SJSU MBA = Stanford MBA ?!

Are you kidding me?!

(SORRY! Stanford MBA graduates! I personally dont agree!)

NO, this is what the current dean of SJSU business school thought the school is. Although I didnt hear what he said in person, there are about 5 classmates told me what he said.

If you go to Stanford, you will be getting the same things as you are in SJSU.

Very interesting, huh? It's like you are driving a dodge and you say it is a porsche. Probably both cars are taking you to the same destinations, but a dodge totally misses the coolness, impressions, performances of a porsche.

OMG, I cant believe that comes from a dean!!

To be honest, I thought SJSU MBA program was not bad before I joined. But certainly it is not Stanford standard. Everyone knows that. The prices are different, the quality of the professors are different and the school buildings are different. Go check out how worn out that business building is.

I think it's fine that the school is not very good. There's always excellent, good and bad schools. However, when you think your program is good enough and comparable to an elite school. How are you gonna lead your school to reach the next level? And what you do is influencing professors, staff, administrators. There are times when we were talking with a program administrator. Just something small such as making sure that the student office sends out notices through emails or mails the new students to attend some important mandatory events. (SJSU staff don't like sending out any notice to students and expect students to see/find these on your own. You cannot miss these events or else you cant register for class or get transcripts, etc. They will then hold a several make up for you.) If the work was done probably in the first place, why would there be so many make up necessary?

Another thing I dont like about SJSU MBA program is, you are asked to attend mandatory workshops almost every 2-4 weeks. Notices are most likely to send either a month ago or a week in advance. You wont be able to find a pattern. Those workshops are just held whenever. Sometime the administrator will email and ask if the whole class will be okie in some odd dates for the mandatory workshops. However, the administrator makes the decisions whenever there are 1 or 2 students reply. No objections means progression. 2 students opinions' dont represent a class of 25. Although I'm not a Stanford student, I really doubt if Stanford will have the same ambiguity in their system (at least less!)