texas/Georgia(Atlanta)/North Carolina etc.

For a UCLA MBA grad, what are the prospects/chances of getting RE consulting job in East coast or South in the firms such as CBRE,C&W,JLL (and/or in some MC firms,with strong business in RE field, such as Deloitte,PwC,E&Y,McKinsey) ?
If coming out from UCLA, I say that I wanna have a posting in any of the above mentioned states then will that become a hindrance and will they gonna push me into their West coast offices?

So, bottom-line is that considering the above, should I go ahead with UCLA application ?

Would much appreciate your feedback on this!

Looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you.

Thank you very much for your question.

For the management consulting companies, Deloitte, PwC, E&Y all recruit heavily at UCLA Anderson. McKinsey does hire Anderson grads, but not to the degree that McKinsey hires at higher ranked schools. For specifically, your RE target firms, I would recommend you first peruse UCLA Anderson's employment report and if you do not find your information there, put in a call to the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. Also, search Anderson's website. For example a search on CBRE yields 39 results - https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/search-results?q=CBRE.

But at a high-level, I would recommend you apply to UCLA Anderson given that UCLA Anderson only has one standard goal-related question. Assuming you are applying to other schools with a goals-related question, you will not have to invest much additional time in completing your application. You can then make a decision on whether to attend UCLA Anderson based on your goals and acceptances to other schools.

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RBBmba@2014 wrote:Hi Michael,
As far as my research goes, for MBA applicants with RE focus, UCLA has got pretty strong real estate program (I know there are other schools as well in the top 20 with strong or may be stronger RE focused MBA curriculum, but I'm considering it along side those) . However, I've some dilemma in locking it for my apps mostly because of the following -

I don't want to be in Cali post-MBA. Rather I want to be in the South or East Coast, preferably Texas/Georgia(Atlanta)/North Carolina etc.

For a UCLA MBA grad, what are the prospects/chances of getting RE consulting job in East coast or South in the firms such as CBRE,C&W,JLL (and/or in some MC firms,with strong business in RE field, such as Deloitte,PwC,E&Y,McKinsey) ?
If coming out from UCLA, I say that I wanna have a posting in any of the above mentioned states then will that become a hindrance and will they gonna push me into their West coast offices?

So, bottom-line is that considering the above, should I go ahead with UCLA application ?

Would much appreciate your feedback on this!

Looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you.

Hi Michael,
Thanks for your reply.
As for my RE target firms - as you know hiring in RE is limited, but still students are absorbed by at lest couple of these firms, so far I've the data from various sources of Anderson. But unfortunately, that doesn't clearly clarify/address the concern I raised in my above post in reference to the relocation to East/South coast post-UCLA.

So a quick follow-up - just wanna have some better perspective that after UCLA, if I'd like to be in the South or East Coast, preferably Texas/Georgia(Atlanta)/North Carolina etc., then will those RE firms be keen on getting me into their West coast offices instead ? In such situation,do you think it(re UCLA) could be a hindrance if one prefers NOT to be in Cali ?

Sorry it has taken a couple of days to reply as I had been helping applicants with their Booth applications (due 6pm EST).

You ask "do you think it (re UCLA) could be a hindrance if one prefers NOT to be in Cali ?" Per above, I think you have more research to do. Contact the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and officers within the Anderson Real Estate Association and ask which of your target companies (JLL, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, etc.) recruit on campus and do those target companies allow you to select the office where you would be based. AREA even has a VP Career Management who could answer your specific questions (https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/clubs-and- ... eal-estate).

Generally speaking, for career paths that are not the standard management consulting or investment banking track there is always some advantage to already being in the city in which you want to work. The reason is that you will informally build relationships through campus events, speaker series, conferences, mentor programs, etc.
Given your geographical preference of Texas/Georgia(Atlanta)/North Carolina etc., you should apply to McCombs, Goizueta, Fuqua and Kenan-Flagler. UCLA Anderson has a goals question similar to Kenan-Flagler's goal question so apply to Anderson now and then decide which program is best for you from your acceptances.
However, I caution using the location of post-MBA employment as the sole criterion in comparing MBA schools. But, all things being equal (which they usually are not), you would rather be in the place you wish to work post-MBA, so if an applicant wanted to work in say New York post-MBA the applicant might choose Stern over Anderson, and vice-verse. If the applicant wanted to work in California post-MBA the applicant might choose Anderson over Stern. Here is an article I wrote on Choosing MBA Schools.

Feel free to schedule a free assessment for some more tailored information.

Good luck,

MBAPrepAdvantage wrote:Sorry it has taken a couple of days to reply as I had been helping applicants with their Booth applications (due 6pm EST).

You ask "do you think it (re UCLA) could be a hindrance if one prefers NOT to be in Cali ?" Per above, I think you have more research to do. Contact the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and officers within the Anderson Real Estate Association and ask which of your target companies (JLL, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, etc.) recruit on campus and do those target companies allow you to select the office where you would be based. AREA even has a VP Career Management who could answer your specific questions (https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/clubs-and- ... eal-estate).

Generally speaking, for career paths that are not the standard management consulting or investment banking track there is always some advantage to already being in the city in which you want to work. The reason is that you will informally build relationships through campus events, speaker series, conferences, mentor programs, etc.
Given your geographical preference of Texas/Georgia(Atlanta)/North Carolina etc., you should apply to McCombs, Goizueta, Fuqua and Kenan-Flagler. UCLA Anderson has a goals question similar to Kenan-Flagler's goal question so apply to Anderson now and then decide which program is best for you from your acceptances.
However, I caution using the location of post-MBA employment as the sole criterion in comparing MBA schools. But, all things being equal (which they usually are not), you would rather be in the place you wish to work post-MBA, so if an applicant wanted to work in say New York post-MBA the applicant might choose Stern over Anderson, and vice-verse. If the applicant wanted to work in California post-MBA the applicant might choose Anderson over Stern. Here is an article I wrote on Choosing MBA Schools.

Feel free to schedule a free assessment for some more tailored information.

Good luck,

Thanks Michael for your detail reply.It was really helpful.

However, apologies for late acknowledgement as I was on travel for last couple of weeks.

I'd surely reach out to you for more specific profile discussion.Thank you!

Sounds good!!!! I look forward to speaking with you.