Ridge14 said:
Token said:
Ridge14 said:
Last update, accepted to McCombs today
Kenan-Flagler - $48,000/yr scholarship (OOS tuition)
Jones - $33,000/yr scholarship
McCombs - $10,000/yr scholarship (In state tuition)
Ross - Wait listed
I think I'm headed to McCombs
Congrats my man! I'm proud of you! Don't ever wear burnt orange, please
I couldn't apply there because of the burnt orange
I already feel like a traitor just thinking about it. I have also thought about all of the **** I have talked over the past six years about Texas to everyone (mainly athletics related).
Good luck to you Token, update us with where you're headed after round 2.
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Congrats on McCombs! I will be applying there next year for fall '18 matriculation. The new facility looks incredible. If you don't mind me asking, since you are doing finance and are interested in O&G, will you be doing the energy finance track?
I'm considering it, do you have any insight into that concentration? I think I'd be well positioned to land a decent O&G gig, but I am also considering broadly concentrating in finance and exploring another industry.
As an MBA employer and someone who was in your shoes a few short years ago, if you have ANY experience at all in an industry, don't lock that industry in with a specialization. About half of you will change your mind on what you want to do anyway.
As we hire, it still comes down to the story and finding a good match, much like the admissions process to schools. It's far less scientific than students try to make it. I tell you this not as a hiring lead for either of the schools you're considering, so YMMV, but I found the same thing to be true in my interviews and in the interviews I lead back at certain campuses each year.
Also, being directly related to O&G, consider the current environment as you choose a specialization. Hiring has largely slowed down. We always need new people at certain levels, but a target of 5-6 new hires at an office might become a target of 1-2 merely to keep a relationship with that school. "Energy Finance" doesn't say anything more than "Finance" if you already have industry experience.
Just my $.02