Pre-MBA industry: Finance
Post-MBA industry: Tech
7 years of work experience, wanted to move into Product Management in a top Tech company after MBA, Tuck didn't give me any money, but based on my research, it seems like their student recruit better in Tech industry, whilst Fuqua sends many of their students to Dell/Adobe (tech companies that I'm not that excited about). Went to ASW at Fuqua, really like the atmosphere, and their HSM programme, the only concern is their low alum response rate, less prestigious compare to Tuck. Any advice would be helpful for me!!!
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Talk has a really good alarm response. We had a moderator sheriff story where they reached out to 15 talk for some questions and advice. Cold dm’s on LinkedIn I think. They got 14 responses back and they had to have 14 calls because I did not want to burn any bridges. Bottom line, talk really shines in alumni and community area. They are primarily however a consulting school.
Fuqua tends to do better in overall numbers type of thing but as you pointed out, there are differences in jobs.
I assume you would be fine going to talk if you got a match and scholarships and I assume you have asked and they did not match?
I have not checked the alum composition within companies. It changes from time to time and especially now with tech changes and troubles it’s all over the place. Before the pandemic messed things up, tech was a fairly common exit path for consultants. As tech jobs dry up, consultant exit pats dried out and consultants stopped quitting. at least that’s one theory I have heard from a person.
so the value of alum is going to be slow to how much effort you invest into it. A lot of the hiring is done using referrals in many companies and especially in large tech firms. You want somebody to refer you but there’s a difference between a cold and a warm referral so to speak.
I would say that it’s gonna be pretty hard to get into anywhere without a cold referral. That’s basically an employee putting you into the database and saying they referred you and they know you a bit. I don’t think anyone is getting any jobs without this kind of a Minimum effort these days just because there’s so many applicants and HR struggles with choosing the right one.
at the same time, everyone else is getting these so if you don’t have as good of experience or don’t as highly in your job performance or other elements, they’ll be quite a number of referred candidates. Everyone with a computer can find an alarm in the company and bug them until they refer them. Not very hard to do. Trick for you stay engaged with the employed tech stay in touch with them for the two years while you’re in business school. In that case, you have a relationship in the network and something much better than a cold referral. This is the relationship matter and make a meeting for difference it’s not a replacement for relevant work experience or skill set. Right now, I’m seeing many students mentioned that employers are looking for people with prior work experience and they have plenty to choose from those for not changing industries. And the for that , your best opportunity is getting an internship in the summer. These can be networked but they’re harder to network.
PS. This is very common by the way and if you have a gut feeling and it’s just feels right, nothing can change that so it sounds like you may be more decisive
it seems a number of folks have gotten Columbia interview invites who have been waitlisted. That’s interesting you’re the second person I’m hearing this from. This is good news but this is also bad news because it’ll keep you from being committed to Tuck.
in terms of comparing the two programs, I don’t think they could be any further apart. One has the allure of being in New York City with a lot of options but at the cost of community and camaraderie. Many people talk about Columbia as commuter school with many people living in New York full-time Prior to enrolling and not mingling so much.
on the other hand, Tuck has very little to offer in terms of civilization but you get bonded with all the other students and alumni. But if you’re not going into consulting, then you are a bit of a rarity. at the same time, Columbia is lagging with tech recruiting this year just like everyone else and even below tuck.
I don’t know…. unless you want to be in New York after you graduate or you want to be there during school and make some other trade-offs I would probably pick Tuck. But this is me and it’s not my life 😂