Need Help in B School Selection

[GMAT_1986_subha]

I am a 25 year-old male applying in R1 for Fall 2012. I have a couple of questions:

Here is my profile:

Demographics
Nationality: Indian
Ethnicity: Indian
Male, 25 years-old

GPA: 3.1

Work Experience
General Management & Corporate Finance for 4 years

GMAT: 660 - 83rd percentile
Q: 50
V: 29
AWA: 4.5

Target Schools:
1. I'm looking for schools that offer strong Finance or Marketing Programs. I am not inclined to top MBA colleges, I am interested to mid level B Schools rather such as Smeal or Iowa.

2. Good Placement rate.

I researched about 3 B Schools:
A. Smeal MBA
B. Tippie MBA
C. Mays MBA

Kindly suggest which B Schools will suit my profile among those & also some additional ones.


Thank you!

[rishi raj]

Well, if you ask me there's not much of difference among the schools in Tier-II. I don't think it would make much difference if you go to say Smeal or Carey or Mays. All of the schools you've mentioned have the same kind of placement rate with almost similar starting figures. Smeal for one has a very strong Supply Chain program ,but I haven't heard much about its finance/marketing programs. If I were you and were to select a couple of tier II schools, I'd be inclined towards schools which are closer to big cities as that will provide you more opportunities for internships and consequently of a job. Get in touch with the students/alumni of the schools you have on your radar, and I think they'll be able to provide first hand perspectives about the schools.

[GMAT_1986_subha]

Well, if you ask me there's not much of difference among the schools in Tier-II. I don't think it would make much difference if you go to say Smeal or Carey or Mays. All of the schools you've mentioned have the same kind of placement rate with almost similar starting figures. Smeal for one has a very strong Supply Chain program ,but I haven't heard much about its finance/marketing programs. If I were you and were to select a couple of tier II schools, I'd be inclined towards schools which are closer to big cities as that will provide you more opportunities for internships and consequently of a job. Get in touch with the students/alumni of the schools you have on your radar, and I think they'll be able to provide first hand perspectives about the schools.

Thanks Rishi for your response.

If I were you and were to select a couple of tier II schools, I'd be inclined towards schools which are closer to big cities as that will provide you more opportunities for internships and consequently of a job.

Could you please suggest me some B Schools which are closer to big cities in turn can provide more opportunities?

[Adams Baker]

While all business schools cover very similar curriculum, there is one aspect they are all unique in-their culture. The culture of a school is determined by the faculty of the school, its alumni, its past traditions and values for which it stands and to quite an extent the direction that the present dean wants to give to the program.