Although I don't know much about how their JD/MBA is viewed, my take on USC's MBA is that it is completely worthless. If you want IB/PE/VC, USC will not get you there, plain and simple. Emory sends some of their MBAs into IB (my guess would be 5-10%). Going to Emory will give you a fighting chance, USC will not. Also, if you don't want to be a lawyer, why not just drop out of law school and do just the MBA instead? Just my .02

 

So, the reason I am doing the JD/MBA is because I have already started a JD. I think it would show a bit of irrationality not to finish that, then go work, and then try an MBA. So, I am transferring to Emory as 2L, and I am really hoping i get in their MBA program. Thanks for the comments though. This is pretty in line with what I thought. Don't think I would have much of any chance getting into finance with an SC IMBA even though it's number one. I don't know how much to trust that ranking because other schools may not pursue it as aggressively, etc.

 
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Business School Rankings ---SC

No. 1 undergraduate international business degree for 19 consecutive years

U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best Colleges,” 2018

No. 1 for graduate international business and in the top 3 overall for 28 consecutive years

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

More than 20 percent of students in USC’s No. 1 ranked Honors College attend the Moore School

No. 1 MBA program in the world for international course experience

Financial Times, 2017

No. 2 in the world for percentage of female MBA students

Financial Times, 2017

No. 2 in the U.S. for international mobility for MBA graduates

Financial Times, 2017

4th largest risk management and insurance school in the United States

Business Insurance, 2016

No. 7 undergraduate supply chain program in North America

Gartner, 2016

No. 8 for salary percentage increase among U.S. MBA programs

Financial Times, 2017

No. 15 graduate supply chain program in North America

Gartner, 2016

No. 16 Professional MBA program; No. 1 in the Carolinas

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

One of the top 20 Global Centers of Insurance Excellence

International Insurance Society, 2017

Top 40 MBA program in the U.S.; No. 77 in the world

Financial Times, 2017

Internationally Recognized Faculty

No. 2 world-wide for research productivity in international business

Journal of International Business Studies, 2013-2016

No. 5 world-wide experimental accounting research productivity

Brigham Young University, 2010-2015

No. 10 world-wide supply chain research productivity

SCM Journal, 2011-2015

Top 50 world-wide for research productivity

Financial Times, 2017

Top 50 in the U.S. for research productivity

UT Dallas, 2013-2016

"All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises they make. The difference is what they do."— Jean Baptiste Moliere
 

I was reviewing a company 2 days ago started by someone from an MBA business schools ">M7 with a JD/MBA Combo from a Semi Target. On his team he had someone from a very, very, very, low not even State School Business Program. I don't know what the kid said to get the position, but it worked. Either way this whole you can't get into IB from here or there only matters if you believe it. I know a Top 50 State School Grad who started his own Hedge Fund Shop 50 years ago and his son runs it for him now. If you can get a FREE joint degree from SC and you don't take it, I don't think you should be in IB. Free is Free, there is no downside to free. Trust me you can get in because Darla Moore did it. Everyone won't. But I don't believe a JD/MBA combo can't get you an interview. Bull! I have a friend from that program who was top VP and he passed through a Top Boutique before hitting EVP at 2 fortune 100's. People don't know what they don't know.

"All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises they make. The difference is what they do."— Jean Baptiste Moliere
 

Average MBA program indebtedness

Percentage of full-time 2016 graduates with debt

U.S. News b-school rank

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) $121,822 50% 4 (tie)
  2. University of San Francisco $116,454 44% RNP
  3. New York University (Stern) $115,861 48% 12 (tie)
  4. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC) $109,960 60% 12 (tie)
  5. Yale University (CT) $107,339 61% 9 (tie)
  6. University of Virginia (Darden) $106,710 62% 14
  7. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ross) $102,665 45% 11
  8. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA) $101,667 53% 19
  9. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) $95,582 62% 18
  10. Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN) $91,813 48% 25 (tie)
"All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises they make. The difference is what they do."— Jean Baptiste Moliere
 

know why you go that far into debt?..... because it's worth it. Pretty sure south carolina doesn't even have a 100k average salary.... banking and consulting is pretty non existing.

 

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"All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises they make. The difference is what they do."— Jean Baptiste Moliere

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