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Stanford MBA vs Berkeley Financial Engineering
- Thread starter StocksSniper
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Quote from nicholaf:
value s-corp = value c-corp/(1-tax rate)
if no leverage.
Now post the rest of the answers .... I'm sure that we can all learn valuable insights into how you value a company for aquisition versus how one would value it in a fiduciary capacity acceptable to regulators for a large investor or pool.
Quote from prt_systems:
Now post the rest of the answers .... I'm sure that we can all learn valuable insights into how you value a company for aquisition versus how one would value it in a fiduciary capacity acceptable to regulators for a large investor or pool.
so far you haven't proven jack. it was nice talking to you, good night
the answers are quite obvious. take a good look at the backgrounds of the founders of yahoo, sunw and goog. they were all computer sci grad students at stanford.
Quote from bushwacked:
the answers are quite obvious. take a good look at the backgrounds of the founders of yahoo, sunw and goog. they were all computer sci grad students at stanford.
SUNW has done well going down the past 5 years...http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SUNW&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
Quote from prt_systems:
No. PhD.... and I taught at Stanford - which incidentally is a great school ... but ... its only a school.
If you really believe that the only way you can succeed in business is if you have a "top Ten" MBA then in my opinion you have already lost the race .......
Enough for me,
The thread was initially about a comparision of the MBA and the MFE from two schools. It turned into a discussion on the value of the MBA and has degenerated from there. No one supported the MFE though!
Quote from ssternlight:
Enough for me,
The thread was initially about a comparision of the MBA and the MFE from two schools. It turned into a discussion on the value of the MBA and has degenerated from there. No one supported the MFE though!
CAL is a great school.
And the new Haas Business facility is state of the art, with gorgeous views and architecture . . . However, I have no idea on how valuable the MFE program is. Do your own due-diligence.
By the way, applications for the 2006-2007 year are now closed.
Applications for the 2007-2008 year will open today, 12/15.
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MFE/
If you are comparing the value of a Stanford (or Harvard) MBA to a UCB MFE I've got to believe you're not Stanford material. And if you are looking at a Stanford MBA strictly from the point of view of financial ROI,... well, what can I say? Tell me, what was your GMAT score? Who wrote your letters of recommendation.
And discount the people who say it's easy to get into Stanford GSB -- they either never tried or were rejected.
And discount the people who say it's easy to get into Stanford GSB -- they either never tried or were rejected.
Quote from StocksSniper:
What is better return on investment? Risk/Reward?
1- Keep a job that pays $100K a year and trade part-time making $150K to $200K.
Promotions and rise in salary are not likely, maybe a 5% salary increase every 2 years from now on.
2- Quit my job. Do an M.B.A at Stanford (emphasis in Finance), do not trade as much for 2 years (too busy with school and projects), then find a Job at one of the big financial firms in NYC or Chicago.
Give up $100K salary, probably give up $100K to $150K from trading and pay tuition+books $45K a year.
Total approximate loss: around $500K
3- Quit my job. Do a Masters of Financial Engineering at Berkeley. Same as M.B.A. But only last one year. Therefore,
Total approximate loss: around $250K
With an MFE how long would it take to reash the $300K/year or $400K/year salary? What about an MBA from stanford? Both say in their website that the average starting salary after graduation is around $130K, but they have no statistics on where does it go from there. Even with an MBA I am interseted in working for financial companies only.
Thanks,
P.S. I don't expect a definite answer or to find the answer to my hesitation in this forum, but I just would like an opinion from people that have been in the industry for years and that will give me another perspective.