<p>I never seem to see anyone ask these questions. How is Marshall at USC? Is it overhyped on not hyped enough? Assuming you go there, do you feel like the education is great? What are its strengths/weaknesses? How would you say it stacks up to other business programs? How is the finance focus? What are the Job opps like for a finance focus? Can you get a job outside of LA relatively easily or not? Is doubling with Business administration with International relations worth it? Does it better your job opps? Feel free to answer as many or as little of these as you like.</p>
<p>The reason that you’ve never seen these sort of questions asked is because there aren’t any definitive answers to any of them.</p>
<p>How is Marshall at USC? I haven’t got the first clue what that even means.</p>
<p>Is it overhyped on not hyped enough? Huh?!? Who cares?</p>
<p>Assuming you go there, do you feel like the education is great? What are its strengths/weaknesses? How would you say it stacks up to other business programs? All three of those are subjective answers. Unless you’ve just transfered in from somewhere else there is no intelligent way to answer these questions.</p>
<p>As for job prospects, due to school access and alumni networks you’ll always have more opportunities the closer you are to the mother-ship, that’s true wherever you go.</p>
<p>Perhaps I should have been more clear. The first question was really an overarching question for the rest of them but its really asking how the program is in general, which would be answered if you were to answer the following questions. When I asked if it was overhyped or not I was wondering if it was as good as everyone says it is or if the praise it was getting was undeserved and were only biases. Of course the other questions would have a subjective answer, but that is the point. I wanted some various perspectives.</p>
<p>Certain,
This is holiday season. Students are not on campus and many posters are traveling. Be patient and your questions should be answered soon.</p>
<p>Use the search function to find more threads about Marshall.</p>
<p>Lol good thing you posted this thread I had very similar questions myself. </p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D600 using CC App</p>
<p>Marshall has produced some famous alumni. Here is a partial list. Individuals change positions and companies. It was accurate at the time it was printed.</p>
<p>Dan Bane—Chrm. and CEO of Trader Joe’s
Barc Benioff—Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com (His photo was on the cover of Forbes recently.)
David Bohnett—Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
Jim Breen—Founder of Umbrella Entertainment Group
Henry Caruso—Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
Alan Casden—Chrm. and CEO of Casden Properties
Ronnie Chan—Chrm. of Hang Lung Properties in Hong Kong
Yang Ho Cho—President and CEO of Korean Airlines and Chrm. of the Hanjin Group
Chris DeWolfe—Co-Founder and CEO of MySpace
Marco Giannini—Founder and CEO of DOGSWELL
Ivan Glasenberg—CEO of Glencore
Steve Goodall—President of J.D. Power and Associates
Lloyd Greif—President and CEO of Greif & Co.
Brad Hughes—Founder and CEO of Public Storage
Shelly Hwang—Co-Founder of Pinkberry
Terrence Lanni—Chrm. and CEO of MGM Mirage
Sri Manchala—Founder and CEO of Trianz
Gordon Marshall—Founder of Marshall Industries–Donated $40 million to SC
Preston Martin—Former Vice-Chrm. of Federal Reserve Board
Bob McNight—Chrm. and CEO of Quiksilver
Pat Nixon—Former First Lady
Paul Orfalea—Founder of Kinko’s
Andrall E. Pearson—Former President of PepsiCo, CEO of Yum!
Ed Roski—Chrm. and CEO of Majestic Realty—USC Board of Trustees
Srikanth Ngaranjan—CEO of Nagaranjan Group
Charles Prince—Former Chrm. and CEO of Citigroup
James Quine—President and CEO of Gecko Group Publishing
Linda Rice–President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
John Molina—CFO of Molina Healthcare
Torin Pavia—Founder and CEO of Arbitech
Henry Gordon—X-20 Dyna-Soar astronaut
Steven Green—Co-Founder and President of Kibel Green, Inc.
Tom Hicks—Owner of English soccer team, Liverpool FC</p>
<p>IMNOTCERTAIN: I’m curious, what are people saying about Marshall these days?</p>
<p>Ehh… I hear different things. Some say it isnt good and doesnt deserve its ranking and others say it is and does. Most of the times when I hear good things about it I never hear specifics and I only hear it from those who go there so thats why I wanted to know if it was overhyped. Other than from those who go there I dont really hear too much about it and thats why I wanted to know what it was like or what people felt about it on here.</p>
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Other than those who go there, who do you imagine would be able to tell you about it???</p>
<p>I mean, I dont expect those who do not attend Marshall to be able to give me a break down of the program, but you hear about Ross, Wharton, Mccombs and other top 10 business schools all of the time even from those who dont go there. They either recommend it or know someone who went there or whatever but I just dont seem to hear that about Marshall. I guess, what I mean to say is that it doesnt sound like Marshall has a name established nationally and I wanted to see if that was true or not, to put it concisely.</p>
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Haha! I can honestly tell you that I have never heard a single thing about Ross, Wharton or Mccombs ever in real life, and here only in the context of the endless “chance” threads on College Confidential or the “vs” threads that show up on this forum. But then I’ve never asked :)</p>
<p>I currently have a son at USC. He’s in Marshall with a specialty in Fiance and a minor in French. Marshall is a tough major as many current Marshall students on this forum can attest to. Many say Marshall has a brutal curve. With that said. if you are able to maintain a 3.7 and above for your Marshall course work GPA you have an excellent opportunity for Fiance etc internships and jobs nationally and internationally. My son who is currently a Junior has received many invitations to interview at some top notch firms such as Wells Fargo, Barclay’s Capital and Bank of America to name just a few. if you have further questions there is a blog site on the Marshall web page where Current students can help answer more of your questions: [Business</a> Administration | Undergraduate in Business Administration Program | USC Marshall School of Business](<a href=“Home - USC Marshall”>Home - USC Marshall)</p>
<p>USC is not a target school for Wall Street, if that’s what you’re wondering.
