KULIAH DI UNIVERSITAS AMERIKA


Sounds great, right? Tapi, mengapa Amerika? Opini pribadi saya, universitas terbaik ada di Amerika, tetapi universitas terjelek juga ada di Amerika. Oke, kalau memang Anda diterima di Harvard, Yale, Stanford, The Ivy League, it’s just fine. Tapi kalau pun tidak, Amerika mungkin bukan jalan terbaik.

Eropa, atau Skandinavia, mungkin bisa menjadi alternatif yang baik. Inggris boleh juga, tapi biasanya terbentur pada masalah biaya. Tapi satu yang pasti, di Eropa, universitas-universitas di sana secara rata-rata bagus dan mempunyai standar yang lebih merata daripada Amerika. Sebut saja Erasmus, Leiden (Belanda), atau juga Jerman yang cukup murah (sekitar ¢500 untuk German language dan ¢1000-1500 untuk yang English language). Pokoknya, jangan kuatir bakal dapet universitas sampah di Eropa. Kalo mau alternatif yang agak murahan secara umum, Australia juga lumayan; Melbourne University, Australian National University, Murdoch, Bond University, dan seterusnya.

Kembali ke Amerika, mungkin tetap banyak yang ngotot untuk bisa kuliah di sana. American dreams? Mungkin. Yang jelas, business school sangat mengutamakan GMAT terutama untuk college urutan atas, walaupun GMAT bukan satu-satunya unsur penilaian. Setahu saya, average requirement GMAT untuk universitas di Amerika adalah 630-720 (upper), 570-630 (middle), dan 500-570 (lower). Just remember, GMAT is not the only factor for you to get into the MBA program .

Sekolah-sekolah di Amerika, dibagi menjadi berberapa tier; tier pertama itu adalah sekolah-sekolah paling top di bidang tersebut. Untuk sekolah business misalnya Harvard Business School, Stanford Business, Stern NYU, Yale Business School, Kellog NWU, Wharton School of Finance, dan masih banyak lagi.

Sementara second tier adalah sekolah yang kualitasnya dibawah sekolah first tier. Biasanya, perbedaan antara 1st dan 2nd cukup banyak. Jebolan first tier biasanya selepas lulus langsung direkrut, nilai student surveynya tinggi, kualitas pengajarnya professional, administrasi sekolah tinggi, research project yang luas, dan sebagainya. Contoh dari second tier Thunderbird GSIM, Wharrington, Boston College, Notre Dame, Baruch, dan sebagainya.

Lalu, gimana dengan biayanya? Untuk kampus yang masuk ranking 50 besar biayanya sekitar $7.000-$10.000/thn. Di program S1 Stanford University, tuition fee satu quarter $9.000 (ada tiga quarter dalam satu tahun). Total untuk satu tahun sekitar $44.000, termasuk dorm, makan, dan segala macamnya. Cukup worth it sih untuk universitas seperti ini.

Dan berdasar data tahun 2004 dari US News, kira-kira, inilah list lengkapnya:

  1. Harvard University (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  5. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  6. Columbia University (NY)
  7. University of Chicago
  8. University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
  9. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
  10. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  11. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
  12. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
  13. University of Virginia (Darden)
  14. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
  15. New York University (Stern)
  16. Yale University (CT)
  17. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  18. University of Southern California (Marshall)
  19. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
  20. Ohio State University (Fisher)
  21. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)
  22. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
  23. Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley)
  24. Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)
  25. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
  26. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
  27. Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)
  28. University of Washington
  29. Arizona State University–Main Campus (W. P. Carey)
  30. Michigan State University (Broad)
  31. University of California–Davis
  32. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN)
  33. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)
  34. University of Maryland–College Park (Smith)
  35. University of Arizona (Eller)
  36. University of Rochester (Simon) (NY)
  37. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  38. Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC)
  39. Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)
  40. Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN)
  41. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
  42. Boston College (Carroll)
  43. Georgia Institute of Technology (DuPree)
  44. University of Georgia (Terry)
  45. Penn State University–University Park (Smeal)
  46. Rice University (Jones) (TX)
  47. Boston University
  48. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)
  49. University of California–Irvine
  50. University of Iowa (Tippie)

Business Specialties: Accounting

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  2. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
  3. University of Chicago

Business Specialties: Entrepreneurship

  1. Babson College (Olin) (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Business Specialties: Executive M.B.A.

  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  3. University of Chicago

Business Specialties: Finance

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. New York University (Stern)

Business Specialties: Information Systems

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  3. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)

Business Specialties: International

  1. Thunderbird Graduate School (AZ)
  2. University of South Carolina (Moore)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Business Specialties: Management

  1. Harvard University (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Business Specialties: Marketing

  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  3. Harvard University (MA)

Business Specialties: Nonprofit

  1. Yale University (CT)
  2. Harvard University (MA)
  3. Stanford University (CA)

Business Specialties: Part-Time M.B.A.

  1. New York University (Stern)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Business Specialties: Production/Operations

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  3. Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)

Business Specialties: Supply Chain/Logistics

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Michigan State University (Broad)
  3. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
    Stanford University (CA)

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