Eller College of Management

I feel that there are many things that make the program unique and they all come together to define the business school. The culture is diverse and like-minded, the professors are experienced and committed to helping their students, and the administration invests all resources into preparing their students for a professional career.

After being accepted into the business program, I felt a bit lost as to the "proper" path to an education with not only a well-rounded business background, but with a strong qualitative, immediately marketable job skill base. I would recommend the college develop a dialogue with each new student as to their career aspirations, and systematize the "peer review" process, so new students will know how a particular class impacts their final knowledge/skill set, and immediate marketability.

The cohort system is a great environment to learn in I have made life long friends and connections. You aren't lost in the masses the classes are small. Since you stick with the same group throughout the business school its easy to find people with common interests and have people to fall back on when you need help or a study partner.

Eller's teachers don't communicate with each other regarding their grading procedures, and it results in unfair grades being given to some students. On occasion, different teachers will teach the same class in different semesters (i.e. Teacher A in the Fall and Teacher B in the Spring), but they will have completely different grading structures. Teacher A may be a very difficult grader with more difficult content, but Teacher B may be a very easy grader with easier content. So, if I take the class in the Fall it's very difficult for me to get a B in the class, but if someone else who knows the same amount about the subject as I did takes the class in the Spring, they can get an A with less effort than it took me to get a B. It's ultimately unfair because all of Eller's students are compared to each other, so some students suffer for no reason other than their professor's inconsistencies.

Eller College focuses largely on leadership and group skills, which I think is a vital aspect of preparing students for careers in the business world. Eller also puts significant effort into recognizing those students who go above and beyond by working part- or full-time during school, interning, volunteering, etc.

Consistency across online study tools would be helpful. Right now, many classes use different online programs (including Pearson, etc) and purchasing memberships for one semester becomes expensive. It would be nice for Eller to work with these online resources to make them consistent across classes so we could only have to pay once for a membership.

I believe that the Professional Development center within the Eller College of Management is really special. They put on mock interviews, resume workshops, career advising, etc. The program goes above and beyond to help students be at their best when they connect with professionals. For example, the Professional Development Center put out applications for winter externships for students to get a glimpse into industries while they were on winter break. I applied and was able to complete an externship with Boeing, and it helped me solidify my goals and understanding of the accounting profession.

I think that our finance program would be stronger if they made an effort to make classes more career field relatable. Also, if the program was longer than 2 years, because I have realized that the more advanced elective classes I have taken past requirements the more everything I have learned has fallen in place.

The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship is by far the key value driver within the Eller College of Management. Other classes cultivated knowledge and professionalism, but McGuire instilled tangible mindsets, tools, and connections that surpass any other Eller programs.

Many of the recruiters that come to the Eller College of Management are based in Arizona, California, or the Southwest region in general. It would be great to see more recruiters coming from different areas of the country, as we have a diverse student population from all over.

The fact that we get to work on real world projects is what makes my business program so unique. For example in my capstone marketing class we are currently working on developing a marketing plan for a new product launch with Gatorade. It's a semester long project and this is the kind of work we'll be doing when we do get hired as marketing coordinators in corporate America. I also like the fact that the Business program prepares us for leadership and team work.

We already have networking events happening throughout the semester, but it would be nice to have such events in a smaller setting, such as in a small group/class.

Diversity would be the reason that I think Eller's program is unique. I learned lots of skills from the college, like presentation, communication, and professional financial knowledge, using windows office.