STUDENT COMMENTS
The faculty and staff at TCU are big on teamwork and team projects. The Neeley School has a great teaching staff that pushes the students to do well academically, but also stresses the importance of networking and relationship-building. Giving formal presentations is second nature to me now, and the CPC, Center for Professional Communication, is an invaluable resource that prepares students to speak publicly.
I wish career services would bring in better recruiters. Other than that the program is very good. Challenging, team-oriented, and characterized by values.
I think they need to add more minors to the business school such as Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management. Because the only minors they offer are Finance, Accounting, and Supply Chain Management.
The school has made progress in the last four years in its efforts to increase diversity, bring in more faculty to maintain a lower student-faculty ratio, increase classroom focus on ethics and globalization, and also improve its career service facilities.
Students can use the Neeley School of Business Center for Professional Communication to develop their communication skills based on their specific needs. Also, students can have their class presentations reviewed by professional coaches to ensure their deliverable is finely tuned.
I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to be in such a prestigious business program. The skills and experiences I have had have helped me evolve into the person I am today and I am very proud to say that I am a part of the Neeley School.
Considering that I just signed with an investment bank, I am feeling pretty good about the program. The office of Bear Stearns that I took an offer from interviewed 70 individuals for one position. They brought in students from UT-Austin, A&M, SMU, and Tulane. I got the job.
The Neeley School of Business at TCU seems to practice what it preaches in the classroom. That is: listen to the customers (both internal and external) and give them what they want or need to succeed. I'm paying a high premium for my education at TCU and I do so expecting a higher return than if I would have attended a less expensive state school.
The Neeley School of Business has offered me more opportunities than I could ever have imagined. I am prepared and confident to go out into the business world with the skill set that I have perfected at Texas Christian University. I have the best professors, facilities, and resources to utilize so I can enter the working world and become a successful businesswoman.
The business school does a wonderful job of requiring a formal presentation in every business class I have taken. This effectively prepared me for my internship (which was required for graduation as an E-business major) and has increased my public speaking and presentation skills.
Each professor has an open-door policy and will help with any problem the student has. This has been very helpful for me. Also, the professors have a lot of experience and have provided guidance and support for my future.
I enjoy that they have a class on cross-cultural management. With the way the economies of the world are evolving it is essential that we learn how to interact across borders. I know too many schools that don't put enough if any emphasis on this aspect of business and I think it stands out as a very important factor for the Neeley School.
Most outstanding part of the school would have to be the ability to find students jobs. Career services department is as good as it can be.
TCU's Neeley School of Business is fantastic in terms of finance, e-business, and accounting and I feel that post-undergrad career opportunities reflect that caliber of prgram. I sincerely feel that the management major needs to improves to a similar caliber. When this occurs (and I do believe it will occur) I believe this school will be among the top tier in the country.
The professors are great, but most of the student body lags behind. Students are incredibly smart but lazy, and that is in part because some professors don't hold them to the high standards that they could (and many times should).
The business school has its own Career Center that deals exclusively with placing business students and a Center for Professional Communication. The curriculum is doing a good job of getting students to visit these places. There is an up-and-coming Neeley Fellows program that has the top 10% of Neeley students taking classes together. I think that will help the academic experiences of top performers.
TCU has a lot of money that comes to the school and you meet a lot of people in your classes, at fraternity parties, and in other on campus organizations. It is these connections that will pretty much make or break you once you get out of school here.
A major strength of our program: the emphasis and development of teamwork and group projects. This is perhaps the single most beneficial aspect that has prepared me for real-world situations.
The Educational Investment Fund is the place at TCU where I probably learned the most and made the most connections towards securing a job and meeting people who worked at a higher level than me.
Professors are extremely open to students. I had one professor who was going to be at her aunt's house the evening before a project was due and she gave me her aunt's phone number in case I had any questions!
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