Advice for choosing Graduate Program

Hi Everyone,

I just got an offer from Mendoza Business School in thier MSF program. Did not get any scholarship since applied in the last round so tuition is 62k. The program is of 11 month and thier curriculum is quant heavey. Average base salary reported is 80k with 100% employbility rate within 3 month. Location is south bend, Indiana.

Question:

Is it worth going to ND especially if you are targeting IB, HF( keeping in view the current market turmoil)

Location is bothering me as south bend is regional area.

Although at an undergraduate level Mendoza has a good name but couldn't see any solid placement in MSF.

Talk to few current students they told me that they are struggling to get FT offers.

Since its a 11 program starting in September so getting an internship would be hard.

As an international student, career outcomes of a program is a key aspect for me to consider a program so really stressed out since the current vibes coming from students are not good and i am very upset wheather to take this offer or not. 

My second important question is whether I should take this offer or I should make my profile strong for good programs like UC Berkeley FE, Columbia FE, NYU FE, UCLA Fe 

I have also applied for USC MSBA, Boston MSBA, Columbia ERM, but haven't heard back yet.

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