Choose among CMU, Stanford and Berkeley!

[qwarentine]

Hi,
Are there any other univ which offer course similar to MISM ?

[rid]

hi,
ive got into MISM at cmu and MIS at u of ariz eller. any suggestions as to which one i should accept? thanks!

[Ancalagon The Black]

rid:

Umm, you got in for fall 2008 session? How come the declaration was so early? When did you apply. I am applying to Eller as well for Fall 2008. Did you get any aid? Eller is really good for MIS.

[rid]

with cmu, i made it in time for the early decision(applyin b4 1st dec) and also since u got into eller as well temme did you go for the information session that they conducted recently? its happening here in bombay tom n i donno if i shud go or not. please lemme know

[Ancalagon The Black]

No No, I never said that I got into Eller, I said that i am applying to Eller. Their deadline is Jan 15... so you applied early and got in as well? Nice.

Are they giving any aid? I live in Calcutta so no information session for me... or atleast I don't know any...

[Ancalagon The Black]

No No, I never said that I got into Eller, I said that i am applying to Eller. Their deadline is Jan 15... so you applied early and got in as well? Nice.

Are they giving any aid? I live in Calcutta so no information session for me... or atleast I don't know any...

[StanfordDream]

Hi,
I have got admit from MISM CMU with 2000$ scholarship per semester .
I am expected to confirm by 22March 08 .

However I have also applied for

1. M S & E Stanford
2. MISM UC Berkeley
3. MEng in OR & IE

DO not know what should I do now .. heard US News rates MISM CMU as Program #1 in MISM

Should I confirm MISM

Please advise

[Ancalagon The Black]

Wait for both MS&E at Stanford and IMS at UCB because UCB will give a lot of aid and its basically the same thing.

[StanfordDream]

Very few like MISM in CMU as it is conducted by heinz school of public policy in association with tepper and CS department
other MISM programs are conducted generally by information school like the UC Berkeley, Syracuse OR Michigan Ann arbor

There are MISM programs alike in georgia tech and cornell as well

[cmumismgrad07]

Originally Posted by StanfordDream

Very few like MISM in CMU as it is conducted by heinz school of public policy in association with tepper and CS department
other MISM programs are conducted generally by information school like the UC Berkeley, Syracuse OR Michigan Ann arbor

There are MISM programs alike in georgia tech and cornell as well

Very few like MISM?... Hmm. I'm not sure if you're talking about the students or employers, but I have to disagree on both counts. From a student's perspective (I graduated in Dec 2007), I have nothing but great things to say about the program or the people who administer it. MISM was intense since they basically squeeze 4 semesters of work into 3 semesters of time, but it was a tremendous experience.

Contrary to what the earlier comment implies, MISM courses are tailored to the goals of the program and are overwhelmingly taught by MISM faculty. Quite a few of the faculty do also teach classes for Tepper (business), CS and/or Public Policy, but that is a huge plus... those are top, top programs and it shows the caliber of the instruction and the multi-disciplinary focus that they have. I was impressed that in the technical courses management and strategy issues were always discussed and vice-versa. The awareness is always there that the program's focus is on both the technology AND the business/management issues.

If "few like MISM" refers to potential employers, then the writer needs to do better research. I had so many interviews and turned down so many others that it became a real challenge to balance this with my classes. I had one week mid-semester with 7-8 interviews including on-sites in California (with two different companies), Chicago and Washinton D.C. I am not touting myself here... I was about average and some students had a lot more interviews than I did. If you're not a good interviewer, don't worry, it'll become second nature.

For my own background, I was accepted to Berkeley as well, which was initially my first choice having grown up in CA. However, after visiting Berkeley and CMU, the administrators and faculty in MISM sold me. I expected a snooty private school mentality, but found the complete opposite. The administration folks are awesome. It sounds corny, but they *really* do care about helping each student and put in a ton of work to make that program as awesome as it is. With all that reputation, they are completely down to earth, friendly people. I don't want to knock on Berkeley, but I didn't get the same vibe.

After saying all of that... DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. Go visit these schools and find out for yourself. Everyone has different factors that are more or less important to them. They're all great schools, so it's hard to lose. As my old boss used to say, "this is a high-class problem".

P.S. -- This California boy was surprised how much Pittsburgh has going for it... I considered working there after graduating.