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SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
The Goizueta Full-Time MBA provides students an integrated program, where academics of the highest caliber and a holistic leader development program maximize a student's opportunity for success. Our Advanced Leadership Academy provides intensive, experiential development of a student's individual leadership competencies. A focus of the Academy is high-performing teams, and includes a capstone multi-day sailing experience in the Caribbean.

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Being a career switcher, I was looking for a program that would teach me all the MBA skills I needed, as well as provide a supportive environment where I could admit my shortcomings, add a diverse perspective, and enjoy my time over the two years. I found that at Emory, and I would absolutely recommend it. -- Marketing

Emory is a wonderful school with a curriculum that extends far beyond the classroom. From experiences with my classmates to hands-on learning in China, I now have a more in-depth and realistic understanding of business that I couldn't be happier with. -- Marketing

The focus on personal growth, rigor, and leadership, as well as the relationships with students from a diverse mix of professional and ethic backgrounds, has been well worth my investment. -- Human Resources

We are about 200 full-time MBA students with a faculty to student ratio of 1:4. This gives us almost unlimited access to faculty, administration and, the career management center. -- Human Resources

Beyond academic learning, we have several integrative programs that help us develop our personalities and leadership skills. For example, the Goizueta Advanced Leadership Academy (GALA) gives about 70 students the opportunity to participate in experiential leadership development programs. The capstone event for this academy is a school-sponsored, four-day sailing expedition in the British Virgin Islands. -- Human Resources

The diversity of my fellow students - not only from different industries but also from different countries - has prepared me to compete in this globally connected world. -- Consulting

The focus on softer skills, like public speaking, gives students a more well-rounded education. -- Consulting

Atlanta is not as expensive as other major U.S. cities, we still have access to recruiters, companies, nearby alumni, and a great social and cultural scene. If I wasn?t moving internationally, I would have tried to stay in Atlanta. -- Marketing

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I was able to talk about my career path and school issues with my professors, my classmates, and the Dean. And they would listen. Bottom line: I feel like I mattered. -- Investment Banking

Leadership, teamwork, courage, community, diversity -- at Goizueta, these are not just words on a wall. We lived and breathed our core values in every class, club, meeting, and even outside of school. -- Marketing

My bane with the MBA program relates to the Career Management Center (CMC). The CMC staff did a poor job helping students prepare for interviews, and they need to create and hone relationships with more potential employers. -- Consulting

I was a financial advisor in my prior career, so I will not recommend paying the full tuition at, say, Harvard, only get the same P&G job I got through Goizueta. I am always looking at return on investment, and Emory delivered. -- Marketing

The Career Management Center needs to find more jobs for international students. -- Finance

Goizueta students go out of their way to help each other prepare for interviews and study for midterms. They are driven, but they will not step on each other to get to the top. -- Marketing

From day one you are immediately immersed in the alumni network, given a mentor, and coached for success. The professors are strong; the class size is small. I have no regrets. -- Finance

Leadership is not an academic or business topic that you can sell in the business world. So Goizueta has to focus more on marketing, finance or entrepreneurship, and advertise the program based on this decision. -- Finance

My friends that are attending other schools with rankings higher than Emory have difficulty naming people in their program with interests/concentrations outside their own. But I am graduating with just over 200 others, and I know everyone. My network leaving school is extremely solid. -- Finance