EMBA Student Profile: Tuck School of Business

Used league tables, talked to friends and colleagues who had been to business school, talked to several headhunters that I use to glean their thoughts on schools. This led to a shortlist of 10 schools which I each visted over a 2 week period.      

- Reputation
- Variety of courses
- Facilities
- Culture/feel of the school
- Opportunities for my partner. She was completing her PhD and the University to have certain texts and manuscripts as well as give her access to them.      

Choose US for several reasons.
a) Decided that 2 year course was best for me. Felt that with a 1 year course, the focus turns almost immediately to job hunting.
b) 2 year courses in the UK only gave me the option of LBS. As I lived in Regents Park I felt that this would not be much of a change for me.
c) Spent some time in the US and was keen to return . Also wanted to keep the option of working in the US open.
d) Facilities in US universities far outweighs those in the UK
e) Forward pricing of the dollar indicated that a US MBA would be significantly cheaper.      

Those in banking and private equity know it very well. The alumni base is small in the UK but very effective. I have never not had a reply from an alum when I have reached out and they have never taken more than 24 hours to reply.

Common mistake in the UK is to confuse Dartmouth, the ivy-league US university with  Dartmouth, the naval academy!

Yes, I have set up and run several businesses including a wine trading company which exported wine from eastern Europe into the US and property development firms.      

I have kept my old job open and so my salary will be 120,000 GBP plus benefits.