Overall I had really good MBA experience at Mason

Experience during the program

- WM’s Admission Committee is the best Adcom I ever met. They are all really friendly, super helpful and always energetic.
- Flexible curriculum to customize according your concentration
- Class size of 100-200 students is the ideal class size for me. I had chances to really get to know my classmates. My classmates and my teammates in the learning team are super nice, friendly, supportive and smart. They are professional and always respect each other. I have always had good experience in group work.
- Culture of WM in general and business school (Mason) in particular is sharing, supportive and friendly, which makes it so much easier for international students.
- Faculties and MBA program are working really hard to improve school ranking year by year from top 60 to top 50 and now top 30s. I hope to see Mason in top 20s in the next coming years.

About professors, classes and curriculum

As a person who follows Finance track, I am satisfied with what I have learned at Mason. Finance Cam is my best experience in MBA program. Even though the workload was a bit heavy during the course but it was an exciting challenge and also an opportunity to learn more and more. The knowledge I acquired during the Finance Cam was so valuable and so practical, especially from all the role plays and guest speakers speech. Finance professor completely changed my way of approaching a case study. My understanding of Finance was much levered after the CAM.
- Good learning experience with Batten Fund (the student run investment fund at school where you can pitch and manage stocks, manage real money for the school). Not only will you learn from Professor, Executive Partners but also from your fellow analysts. Batten Fund is the place where you not only can learn about Finance but also about all other industries, which is one of the fastest way you can enrich your knowledge in a short period of time.
- Almost all Professors are approachable and willing to share with you their business contacts and any job opportunity they know. They are excellent teachers with great knowledge of their field.
- Sprint week is another innovative point in the curriculum of the business school. There is one sprint week for each semester when you and your classmates just focus on one specific topic/group project. Topics are diverse and practical because you can apply the knowledge you learned in class into solving business problems. You can also work on real business cases and have great exposure to corporate leadership to learn from their thought processes and their experience.

About job placement process

Career Management Center is helpful with mock interviews, editing resume and also help connect with alumni. There are recruiters who come to school for recruitment quite frequently such as Deloitte, EY, PWC, KPMG, Booz Allen Hamilton...

Overall BSchool experience (5.0)
Schools contribution (4.0)
Classmates rating (5.0)

Strengths of the program:

Curriculum, Classes, Professors
Student body, diversity
Culture & Student Support
Admissions Team
Specialization in a particular area (e.g. Finance, Consulting, Healthcare, etc)

Best fit at this program:

Finance

Can be improved:

Brand/Ranking