Comment from :Guys,this is the first time I am puting the comment on this block. I was reading it many times and found it very useful.I am coming from Serbia and I am currently employed at the governmental Agen Hi, Good luck with the application,I don t have the formula to Bschool entries, but in my opinion anything that makes you interesting is an advantage. Schools also have an interest in ge... ... (MORE)

Comment from :Hi Philip, I am currently a senior software engineer in a Fortune 50 company. I have 5 years of work experience and have a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Singapore and a Masters in Informa Hi,You ask questions !?! Your resume sounds better than mine, you could try the GMAT again if you really wanted to be sure to get in, but you have pretty good chances already. It really... ... (MORE)

Business School is absolutely fabulous! If you are thinking about going and have the opportunity, do it! It s not easy for most of us, it s definetly alot of work, but the payoff in terms of your outlook on the world is astounding.Even if you come out of school in debt and have to make up for two years without salary, if you take the education seriously and take part in as much extra carricular... ... (MORE)

Current mood: Happy

It may be surprising to some of you, but actually Business School is almost more about parties than studying. There are different parties every night. You have parties with your study group, your cluster, your year, the cluster from the year above/below you, with other schools at Columbia, with other schools in NY, with your clubs, with clubs you di ... (MORE)

Currently playing: my airconditioner is humming and there is chearing from the street below...
Current mood: very relaxed, happy to be here - loving life drowned in all of the options to ch

Columbia has the reputation of being extremely Finance focused

In fact if you look at where the graduates end up working, most of them do tend to end up in Investment banking or Strategy consulting. So how do the rest of us fair?
I can assure you that this is not a place made only for investment bankers! First of all I think Colubmia ... (MORE)

Currently playing: Latin American Music blaring in from the street outside...
Current mood: relaxed, tired, have to study....

No of course it is not the main consideration...that what you'll hear at most admissions information sessions. This is true, if you have written a book, own a non profit that feeds children in Somalia, aced Harvard in college and have been building a career that would make any 40 year old jealous...

Otherwise you will also have to sit down and study for the GMAT. It's annoying, som ... (MORE)

since three weeks I am student of Columbia Business School. So here is a quick first update of what has been going on...
So far I have not found the time to even think straight, let alone write entries into a blog, but it's been amazing. The first week was orientation, in general this consisted of multiple events to:
1. teach us  how and where to get what we need at the school. MORE)