You obviously don’t work in high finance. If you did, you’d be pretty familiar with these business schools.</p>
<p>All in all, I’d say USC is a good business school…if you plan to stay on the West Coast.</p>
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I cannot type because I am laughing so hard!</p>
<p>Okay, I have composed myself. You are correct, I am not employed in “high finance.” I am going to go waaaaaay out on a limb here and say that, seeing as you are my daughter’s age and are asking (in other threads) about which school you should attend, that you also are not currently employed in “high finance” and can only guess about the conversations that take place in “high finance.”</p>
<p>I do not pretend to be employed in “high finance” and did not do so in my reply. My point was that outside of the (often silly) chance and “vs” threads we see over and over and over here on College Confidential and among you youngsters dreaming of a life in “high finance,” adults in *real life<a href=“outside%20of%20%22high%20finance,%22%20of%20course”>/I</a> do not spend time debating the merits of various business schools.</p>
<p>Please don’t think I am arguing with you - you kids are adorable and I wish you the best of luck and you are free to continue your endless debates. I will now continue my life in low finance… ;)</p>
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Well, you actually don’t have to be an investment banker to know what the highly recruited schools for IB are. There’s a forum called Wall Street Oasis where anyone can get a ‘feel’ for life in investment banking and other high finance functions. You don’t have to work in the industry to know that USC is not targeted that much for Wall Street. Here’s a thread about USC’s reputation on Wall Street. </p>
<p>[Is</a> USC a Target? | WallStreetOasis.com](<a href=“http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/is-usc-a-target]Is”>http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/is-usc-a-target)</p>
<p>Keep in mind that most of the people who post on WSO work in investment banking, and are not just high schoolers like they are here on CC. </p>
<p>As you can see, USC is generally viewed as being strong only on the West Coast. It’s presence on Wall Street is…lacking. I think this is all OuterSpace was trying to say. No need to take it so personally.
I totally agree. Outside of the “high finance” arena, the school you go to doesn’t make a HUGE difference. Marshall is a top school for Big 4 and Corp. Finance in LA. In investment banking, the school you go to plays a big role though. That’s generally why people rank business schools based on their Wall Street placement. One will most likely have a better shot at IB from McCombs or Ross and DEFINITELY Wharton than Marshall. In terms of “low finance” (where you work), the difference between these three schools is negligible, so it’s understandable that you’ve never heard them come up.</p>
<p>As for “High Finance”, given the state of the world economy, one can only assume they were the former while performing the latter.</p>
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Seriously, you guys are making my day today! Hopefully some day I will be as informed as you :)</p>
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What does “low finance” mean?</p>
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High finance means IB, trading, hedge funds, equity research, private equity… basically Wall Street related stuff. </p>
<p>I’m assuming that when alamemom says “low finance” she means basic corporate finance, but I’m not sure. “Low finance” is not an actual term. She doesn’t 100% know what she’s talking about so…</p>
<p>Andrew,</p>
<pre><code>The long term volunteers on this board are not “just moms” as one student guessed. A sense of humor is a definite requirement. One is a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, another is a professor at a major research university, a famous screenwriter, an experienced political campaign staffer, a former actress who is from a well known entertainment family and others with varied accomplishments.
For individuals in sunny California who may be heading a major company, doing important research or writing a screenplay it may not be important to know which business school has more students who wish to be hedge fund managers. Los Angeles is a major center for the entertainment industry, aerospace, technology, pharmaceuticals and finance. SC draws students from all parts of the nation and abroad. If you read the sample of Marshall graduates you can see they hold prominent positions both in California and beyond.
I suggest you visit the Marshall site, look at the Marshall list of alumni clubs, Marshall representatives and Marshall networking. You will see the Trojan family spans the globe, particularly in the Pacific Rim.
Marshall graduates have found it is not always necessary to have a career on Wall Street to be financially successful.
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