Why is Columbia B school often disliked ?
Why does CBS get hated on so much? I get that the whole ED round pushes people the wrong way, but what else do people think is so wrong with the school? What are your thoughts Sandy?
a lot of it is the Early Decison program which is sort of unique in the top 10, and does have like a $6,000 penalty for non-compliance, that, and an overhang of its reputation as being ratings driven, esp. about gmat and asking you at interviews what other schools you are applying to , and in general, gaming the WL, etc. A last issue is residual anti-NEW YORK, anti fincance feeling among general recruiters, and a possiblity of even unspoken anti-Semitism on the part of general recruiters, as part of a lazy anti-finance/anti New York mindset [save your flames, just a suggestion]. The facts are that ED and the 6k penalty are real, the school is in NYC, and it does have a lot of kids interested in finance [of all races and religions]. The gaming part: asking what other schools, and managing WL, well, jeepers nowadays MOST SCHOOLS DO THAT, and as I have noted, the biggest gmat moocher is STANFORD. Now adcom there says that their super high gmat mean score is based on fact that mean gmat score of their total app pool is itself 700-710, but I still find their mean gmat of ~730 in recent years to be really statistically significant, altho any quant jocks out there who want to straighten me out, feel free. HBS to my knowledge never asks where else did you apply. Nor does it ever wonder if any admit will go to Stanford instead b4 taking them, but Stanford has {wondered about admit going to HBS}, I believe. Soooooooooo, in the battle of why schools are disliked, on issues such as gaming admissions, etc. I give HBS very high likeabality, and Col, if you took out ED, pretty much same conduct as lots of schools. But w.ED,and history of being an early gamer, and New York, well…………dazt enuf.
