USC Marshall: Value of the Trojan Network

Experience during the program

USC Marshall more than met my needs and expectations in every metric I had coming into the program. The school did a good job of bringing in an extremely diverse class, a class which different perspectives based on geography, education, and professional experiences.

The MBA program has a lot of experiential learning opportunities which makes it very helpful in practicing the skills in a low stakes environment before going out into the professional world.

The major area of opportunity for the school would be to better leverage the advantages that come with being in LA. While there is a lot of momentum towards this, there is still work to be done in ensuring that the school gains more advantage from being in LA and also gives back more to the community within LA and this is where the Trojan network comes in.

USC Marshall grads and the larger USC Trojan network can honestly work wonders. I have not yet reached out to a Trojan, no matter how senior who hasn’t responded to me. If they are busy they might take a week or 10 days but they always get back. As soon as I signed my summer internship offer, next morning I got emails from 3 Trojans at the firm, with whom I had never spoken before, offering to get on a call and share the lay of the land and their experiences. While it might be a marketing term in most schools, the school spirit at USC is extremely high and the Trojan family is a real thing from which I have benefitted way more than I ever could have imagined as an international student who did not really understand the breadth and depth of this network before coming to the US.

Overall BSchool experience (5.0)
Schools contribution (5.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Alumni Network
Location
Culture & Student Support

Best fit at this program:

Consulting
Marketing
Investment Banking
Tech
Management

Can be improved:

Admissions Team