[問題]請問有沒有人知道Thunderbird school?

[lpwpete]

請問有沒有人知道Thunderbird MBA in international management?
聽說他的 international program 很強! 有沒有人有知道更多細節的?
謝謝!

[Kyo]

想知道哪方面的細節？

[nexxt0722]

TB在international business的確頗負盛名
但你的問題有點攏統,這樣連站上活耀的TB學生(如kyo,davidlee)都不知如何為你說明
你不妨先看看TB的網站,搜尋一下咖啡店或CD上的討論,有個輪廓,比較能提出精準的問題
畢竟,MBA的課業不輕鬆,空閒時間有限,我們得格外珍惜在校學生親自為我們解惑的機會

[sweetymanman]

agree to nexxt0722....
TB is a good school, especially in International business.
I'd like to discuss with you, however, your question is really hard for me.....can you specify which part you want to know?

[lpwpete]

不好意思! I really didn't specify my questions!
Actually the only information I have is knowing TB is very good in International business field as my counselor told me.
However, why there is no ranking in top 100?
Moreover, I do have some questions below:
1. Does TB have high reputation in MBA schools?
2. How are their graduated students working on or I should ask how about their alumni performance?
3. Is it easy to find internship or to be hired after graduated?
4. Besides the international program, are there some other fields, such as finance, marketing..., that are also good in TB?
4. If the above mentioned answers are positive, is TB hard to apply? What is its qualification? ( The only thing I know TB requires at least 2 work experience.)
5. If you are student there, can you share some life experience in Phoenix?
Furthermore, if you have some other good perspectives about TB, please can you share with me?
I do appreciate a lot!
Ths!

[Kyo]

1. Does TB have high reputation in MBA schools?

嗯，學校自己覺得有，在有IM領域的學校裡也有，

在IM的企業中也不賴，在西岸還好，在東岸可能比較少人聽過。

2. How are their graduated students working on or I should ask how about their alumni performance?

校友網路一向是TB的強項，有固定的聚會，也會互相提拔。

3. Is it easy to find internship or to be hired after graduated?

有努力就有機會囉，機會一定有，會不會被錄用要看個人能力。

學校提供的機會真的不少，但往往是個人因素導致無法得到intern。

至於畢業後的工作機會，這個要看個人目標。

在美國，目前我在這遇到的最大問題是，很多大公司不接受國際學生，也就是說他不幫忙申請H1。

而以TB的畢業生來說，因為有些固定合作的公司，所以工作機會不能說沒有。

但我個人覺得找不找的到，語言問題是最大因素。

4. Besides the international program, are there some other
fields, such as finance, marketing..., that are also good in TB?

TB目前區分的領域有Global Marketing, Global Finance, International Development,

Global Management, Customized Focus

我自己是Global Marketing，有幾個名師的課我覺得很值得上；

至於finance的部份，因為走了幾個老師，所以可能沒之前那麼好了。

5. If the above mentioned answers are positive, is TB hard to apply? What is its qualification? ( The only thing I know TB requires at least 2 work experience.)

這還真的不太難

TOEFL的要求就是iBT100分，GMAT往年大約560上下就夠了

5. If you are student there, can you share some life experience in Phoenix?

熱，乾，太陽隊。
TB在Glendale(鳳凰城區旁)，學校附近有一堆超市，一個shopping mall，
在美國算是生活機能很強的城市，不過可能還是需要買車代步。

這幾天不知怎麼的反常的冷，大約零度上下吧。
去年沒這麼冷，一年中，過了七、八月，天氣都會很舒服，不冷不熱。

喜歡逛街的話，有幾個shopping mall & outlet；喜歡運動的話，這裡是運動天堂。

以這裡為中心，到幾個知名的國家公園都算方便。

基本上只要可以忍受酷熱的天氣，Glendale還算不錯的地方。


問題果然細很多很多，如果解釋的不夠清楚，歡迎再討論喔。

Kyo

[davidlee0222]

'cause the ranking is for the U.S. national MBA
while TB was MBA in International Management and now changed to "MBA in Global Managemant"
the curriculum is not suit for ranking criteria

also lack of other indicators such as no Ph.D, no undergrad programs
and no other colleges
make it significantly lower in several key ranking indicators such as number of total enrolled students, # of thesis/dissertation, college diversity, faculty pool...etc

in order to remain "Truly Global" feture in diversity
GMAT average score also needs to be remained at the world average level but not the U.S. average level
where GMAT score is almost the most important indicator in ranking

for specific questions
most of them were already answered in previous pages
and also very easy to find on school web page
Q1, Q3, Q4-1, Q4-2 (there are two Q4), Q5 were all anwsered before

Q1 replied a couple of months ago, 4 champs in MBAIM rankings
and the link is on the school front page
http://www.thunderbird.edu/about_thunde ... /index.htm

#1 - “International Business”
Wall Street Journal 2006 survey of corporate recruiters; 6th consecutive year
#1 - “International Programs”
U.S.News & World Report 2007; 11th consecutive year
#1 - “Regional Schools”
Wall Street Journal 2006 survey of corporate recruiters
#1 - “Global Business” Executive MBA
BusinessWeek 2005


Q2 alumni work in all kinds of industries listed in Fortune 500
top recruitors including J&J, Intel, CitiBank, AE, LG...etc.,
and also hundreds of others such as Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, IBM, big4...etc.
you can easily find Employment Reports and Statistics via front page link

Q3 just answer several weeks ago
it's not hard to find
and also clearly listed during applying process

Q4-1 you can cross-compare with ranking and recruitors

Q4-2 also replied several weeks ago
not that strict on 2 years W/E
but you need something to contribute on diversity

Q5 there was a pretty long article about 3 or 4 months before
it was somewhat too long about all details