[zz from CD] some thoughts about tuck & Kellogg

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some thoughts about Kellogg

I went to Kellogg's MBA info. section two days ago. The section was run in Goldman Sach's office. (GS has a really really nice office in downtown manhattan, they are damned rich.....) To be honest, Kellogg's alumni are one of the brightest bschool alumni I've met so far. (I've met Chicago's, and Duke's, and Columbia's. Will meet Tuck's Stanford's and Wharton's later). Six alumni attended the info. section. (2 blacks, 1 spanish/black cant really tell, 1 white, 1 greek, and 1 chinese) They are all intelligent and down to earth. two of them are bankers, one is a consultant, one is founding an actor school in new york, one is opening a winery in Harlem, and the last one, a chinese guy, who was an ex-banker, is running his private equity firm in Connecticut. Surprisingly, this chinese guy was an international student. He attended K in 1997. worked in Chase Manhattan bank for a few years before he runs his own firm. His English is really fluent, and his jokeS cracked us up. They are indeed the most down to earth bschool students I've met so far. (I am not trying to badmouth the other schools. Will apologize if someone is offended)

They didnt focus on k's strenght very much, which is their marketing. Instead, they spent a great deal of time on presenting their finance program, which is the most popular program in kellogg. They also talked about Kellogg's diverse culture so much. They talked about their students-run events in Kellogg, their drinking stories, and their teamwork spirit. That night was full of jokes and laughter. It was a great evening. My conclusion for those kellogg-wanna-be is that you really need to bring up your uniqueness and teamwork oriented stories to Kellogg instead of your excellent analytical or alone wolf type leadership skills.



some thoughts about tuck

I just came back from Tuck's info. section. It was great. but it was not as great as kellogg's. Their alumni are great and very sophiscated. But they are not as impressive as K's. (there were about 10+ alumni, 2 banker, 2 nonprofit, 2 entrepreneurs, 1 film producer, and some consultants) I couldnt really feel that they were very passionate about their school. During the presentation, the admission officer focused on Tuck's very well rounded general management curriculum, and its close knit community. The alumni went through their little stories at Tuck. Nothing really special. But I can tell that Tuck is more academic focused than is kellogg. The presentation was solid. I had great time talking to two of the alumni. And my conclusion about tuck will be inconclusive.