Choosing the Home and Rotation Campuses, getting ready to go!!

Hello! I think I left you guys wondering about the campus selection and rotation at Hult. As I mentioned before, the School has campuses in Boston, London, Dubai, Shanghai and San Francisco. At first, I decided I wanted to go to London. Why? basically three reasons:

1. I have never been in the UK before, so it was a nice chance to get to know an amazing place!

2. I love Europe, so it was a great location to move around and travel to a few additional countries.

3. London is perhaps one of the most important cities in Europe. A financial hub and a great place for networking.

I talked to my recruiter and told her that I wanted to go to London. But that's not the end of the story. I ended up changing my campus selection. I know what you're thinking now...

Well, yeah...there were two things that made me change my opinion: the living expenses and the fact that I can't work in the UK after finishing my studies. In addition to this, I have family in the U.S. but I have no one in the UK. I know this sounds a bit trivial but you don't realize the importance of having family close to you until you go away.

After talking to my dad and mom, I decided to choose Boston. It's a great place for networking, for learning, for living, and it was the closest campus to where my dad lives. I called my recruiter and told her about my decision and she told me that I had to pay my tuition fast because it was filling up quickly, especially because in Boston there's only one MIB cohort (class of aproximately 70 students). I know what you think now...how do I know how many cohorts are in each campus? well, the answer is: you don't know. So I will tell you what I found:

- In Boston there's only one MIB cohort and three MBA cohorts

- In San Francisco there are 4 MIB cohorts (yes, don't ask me why), one MBA cohort, one MSE (Master's in Social Entrepreneurship) and one MIM (Master's in International Marketing) cohort.

- In Dubai there are one MIB , one MBA, and one MIM cohort.

- In Shanghai there are only one MBA cohort and one MIB cohort 

- In London there are two MBA cohorts, two MIB cohorts, one MIM and one MSE cohort

Ok, maybe this was confusing and you're like:

This information is just referential so you get an idea of which programs are in which campuses and also you can get an idea on how big each campus is. It's important to note that each campus is expanding significantly so probably more cohorts will be added in the near future, but these were the numbers for 2013. At the end it's really important to know as much as possible in order to choose a rotation campus. Each city has particular industries where they stand out. Some of them are:

- Boston is strong in Health Care, Consulting and Finance

- San Francisco is strong in High Tech and Marketing

- Dubai is strong in Luxury and Operations

- Shanghai is strong in Trade and Operations

- London is strong in Finance and Insurance

You can also rotate to Sao Paolo or New York, but those are really small campus and only for rotation. They offer very specific courses and are fairly new.

The rotation campus doesn't have to be officially picked up until February, there's a pre-registration at the end of module A (around December) and the final registration is during module B. Each city represents a very exciting place to learn and live!

So it basically depends on your taste and interests. In my case I chose San Francisco because I wanted to have a good idea of the East and West coast of the US. Also because I heard San Francisco was the best city to live in the US. After being here for a month I wouldn't say that, but I will discuss that in another post further on!

I was ready, had the program chosen, the school, the home campus, the rotation campus...everything's set up! in the next post I will talk about choosing a place to live and also about rotation logistics and finally about my first days in Boston, stay tuned for more!