First, the time cost of American business graduate students
American graduate students have different academic systems according to their majors, which is also related to their own course selection, reflecting the humanization of American education. Therefore, students of the same major have different courses, which leads to different study years. At this point, it reflects the flexibility and humanization of American university courses, and students can arrange to complete their studies according to their own needs.
Specifically, because the master's programs in the United States are mostly applied programs, focusing on practice rather than research, most graduate business courses in the United States are about 1 or 1 year and a half, and there are few two-year programs, but if students fail to complete the courses within the specified time, they can postpone graduation.
Second, the cost of American business graduate students
The tuition fees of business programs in different colleges and universities in the United States are different. Generally speaking, the higher the ranking of business, the more expensive the business tuition. Take the top 10 business projects in the United States as an example, and specifically look at the tuition fees required for business projects in the United States:
Harvard University ranked first in business programs, with an annual tuition fee of $72,000. The University of Chicago's business program ranks second, with an annual tuition fee of $69,200; The University of Pennsylvania ranks third, with an annual tuition fee of $70,200; Stanford University ranked fourth in business programs, with an annual tuition fee of $68,868. MIT ranked fifth in business programs, with an annual tuition fee of 765,438+0,000; Northwest University ranked sixth in business programs, with an annual tuition fee of $68,955. University of California and University of Michigan tied for seventh place in business programs, with annual tuition fees of $58,794 and $62,300, respectively. Columbia University ranked ninth in business programs, with an annual tuition fee of $765,438+0,544. Dartmouth College's business program tied for tenth place, with an annual tuition fee of $68,965,438+00. We can see that the annual tuition fees of the top 10 universities in the United States are basically above $60,000, and only the University of California is slightly less, close to $60,000.
If the applicant is not targeted at the top 10 institutions, under normal circumstances, the tuition fees of ordinary business schools basically range from 30,000 to 50,000 US dollars.
Going to the United States to study business requires a certain amount of living expenses in addition to tuition fees. Generally speaking, the accommodation fee for one year is about 20,000-70,000 dollars, the book fee for one year is about 500- 1 1,000 dollars, and the daily expenses for one year vary from person to person, generally at 1 1,000-2,000 dollars. If converted into RMB, the living expenses alone will be more than 250 thousand yuan.
Third, the requirements for applying for graduate business in the United States
1, hard background
Among the conditions for applying for graduate students in the United States, the applicant's own conditions include TOEFL, GRE/GMAT, GPA, scientific research/internship achievements, graduation institutions, recommendation letters, etc., which are different from soft power such as documents and have strong subjective initiative. This is a hard measure directly related to the applicant and cannot be modified or changed.
Among them, business applications not only require language scores, but also the average scores of American universities are higher than other majors. The higher the application ranking, the better your competitor's GPA is at 3.7+. For the top ten business schools, your GPA should be above 3.8.
GMAT is also a key point that can not be ignored, because the average GMAT score of MBA applicants from seven major business schools, including some well-known business schools, has reached 720+. Providing a higher GMAT score will greatly enhance the competitive strength of applicants.
2. Work experience
The biggest difference between applying for graduate students majoring in business and other majors is that American business schools require applicants to have certain work or internship experience.
Nearly half of the top 50 business schools offer MBA courses, and MBA usually requires applicants to have at least two years of full-time work experience. For example, the MBA freshmen admitted by Harvard Business School (HBS) in recent years all have more than three years' work experience on average, and all have rich experience in enterprise management, occupying important management positions.
It is suggested that after determining the professional direction, you should go to the corresponding field for internship/work. If you want to apply for a master's degree in finance, you'd better practice in banks, investment banks, securities companies and fund companies. To apply for accounting, some companies in the Big Four and Top 500 have ideal working experience; To apply for a master's degree in marketing, you should also have practical work experience in related fields.
3. Letter of recommendation
American business schools generally require applicants to provide 2~3 letters of recommendation. The letter of recommendation here is also an important application indicator. The school you apply for needs to know the evaluation of your teachers, leaders around you and work partners, so as to judge whether you are suitable for this school.
Try to find an intern/working professional to write a recommendation letter for MBA. In particular, it is not a wise choice for MBA students to write letters of recommendation from their professors, unless your professors have a strong working background in related fields outside school.
4. Document writing
There are several kinds of documents needed to apply for American graduate students: PS (Personal Statement), RL (Letter of Recommendation), Resume or CV (Resume), Essay (depending on the requirements of the school), and writing samples (depending on the school or some majors).
Excellent documents are an important indicator for applying for graduate students in the United States. The most intuitive impression of the admissions officer is obtained through your certificate. A written personal statement is about 800- 1000 words. Generally speaking, graduate students' documents can be prepared from the summer vacation of junior year to senior year.
As the application materials of creative documents for business graduate students, this is the most difficult document to write in the whole process. All the questions raised by the business school in this section are to see the characteristics of the applicants who match the school through the documents: leadership, ability to deal with complex problems, teamwork, precious personal qualities and so on. You need to think and brainstorm for a long time, and draw inspiration from what you really participate in and deeply experience.