schools

in the midst of studying for the GMAT, i have been researching schools and narrowing down the list of schools that i would like to apply to. because i want to go into marketing/brand management with an international twist, i looked for schools that have 1) a strong marketing emphasis(both in curriculum and recruitment) and 2)an opportunity for international exposure. now the second point is important because i do want to have an int'l learning exposure of some sort while i'm in school. many schools have classes that allow students to take a 1-2 week trip to a foreign country to help a company solve an issue that they are currently facing. i think experiences such as these are very special and i must take advantage of them. so with that i present to you my school choices as of now:

Round 1
1. Wharton
2. Kellogg
3. Ross
4. Fuqua

Round 2
1. McDonough
2. Anderson
3. Marshall
4. Haas(?)

I broke down the schools into 2 rounds just because there's too many to do all at once. for now, i'm 99.9% sure that i'm applying to all the round 1 schools, which are my top school choices. then given whether i get accepted to them or not, i will apply to the round 2 schools. all of my round 1/top choices are the best in the country for their marketing programs, and there are a lot of recruiters that go to those schools for marketing related internship/post-mba recruitment. i'm super excited about the possibility of attending any one of those schools. hopefully, my top 4 will be good to me so that i won't have to apply to any schools in round 2. hahaha, it's a nice thought for now. =)