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Have a few friends that went through the UB comp sci program, 2 work at Google HQ, the other works for a small startup in LA. My dad is an alum and he's a director at a major defense contractor. Would highly recommend it

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Congrats on both. Edinburgh is my favorite city in the world. It's incredible and you'll love visiting. But go to LSE. You can always venture up to Scotland, it's only a 6 hour beautiful drive or train ride from London, or you can take a cheap 45 minute flight. Both are fantastic schools though, so if you choose the burgh, don't regret it for a second. Cheers.

I began my MSc a month ago in an interdisciplinary field - sustainability management. I came in out of undergrad as a triple major in fields very much related, and form the basis, of sustainability. I understand that I'm only 1 month into the program so far, but from what I've been hearing, all of the MSc courses are very theoretical, not very applied. Sure, we have case studies, a capstone, co-op, and research dissertation, but the content has not been anything new. In fact it's the mere sliver of what undergrad was like, just with bigger papers and more projects to work on. Should I get out of the program? I'm at a good uni, top 20 globally, but I came in expecting to get practioner-level skills...and so far I'm just learning theory.

It's interesting you say that, because the program is, in a way, half MBA, half sciences. The Institute for Management and Innovation (the 'department' this and 5 other MSc programs are housed in) describes itself as a 'business school with a difference.' You would think a half-MBA, half-sciences guy/gal would be naturally cut out for big 4 consulting in 2015, no? It's a different world nowadays...things are more integrated, more cross-disciplinary, and obviously more global. There was a reason why I chose this program over an MBA, the program requires a research dissertation, a co-op, and a capstone project (i.e., more than straight management). In addition, it's set up like any other professional program and includes daily workshops, weekly guest speakers, networking events, and so on. So question...does the U of T brand as a whole allow me to get into mckinsey et. al.? Personally I've always sought out big opportunities, so I'm not really worried about them seeking me out, I'm more concerned about whether they would give me a fair shot.

I'll be attending the University of Toronto in the fall to pursue my MSc in Sustainability Management, a new program that combines sciences with management. U of T I understand is a target school (Rotman) for the big 4 consulting groups, and I'll be taking a few mba electives as part of the program (as well as taking all my management courses with rotman profs), but I'm wondering if I'll be able to get a gig with one of the consultancies, either as an intern as a part of the programs co-op, or as a business analyst after school. Any thoughts?

congrats on both offers, two excellent unis with excellent reputation in the states!

If you want to consulting, then that's a whole different world than just straight engineering. In that case, Cornell. Cornell has an alumni network for sure, but it's not as wide, varied, and loyal as OSU, hands down. In China though, Cornell has a bigger name because the Chinese care a lot about US school reputation. Unless you're shooting for the big consulting firms (BCG, KPMG, McKinsey, etc.), the difference will be there, but it'll be small (I'd say $5,000 max salary difference).

ex went to OSU, I agree with jenste. OSU is unlike any other school out there...goes with the whole ohio pride thing. If you're an OSU employer, you hire an OSU grad primarily...and there's a lot of them out there.

Frostbite State? Is it located in Nuuk?

how is a biotech degree a Master of Arts? that doesnt make sense.

Northwestern's program is something like $120K...LSE for a 1 years MSc is max $60K. Stanford's program seems like it's out of your interest range. Combined with your enthusiasm for London, I think LSE sounds like the right choice . Good luck!

Congrats on two exceptionally fine acceptances. Maxwell is #1 in the U.S. for public policy/affairs and Munk is top in North America. I'm personally a U.S. citizen about to attend the U of T for my masters as well, and I'm hugely pumped for the school's reputation, beauty, and environment in a world-class city. Toronto is miles above 'Cuse for entertainment, nightlife, and quality of people (diversity, education, etc.). On top of that, the U of T as a whole is top 20 globally, which is hard to beat. Specifically though, Maxwell is a better program, but that might not be better in your case, as a Canadian. While employers in Canadian government will know of Maxwell (specifically the Foreign Affairs Dept.), businesses and non-profits might not. Contrary to that, U of T will be recognized by virtually all your potential employers. Good luck!!

Oxford's great, but I passed up UCL for Toronto, U of T is highly prestigious as well, is Oxford worth 50 grand more compared to a school ranked #16 globally this year?

going through a break up now...question to those currently in grad school (currently and undergrad senior, going to grad next year)...are you in a relationship? Is it tough balancing relationship life with grad work? To those who are single...is it tough balancing dating with work?

Both departments are phenomenal. BU though does have greater brand name recognition, which may lend itself to better jobs from employers who don't know the geo field well - it's not a big known discipline outside of academia in the states. But, if it's that much cheaper to go to clark, then maybe that makes sense. In my opinion though, Boston beats Worcester hands down, I'd choose BU.

While USC is higher ranked, don't rule out UB - check out these videos for more info on UB's engineering school:

Wow - two fantastic acceptances. Both schools are prestigious, but sure, Berkeley has a certain jenesaisquoi about the name. You seem more inclined to choose UW...so choose UW. Seattle is incredible, the school is amazing, and it's cheaper. Good luck!

It's prestigious in the field, relatively. I mean it's an institute in Geneva out of all places...the kinds of connections you'll get will be crazy. IHEID is an interesting place...but don't expect it to be like the LSE - IHEID is an institution of its own kind, and it's relatively hard to compare to unis that are much more comprehensive.

I'd recommend Buffalo - really awesome things going on in chemical engineering there - in a new complex too called Davis Hall. You'll like it a lot.

The MSc in IMC at Northwestern costs $130,000...what the hell???

If it helps further, when I got my U of T sweatshirt and wore it around my american campus, the first day I counted how many reactions I got from people. 6 comments from professors, 4 from grad students, 6 from undergrad. Mostly were like "wow are you going there?" or "that's a really good school, right?". It was fun ^__^

American here, I accepted u of t for my masters over UCL. I simply didn't want to apply to any us programs because the reputation of the international schools I was going for already was significant and high. U of T is an incredible institution and is probably comparable to a low ivy, all rankings provide evidence of this, including employer rankings.

I'm a graduating senior in the department, along with geography. The profs are good but are relatively old, plus elhric, the chair, really doesn't care too much about students, ive seen PhDs that have been continuously under him for 6 years plus. The department is probably composed of 250 people, 180 undergrads, 40 masters, 30 PhDs.

Idk...I think this kinda stuff can become too confusing for employers at times. It comes down to who you know, and where your 'circle' has gone to school. "Johnny went to Carleton...I've never even seen the school, but I know our colleague Alexandria went there, so it must be fine." When it comes to resume...you basically just have to make the checkbox. They look at it for 15 seconds at most...and seeing "Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto" is, I think, no different from "London School of Economics". People associate universities mostly with their greater recognition. In U of T's case, that's the city of Toronto. In LSE's place, that's the combo of the words 'London' and 'Economics'. It's why schools that are named after places tend to have less prestige than unis that are named after people/things. For example, McGill has greater rep than U of T, Johns Hopkins has a better rep than UPenn, Stanford has a better rep than Berkeley, USC has a better rep than UCLA, Rice has a better rep than UTexas Austin, etc. That's just breaking down the psychology of how this works. Go to Munk, you'll have a much better time, Toronto is a fantastic city, you'll receive a world class education, and you're getting prestige.