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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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One of the handful of B-schools that can attach "Ivy" to its name --
and the only one in the finance capital of the world to boot --
Columbia sets... READ MORE
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Alumni
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I graduated with a full time MBA from Graduate School of Business,
University of Cape Town, South Africa and won an exchange scholarship to
Columb... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Columbia's application process is no different than other top schools.
High GMATs (above 700) help but are not mandatory. Good GPA from
undergrad... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Columbia Business School is highly selective. One must score well on the
GMAT, have a high undergraduate GPA, preferrably from a top school, and
m... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Columbia is decidedly a finance school, although it's making inroads to
excellence in the other disciplines as well. Professor quality is,
frankl... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Cape Town Business School is extremely strict on an academic level, with
a high demand of work ethic and calibre of work from individual
students.... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The first year of the program is almost entirely core classes, unless
you are able to pass the course's placement exam. The core curriculum,
thou... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Academics are very strong and is one of the main reasons I selected
Columbia. The very good second year classes in finance are taught by
CURRENT p... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Back in the go-go 90s, Columbia was about the best job placement center in the world, bar none. Like other top-shelf B-schools, the employment rate a... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Columbia Business School is superior to the Graduate SChool of Business, South Africa with regard to career development and counselling. Columbia runa... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Columbia attracts all the top firms, from consulting and banking to actual industry. Hiring has been rough over the past 2-3 years for all of the b-sc... READ MORE
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Alumni
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This is where the New York advantage is biggest. No one coming out of Columbia Business School has any excuse for not graduating without a job. Not on... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Columbia's campus is located in Morningside Heights, on the fringe of
Harlem. However, if you keep your wits about you, you're unlikely to
encoun... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Cape Town offer fantastic board and lodging for students, specifically
foreign students (25% of the MBA students). There is a restaurant and
cafet... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Do you like New York? If so, Columbia is great. Living in New York is
quite different from most places in the U.S. - Most students have to
find t... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Well... again, the school is in NYC so sky's the limit, or at least
your budget is. To the extent that one can afford it, one can leave
wherever ... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Well, it's New York City, so you won't often be twiddling your thumbs
on a Friday night. Morningside Heights (and the Upper West Side more
genera... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Cape Town was superior in the events and socializing side, whereby the
course only has 80 students (versus Columbia with 1400 students per
annum).... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Columbia is very social. Business school happy hours are held every
Thursday, and there are usually several other social events each week
thrown b... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Again, not as important as this is a graduate school program. Every
Thursday the school sponsors a happy hour (free food and alcohol) on
campus. O... READ MORE
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