What I learnt in 3 months as an MBA student at a top US school
It takes two years and costs $400,000-plus, and on top of the study requires role playing, “crop circles” and speed networking. Students say it’s worth it for a starting salary of nearly $300,000.
Despite concerns about a chill in graduate recruitment, the demand for Booth’s MBA program appears to be relatively inelastic. Bethany Rae
A large crowd clamours to take selfies with Joe Mansueto, the $US6.7 billion founder of financial information giant Morningstar. It’s a cold April day, and I’m at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’s annual management conference.
It’s an event filled with former students, or “Boothies”, and hanging with rock star alumni appears to be standard in this network of elite MBA graduates. Mansueto (MBA class of 1980) specifically mentions in his keynote how his company likes recruiting from the university.
Edmund TadrosProfessional services editorEdmund Tadros leads our coverage of the professional services sector. He is based in our Sydney newsroom. Email Edmund at edmundtadros@afr.com.au
