Hi again,
I have been asked many times why I have chose KFUPM MBA while I have gained a full scholarship from the government in King Abdullah Scholarships Program...
To be honest there are lots of reasons that made me change my mind about the scholarship and the options that I have...
Family:
The first reason, since I'm the eldest of my family member and I have carry the responsibility since I was 18 years old. It's really hard to leave my family especially my two sisters and my mother...
Strength:
The second reason is the strength of academic and the experience of the university...
KFUPM graduates are considered to be red flagged, and what I mean by that is when a student graduates from KFUPM its different from a student who graduated from any other university. What makes me say that? "locally" the companies are looking for those people with good experience and education which both must be tide together... KFUPM is one of the universities that was able and still linking education with experience...
However, the local companies usually are looking for the names more than anything ... I have spoke with many people about Stanford University since its considered to be the 1st university in US as U.S News ranking of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 saying here Top Business Schools. But what shocked me more is that people knew Harvard Business School and they don't know Stanford ... What I have noticed is that people are actually looking at the ringing sounds ... Taking into consideration, that I'm not comparing Stanford University with KFUPM ...
These are two reasons of many that I'll share later on ...
Hope you guys enjoyed the entry .. and stay tuned ;)
Best Regards,
Aziz
