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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Thunderbird does not place the greatest weight on GMAT scores. A large
number of the student body are non-native English speakers and so work
exp... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Thunderbird admits people who have been working at least 2 years outside
of their homecountry. this concerns the US citizen (40% of population)
an... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The admissions process focuses on the basic MBA criteria of GMAT, Toefl
(if applicable) grades and work experience. The sucessfull T-bird grad
has... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Essays and GMAT scores are the most important factors. Because
Thunderbird is focused on international business, your experiences
related to trav... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Thunderbird has 2 MBA tracks, a 3 trimester (no language requirement)
or a 4 trimester (language requirement). Most language classes are
excellen... READ MORE
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Alumni
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There are excellent professors, good ones and ok ones (which generally
don't last more than a year). I carefully chose my professors (talking
to s... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The academics at Thunderbird are fast-paced and rigorous. Classes are
generally easy to get into except for really popular professors. You can
usu... READ MORE
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Alumni
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T-bird has a 3-pronged curriculum-- Business courses, International
Studies courses, and Language courses. Business courses are fair to
middle, b... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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Thunderbird is an international management school. If you don't work in or hire for international management you have probably never heard of it. If... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The school career center worked fine with me. During a fair organized by our career management center i got the opportunity to find an internship with... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The Career center on campus is somewhat weak. The alumni network is the way to find opportunities. There is some campus recruiting but the student bod... READ MORE
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Alumni
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T-bird has the #1 international business program in the country. Anyone who knows international business knows T-bird. If that is what you wish to d... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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The campus is relatively small and there are on-campus dorms and nearby
off-campus housing. Dorms are for singles only, couples must live off
cam... READ MORE
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Alumni
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I spent my 2 first semesters on campus which was a great way of
connecting with other students/the faculty, etc. Then with some friends
we found a... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The campus is beautiful and has plenty of student housing and nice
classrooms and facilities. There is a pool on campus with an area for
internati... READ MORE
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Alumni
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I lived on campus and it was great. Apartments across the street from
campus were like satellite dorms. Other than the AZ heat, I had no
complain... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Current Student
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The social life at Thunderbird is fantastic. There is an on-campus pub
which has the largest selection of international beers in the state.
Ever... READ MORE
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Alumni
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You may think that Phoenix is kind of lost in the middle of the desert.
And you're right!! But because of that people connect between
themeselves ... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The social life at Thunderbird is nothing short of amazing. The school
is entirely compromised of MBA and executive ed. participants so it's a
ver... READ MORE
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Alumni
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There is a pub on campus that was pretty much the hub of the social
scene. Because the student body is typically about comprised of about
60% int... READ MORE
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