Should Ido myMBA atHarvard, London Business School, Wharton, orjust carry onwith myjob and forget about this whole MBA business?
The Financial Times ranking came out today with the top three business Schools inthe world being Harvard, London Business School and Wharton.
Before Ianswered the question 芦DoIneed anMBA atLBS?禄 Iinitially asked myself. Why docompanies value MBA graduates from top business schools? How itwould valuable inKazakhstan incomparison with other business schools over the globe?
Some want togain specific skills, some toget their dream job and some are here toexpand their horizons. But essentially, asyou鈥檝e probably heard before, experience iscompletely what you make ofit. Reviewed famous alumni ofLondon Business Scholl, Iunderstood that LBS isaprivileged environment tailoring myexperience tointerests and aspirations. For me鈥� mygoal was threefold鈥� meet ambitious, globally-orientated people. People...this isreally what LBS isabout. Brilliant students from all points onthe compass, there aren鈥檛 many other places inthe world where you鈥檒l find that density ofdiversity and talent. However, don鈥檛 come here solely tobuild anetwork鈥� come here toLBS tomake friends, build lifelong relationships and talk toasmany diverse people aspossible. Isure, LBS isanamazing place tobuild mynetwork, but more importantly, itisaunique environment tobuild long-term relationships with people from across the globe that it鈥檇 bedifficult tomeet otherwise鈥� rather just 芦networking禄.
Well, there are many arguments for LBS, one ofthe main ones being the best alumni network, but the most interesting oneI will focus onwill besomethingI didn鈥檛 initially think ofbefore having this conversation with one ofthe leading league ofprofessors atLondon Business School.
Reality came very quickly. LBS isnot aholiday. Landing inLondon the night before the first day oforientation, Iliterally had notime tocatch mybreath beforeI was swept into the whirlwind that isLondon Business School! Itwasn鈥檛 just the fact that weaccounted for more than 50nationalities, itwas the languages, the experiences, the undergrad majors, the internships, the perspectives. Coupled with the fact that everyone was incredibly warm, curious, open, energetic, and just plain fun, Iknew that this was going tobeone ofthe best years ofmylife.
Iquickly learnt the art oftime management looking atthe school website, the core courses and the program structure and itall seems totally manageable. After all, Ihad towork more than 12hours aday, weekends and holidays occasionally. The huge number ofactivitiesI had toattend onadaily basis. Class, club activities, recruiter events, case study sessions, parties, sundowners etc.. Ofcourse, ittakes some time toadapt toanew routine, but once itisestablished, Iwas sure itwas going tobesmooth.
One ofthe most appealing aspects ofLondon Business School and The Executive MBA isthe focus they have onteaching and experiencing international business.
Inorder tohave aninteresting class discussion, some courses require pre-work. Ididn鈥檛 have fast reading skills tocope with this. Various courses require solving cases orproblems with your study group, knowing LBS puts alot ofeffort indeveloping this mentality. All study groups represent aperfect mix interms ofgeographies, background, languages, interests and future aspirations working together.
Ihave aFinance &Math background butI knew alot ofmyclassmates would beaiming tointern inFinance positions. This meant high-level Finance courses since the beginning. Ithought itwould bevery, very, very hard tofollow the classes.
Year 1had apre-defined core timetable, which followed regular blocks onalternate weekends. Ispent the three semesters working through compulsory core modules that provide awide range ofsubject matter. Each study weekend isspent together with EMBA class. Looking back, its easy tounderstand why everyone inthe class had such aclose connection and acted more like afamily than simply colleagues aswespent somuch time together.
Year 2is totally different. Infact, compared toyour fellow EMBA classmates, the 2nd year will likely beatotally different experience for each and everyone. That isbecause year 2is all about electives, soyou get tofocus onthe subjects that you are really passionate about. With somany permutations and combinations, noone student will have the same timetable鈥� selecting your timetable isachallenge initself since itisdifficult tonarrow down subject selection with somuch great content onoffer.
Electives also offer apractical upside since students can select the format ofelectives tofit within their needs, for example weekend classes versus block week electives. Furthermore, electives are all cross stream soyou will bemixed with students from MBA, Sloan and MiF programmes which opens doors tomore valuable connections.
The courses were heavy, but very informative and excellent. The quality ofprofessors continued toamaze.
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