Jones Graduate School of Business

-Rice is well respected in the fourth largest city in America. A student can have access to any company in the city. The size and history of the program leaves opportunities to make a huge impact on the future of the school. Its reputation is growing tremendously nationwide as well.

-The Career Management Center needs to bring more diverse companies to campus and help students find a job that fits their skills and interests rather than trying to place students quickly.

-The program is small and there is a sense of family between the students, administration, faculty, and staff. In addition the entrepreneurship program is top-notch.

-Given the program's location in a city with a large corporate community, the Career Management Center's inability to get companies to recruit on campus is unacceptable. Months will go by without any job opportunities or company information sessions. If I had the choice again, I would not have pursued an MBA at Rice.

-My school is constantly increasing its level, because the faculty quality and the great effort of its staff. Also, it's uniquely positioned to be the preferred business school for the energy industry due to the quality of its program and its location.

-It needs to be more well-rounded. Too much focus on finance and energy, specifically oil and gas.

-Rice is in one of the prime business cities in America (there are more Fortune 500 companies in Houston than any other city except for New York). At the same time, it is the premier school in the city, and arguably the state. Thus the access to business leaders in the community is uncanny.

-The career services team needs better training and development to learn how non-traditional business fields (i.e. non-profit, marketing) operate, additionally, they need to strengthen their contacts in these areas to help facilitate more relationships.

-The culture of my program is unlike any I've experienced on my visits to other schools. It is something every visitor remarks about when they visit. There is a positive, genuine spirit which makes students strive to achieve individual goals without sacrificing the team (sometimes institution) goals.

-The school needs to grow a bit to lure more recruiters from non-energy fields to campus.

-The Rice MBA program has unique advantage because of its location in Houston. Top Energy and Healthcare companies are located in Houston and allow a direct interaction with the students. This networking is key. This also bring the most important speakers to school and makes them frequently available to be contacted by students.

-School needs to tap into Europe for student talent and emphasize its unrivaled connections with top energy, healthcare and tech companies more.

-The combination of a small class size of 100 and the location within Houston creates a great atmosphere for learning and hands on learning.

-Have better designed core classes. The syllabus for the Finance & Accounting classes in particular needs to be revised to emphasize bringing everyone up to speed (we all come from different backgrounds, often non-business ones), & the pace of the learning should facilitate that.

-The amount of time that the admission office puts in trying to balance the GMAT score, plus years of experiences and face to face interview with students to make sure we have a great class of students that blend in. They don't accept students just because of high GMAT score!!!