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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really surprised that I don't see more private school alums speaking up for their alma maters. I was offered a full ride to Rutgers (Douglass College) and a seat in their honors program. I turned it down because I got a near equivalent offer from Lehigh University and I felt that the private school experience would offer much richer networking and career placement opportunities thanks to the deeply loyal alumni base. That proved to be true. I got my MBA at Georgetown and see the same strong alumni network in action there.

On the other hand, my husband received his undergraduate, masters and PhDs from state universities, and I see no evidence of any strong alumni ties. Could be just his personality, but I really think the strong ties to school and the tradition of helping other alumni are one of the strongest reasons for paying the differential for a private university.

I never regretted my choice, and I paid back my student loans early and then contributed funds to Lehigh to cover all the scholarship monies they invested in me.  [/quote]

So question - last time I checked Gtown was ranked 25th for MBA. Had you gotten into one of the several state schools that rank higher than Georgetown, would you have avoided the dirty poor masses and still picked Georgetown?

Instead of alumni ties, I used my skills and hard work to get where I am. [/quote]

Late to the game responding to your question about choice of school for MBA. Despite the snide twist in your response, I'll answer.

If money were an issue, I'd pick UMD-CP  for Business School over Georgetown. The alumni network is amazing and the school is truly fantastic, plus it's much less expensive.    That said, I had an absolutely wonderful experience at GU and love being a part of the Georgetown community.

As opposed to others who say the big names matter for grad school, again, it really depends. I made much deeper friendships in undergrad than grad school, but I was going through an exec program, so I was working as well.  I think if you know you want to work in a certain geographical area and there is a highly ranked school there available to you, it makes sense to go there.

Again, in my case, I was a "scholarship kid" and so Lehigh was in some sense a "finishing school" for me. I got my first up close look at the upper middle class and the upper class. I learned a lot about social graces and all the intangibles that make someone appear "successful." It worked for me.

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