Admitted by UIUC & TAMU

[davidlee0222]

highly regard the question Charlene asked
it's an extremely tricky question
it's related back to the article transcripted from China
why the best students have to study in best schools?

there're several dimensions to discuss this topic
from the school side
the most a career management center in school can do is to invite as many recruitors as posible to career fairs
and keep good relationship among them by excellence of student quality
at the mean time try every endeavor to prepare each student for their career striving
by career improving sessions, resume and interview techniques, mock cases...etc.
and the career statistics are self-reported from graduates
even though by post-graduate tracking from schools
it's still up to the free will of these random-minded graduates

it's also very very hard to help students find out their career fit
or improving their resumes from vague awarenesses about themselves
it takes enormous efforts to conduct in depth talent management
the salary of staff in career management center are all from tuition
it means not so much resources and personnel to proactively examine students career by individual

from recruitor side
the fastest way and the most reliable way is from the examples set by alumni
also from networking of MBA candidate
location also matters
while companys have certain preference to particular schools' graduates
sometimes for no specific reason
only from reputation or even rumors
but when recruitors are considering job applicants from different schools
personal value package such as job-specific capabilities, passions and attitudes, career goals, personalities, business behaviors
are fundamentally weighted heavier than school titles

but from the most important dimension
it's upon individual student him/herself
particularly when we're discussing about MBA students from our very own country

Taiwanese community is a very tricky pool
there's a particular pattern for major opinion stream
that from this pool it gathers and generates numerous program contibutors who can significantly support the program sustainability finacially
while recruiting in the U.S. is not the critical issue for this pool
even though almost all of us are claiming it is
easier said than done

there're definately bouches of geniuses from Taiwan
while career fit is determinated by career hustle
in depth self-awareness + clear career path to specific goal + job-specific capabilities + passion for specific career
it's still individual hardwork
not by average or posibility
no matter from which country
you can see a group of Taiwanese go to career fair
one Taiwanese tried all his effort revising dozens of resumes for specific jobs and 70+ interviews
while others go to KTV at night
no wonder that guy can select the ideal company from a hand of offers

[Moo]

如果還有問題可以再跟我聯絡,
另外我想David講了很重要的一點, 一切都是靠自己, 學校提供就業服務, 但是也要靠自己所學的知識與技能來抓住機會.

如果決定要來A&M, 你一定要有企圖心, 決心, 以及毅力...
你很有可能是這學期唯一的台灣人, 因為這樣, 你碰到了問題, 也只有你自己可以解決, 有困難也只有自己可以克服. 你將會碰到很多挫折, 但你也會在不知不覺中養成獨立解決問題的態度, 這裡可以加速你學習英文的速度, 更快融入美國社會, 我想這是A&M與其他學校最不同的地方.

另外, 给所有對TAMU有興趣的朋友們, TAMU的MBA 壓力不一定比其他學校大, 工作量也不知道會不會比較重, 但是要注意的是學校為了要保持一定的品質, 這裡最後大約淘汰10%~15%的學生, 在這裡不會有人把你當國際學生看, 學校只讓最好的學生畢業. 所以如果只是想拿學位, 英文沒打算下苦功的話, A&M可能就不會是一個太適合的學校.

如果有人對A&M有任何問題的話, 隨時歡迎跟我聯絡, 我都非常樂意回答

Gig'em Aggie!!!

Jason

[charlene19999]

Really appreciate that David and Moo provide such insightful information. Actually, I have some ideas about choosing school from your valuable thinking. Anyway, we all have to do our best for arriving the goal not just to count on the career service of school. Thank you all again!

[charlene19999]

Would like to share some information about TAMU from Chasedream

"我人在德州College Station，campus interview, 是admission director Wendy Flynn直接面试的。所以我觉得我能被录取跟我面试表现有很大关系，感觉还不错。我准备了很多，没有碰到太刁钻的问题。TAMU的MBA最近上升的很快，原因是引进了大量的知名教授，打算将MBA打造成知名品牌。另外这个学校MBA career center的能力很强，从学生一入学就培训很多找工作的知识和计较。面试的时候还安排我和Career Center 的Jim 聊了二十分钟，很厉害的一个人，问得问题也很尖锐。

TAMU的MBA好像特别重视英语能力，我看了好几个帖子说面试都问到了英语能力的问题。我自己面试感觉英语表现不错，GMAT740, TOFEL IBT 103, 以为英语应该没有什么问题，结果收到一封信说录取委员会认为我GMAT作文分太低（6分我得了4分，我怎么觉得还挺满足的，郁闷），让我补充说明。我又写Essay描述了我在考试后又得到了如何如何的提高（GMAT两年前考得），这才算通过了。

其实我得背景不算太好，但是很杂。另外我是一个女生，现在的Visa Status是F2。好在Wendy也是个女的，我在面试的时候，她问我作过的最challenge的决定是什么，我说是Give up my career to be with my husband. 我又展开叙述了一下我从不后悔这个决定，因为我觉得家庭对我来说是非常重要的。同时我又不满足做house wife，所以在老公的支持下，希望申请MBA重新开始我的career，我在F2期间做了很多事情（我老公说我比大部分F1还要忙），这些事情也增加了我的阅历，所以我相信我有能力作的更好。我觉得她很认同我说的这些。

College Station 离休斯敦，达拉斯，奥斯丁都还算比较近。这也是为什么TAMU的MBA的就业率这么高的原因，我想它大部分的毕业生还是去了这三个城市。德州是经济大省，就业机会很多，好公司也很多。"