Comments on: The Babson MBA – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Tue, 28 May 2013 12:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Thom Tue, 28 May 2013 12:49:51 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722#comment-234 Addi, I think the Babson MBA is good for many things, consulting included. The entrepreneurial focus combines breadth of knowledge with a bias towards action and decision making. And Babson is definitely open to international students – I’d say 25% to 30% of my class received their undergraduate degree from a college or university outside the United States.

My recommendations as always is to contact the admissions office. They are better equipped to answer your questions. Good luck in your studies no matter where you choose to go.

]]> By: Addi http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Addi Sat, 11 May 2013 09:28:50 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722#comment-233 Hi Thom,

great article and interesting comments. According to your experience, is Babson a good MBA for career in consulting? Is the Mba open to international students?
Many thanks in advance for your help,
Addi

]]> By: Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Thom Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:12:47 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722#comment-227 Scott, sorry it’s taken me so long to reply. I can’t speak the SF program in detail since it began after I graduated and while I worked for San Jose based companies for almost 9 years, I haven’t worked in the Valley since Babson started the San Francisco cohort. What I will say is that Babson’s strength is in the program and the content – if name recognition is among the more important factors for you there are obviously schools with higher brand recognition. That being said if you want a strong program that’ll give you a broad-based entrepreneurial education I think Babson is a great program. And I think it fits very well with the Valley’s entrepreneurial ethos.

Given your focus on investment management and pursuing a CFA – I’m not sure Babson is the best fit. While there are many Babson alums in Financial services – the program is not a quant program designed to crank out number crunchers. It is a balanced program focusing on building and growing a business – either as a start-up or within an existing company. My recommendation is to contact the graduate admissions office with your program specific questions – they would be best positioned to answer them. Good luck wherever you choose to go to school.

]]> By: scott http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-226 scott Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:36:06 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722#comment-226 Can you speak more specifically to the SF cohort.

How is brand recognition with Bay area financial services companies?

I am looking to make a career transition from engineering to finance. What percent of the class would you say currently work at a bank or investment firm? How many career changers to finance do you see? How many people are interested in other areas aside of entrepreneurship, or or only partially interested in it but want to concentrate on say finance or marketing?

I am particularly interested in investment management and want to pursue a SF Bay Area MBA. Note I am also going for the CFA.

What sort of acceptance rate is there for the SF program?

Are the electives limited in the SF program. I see electives can be “on campus” , but that is a no go.

]]> By: Dan http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Dan Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:43:51 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722#comment-161 Great article. It’s a lot of money to spend and I want to be certain that I am going back for the right reasons. In your opinion, what was the biggest reason that you went back; and secondly, what was the best thing that you got out of the program?

Thanks again, it’s tough to find resources like this on specific MBA programs.

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