Hofstra University
Was wondering what the take on the street is about this school?
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Sorry, never heard of it.
^Dick head. Again, the only schools that'll catch the streets eye are the "targets" that are beat to death on here. Long as you don't go to a community college & keep a exceptionally high GPA you can network your way in from any decent school. It's def no guarantee though. I'm over simplifying the process, but all it takes is one word from senior level guy to hr or whoever is handling resume's to give you a second look. If you've got something they want/like, you have a good chance of getting a call to at least see if your not an idiot.
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I know of a handful of people from Hofstra who broke into BB IB - there might be more, and there are also a handful of students from most decent schools in make it into BB IB - so it's not saying anything terribly spectacular about the school. That said, Hofstra is a solid school that is trying to build the rep of its business school - it's possible to break into banking from there with high grades, networking, etc, but it is definitely not a target or semi-target for IB.
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I think Bernie Madoff went there.
Seriously though, it's a NY school with a lot of alums on the street- using the alum network either through career services or the database when you graduate, is one of your best bets to generate leads.
Obama trashed McCain at a debate there
Zarb School of Business -- Hofstra (Originally Posted: 01/27/2014)
I was hoping to get some feedback from people in the industry about my university. It's a non-target and I've heard mixed things -- some people have said it's a really good school but I've heard other say it's not the best school for finance. I just wanted to ask anonymously to get some real feedback instead of people I go to school with or people who are close to the university.
There are much better options surrounding the school, if you're looking to stay local for the cost head to Fordham. If you're living at home, and given 516 in your name I'm presuming you are, Old Westbury would cost $5,000 versus Hofstra's $50,000. Don't see why you would choose it unless you're receiving a full scholarship.
I got an $18K scholarship at Hofstra. I got rejected by Fordham over some BS reasoning. Not to get into all the details, it was primarily because I'm now 30 and they wanted to put me in their "continuing education" school that didn't offer finance and they were afraid I couldn't hack it there, although I was transferring with a 3.93 GPA from my CC.
I always thought Hofstra was like a Devry or something. Try to get into Baruch like prospect suggested.
Hofstra has a business school? Whooda thunk it.
^yuplol
From Hofstra to ? (Originally Posted: 09/12/2012)
So I'm visiting some family and my younger cousin is starting his first year at Hofstra's business school as an undergrad. I had no idea that he had chosen to go there -- his family immigrated from China to the US two years back (to the New York area) and just chose a nearby university without consideration.
He asked me to compare my school (a target ivy) to his, and I was honest with him. We went over the statistics and he realized that chances of him breaking into finance or consulting from Hofstra are slim. This kid's high school grades and SAT scores are stellar, he settled on the school mainly because his family is totally unaware of the importance of prestige/rankings.
What are some good (probably semi-target) undergrad business schools that he could realistically have a strong chance of getting into if he pulls off a 4.0 at Hofstra and gets some good recs? I'm not sure how the whole transferring process works, or what his chances coming from Hofstra are. Thanks!
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