Anderson School of Management

-Every lecture was a learning experience for me. The support staff was tireless and extremely helpful and the faculty was the best, collectively, that I'd seen (and I have two prior graduate degrees from top 10 schools). I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction, both in the classroom and outside of it, with my classmates. The debate amongst the faculty and ourselves was lively and instructive.

-Our one-week block sessions (two courses, two credits each, five days a week with significant workload before and after the class) were so intense that it was difficult to synthesize the material that quickly. The format works for some subjects (negotiations) but not others (M&A). Our exchange programs with international schools were fantastic except that the partner schools often didn't share their syllabi until the last minute, and some students ended up taking classes that were far too similar to courses we had already taken.

-I began applying principles learned immediately (since our first quarter) and I have no qualms about advising upper management at my company or at any company on a wide range of matters related to effectively running the business.

-The school should improve the linkages between the alumni program and career services. Also, school resources, especially library resources should always be available to alumni for research purposes.

-UCLA Anderson's EMBA program far exceeded my expectations and I am so happy I did this program. It has already returned far more than I have put in. Having done international EMBA program swap at London Business School and researching other programs before I decided on Anderson, I feel this is the best program offered based on high caliber professors, highly intelligent classmates and world-class facilities.

-I think that there were some administrative improvements that could be made. For example, getting the two classes in program at the same time together on campus for a class weekend so that we can bond with them a bit more. I felt a bit removed from the full time students and the other EMBAs would have been ideal to bond with.

-UCLA's program has the best international education programs around. Overall, the program is truly a rigorous educational experience and supported by the best administration and admission dean. The professors are truly interested in learning from their students, have the patience and consideration to listen and respond, and provide a great learning experience.

-I think that at the EMBA level more emphasis could be placed on effective management behaviors rather then theoretical ideas. For example, professional dress and presentation skills could have been better developed.

-The networking provided far exceeded my expectations both in terms of assistance offered by professor and staff, as well as by the amount of networking events offered on campus every week. The value of the SMR (senior capstone thesis) project really put all of the skills to work that we had learned during the course of the program. My learning experience benefited as much from my peers, as from the professors. UCLA attracts the perfect blend of talent tempered with a high degree of professionalism and conscientiousness and I am proud to stand among them and call myself an alum.

-I would like to see more guest speakers and evening events where the school invites senior executives to meet with us. This was very impressive and I would have liked to see even more. The school is able to attract top management to speak to the students and I feel more of these sessions would only enhance the program.

-For an EMBA program as rigorous as UCLA's, the quality of some of the students left something to be desired. There was a lack of commitment of some of the students, which was evident in the study groups, and the administration left us to our own resources to deal with this. This relates to my above statement regarding a better screening program. Not everyone who tests well and interviews well is qualified to be an EMBA, especially in UCLA's prestigious program, and it was quite evident in some of the work and dedication of some of the students. However, this does not take away from the fact that there were outstanding students who made the learning process that much better.

-The UCLA EMBA program is well diversified to give it's students options in pursuing various tracks such as entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, international business in addition to the core subject. The six-month SMR field study if the best part of the program as it gives the student real world experience to work on a live strategic problem.