I should preface this by saying that I want to work in the greater Boston area after graduating. I have been accepted to Bentley University's MSF program with a Graduate Assistantship position (50% tuition, ~$20K). I am still waiting to hear from BC. Now, if I am accepted to BC, but received no aid, is it still the better choice? Is BC's program worth the extra $20-25K?
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You will have far better opportunities coming out of BC's MSF, generally speaking. What is your end goal?
That seems to be the general consensus. The extra $20,000 is just really appealing (financing for grad school will be 100% loans). Though I suppose it is still fairly premature to go about comparing costs.
Ideally, IBD. Either that or Asset Management.
Gotta go with BC. It's worth the extra money.
BC, its a better name.
Hello Oats,
Congrats on the offers.
I was wondering what your stats were to get into these programs?
I am a fellow Massachusetts college student as well (Umass-Lowell)
Baseball,
gmat score was dreadful (610). Only took it once. Didn't study as much as I should have, and I probably should have retaken it. Can't give you a GPA, because my school (a liberal arts honors college) doesn't use them. We use narrative evaluations instead. Having said that, because I'm a Math and Econ major my scores are graded quantitatively. So, I have, very roughly, ~3.9 GPA in my major(s). Lots of extracurriculars.
With all that being said, I am positive my narrative evaluations helped offset my GMAT score. When you have a professor summarize your (good) work for a class in a 2-3 page evaluation, it really gives the admissions committee an insight into your work, other than a simple number or grade. So I have a fairly unique situation in that regard.
P.S. I was waitlisted at Vandy. For your consideration.
P.P.S Thought I absolutely bombed the Bentley interview. Don't know if you've already done it, but the questions aren't hard (three total; all behavioral), but I found the pre-recorded format to be very awkward. I like human interaction in my interviews.
@"oatsngoats" - Did you receive any decision from Boston College ?
No, not yet. And I'm starting to get impatient, since I submitted my app back in December. I'd wager they're gonna start sending out decisions within the next 2 weeks, though.
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