Brown PRIME

[Catria]

I knew that Brown PRIME (I will thereafter refer to PRIME as Prime) was an alternative to a MBA for people with a science/technology background, but I wonder how selective Brown Prime was anyway. I couldn't find information about selectivity anywhere, or even what's most important to Prime admissions (but essays, GPA, GRE, letters of recommendation all hold some weight). It's still somewhat of a business degree.

For the record, here is my file:

Undergraduate GPA: 3.67 (physics-mathematics dual major)
Graduate GPA: 3.85 (physics MSc)
GRE general: V162, Q167, AW4.0
ECs: Student newspaper (3 years, head editor for 1)
Departmental assembly membership (2 years)
Research assistantship (1 year)

What else do I need, other than writing proper essays (some work experience?) and getting great recs? I'm not looking specifically for chances but maybe Brown Prime is a pipe dream...

 

http://www.brown.edu/academics/engineering/prime/ Brown Prime's website

Is there any Prime student/alumnus willing to say whether Prime is a good business program? Is Prime any good for getting into what I call "the business side of science"? How good are the networking opportunities afforded by Prime?

 

Or perhaps I should seek a conventional MBA after I get some work experience...

Edited February 15, 2014 by Catria

[bmarcus]

As a side note, UC Irvine has a similar program that combines an engineering masters with business courses. Multiple students have landed jobs at local medical device companies.

 

http://www.eng.uci.edu/grad/programs/em

Edited February 15, 2014 by bmarcus

[Catria]

If I could only get into UCI for a business degree in the US in any shape or form, I may as well stay in my home country... if I wanted to go to a business school abroad, spending $40k+ in tuition doing it, I would want to go to an Ivy League (or Ivy-caliber) business school. And Brown Prime is the bare minimum that fits this criterion.

 

Then again I may as well wait 3 years into the workforce before even applying to business school. By that time, if my GRE retake was to yield anything like what I already scored, then I can always try, Cornell Johnson, Yale or even UPenn Wharton. I sure hope Brown Prime will still be viable with 3 years of work experience; the only thing I know about Prime admissions is that Prime does not seem to like applicants with 5+ years of work experience.

Edited February 17, 2014 by Catria