UIC MBA Chicago Entrepreneur Blog Past, present, and future plans in the life of an entrepreneur and former Chicago UIC MBA student.

I hope I will meet some of my readers through some of these outlets!  Here’s another interesting fact that was on one of the informational sheets:

Average Age: 28

Average Age Range: 22-47

Average GMAT: 600

Average Work Experience: 5 Years

Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.2

Part-time 70%, Full-time 30%

I hope this answers some questions you might have about the UIC MBA LGSB program.  If not, you can always e-mail me.  I’m going to end this post with a couple of comments that readers of this blog have left.  I feel they can add some value to your decision.

Nick

You will enjoy UIC. Its a very underrated business program. Crains ranked in 4th in the city for 2008. Given the current economic conditions, more students and professionals will be looking to get in to a concentration not just in Finance, but also entrepreneurship…They have a top 10 entrepreneurship program…If I were you, I would also take advantage of that…Only reason UIC is not well known is because its a new school when you compare to other major colleges all across the nation and Illinois. UIC is the youngest campus from all the major universities in the states and has come a long way…good luck

 

Michael

Jay Lin,
As a soon graduating student of the Liataud School of Business, I can tell you this much- if you find some friends, make some connections and choose the correct classes and professors, you will have a truly wonderful learning experience. While no one was an absolute “dud”, they have some amazing professors that are simply above the cut, thus missing the opportunity to learn from them would be a shame. Further, many of them have incredible connections, given the schools proximity to the largest trading centers in the world. You truly will have the opportunity to sit in the same room as some of the greatest financial guru’s of the last few decades. While in hindisght I unfortunately did not concentrate on finance, I would venture to say that any publication not placing UIC’s finance MBA concentration in the top ten, would be suspect to conflicting interests. That being said, my concentration on global business and strategy was an amazing experience. Given the tremendous diversity of the program and rigid entry standards, you are subsequently exposed to some of sharpest young minds across the globe. To this end, I would argue as well that while others may be higher ranked, I again would question the actual utility ranking of the programs themselves. Welcome and good luck, and I agree- you did make the right choice. But it probably wasn’t the “easier” one.