Kuliah di Amerika

April 20th, 2005 | News

Sounds great, right? Tapi, mengapa Amerika? Opini pribadi saya, universitas terbaik ada di Amerika, tetapi universitas terjelek juga ada di Amerika. Oke, kalau memang Anda diterima di Harvard, Yale, Stanford, The Ivy League, it’s just fine. Tapi kalau pun tidak, Amerika mungkin bukan jalan terbaik.

Eropa, atau Skandinavia, mungkin bisa menjadi alternatif yang baik. Inggris boleh juga, tapi biasanya terbentur pada masalah biaya. Tapi satu yang pasti, di Eropa, universitas-universitas di sana secara rata-rata bagus dan mempunyai standar yang lebih merata daripada Amerika. Sebut saja Erasmus, Leiden (Belanda), atau juga Jerman yang cukup murah (sekitar ¢500 untuk German language dan ¢1000-1500 untuk yang English language). Pokoknya, jangan kuatir bakal dapet universitas sampah di Eropa. Kalo mau alternatif yang agak murahan secara umum, Australia juga lumayan; Melbourne University, Australian National University, Murdoch, Bond University, dan seterusnya.

Kembali ke Amerika, mungkin tetap banyak yang ngotot untuk bisa kuliah di sana. American dreams? Mungkin. Yang jelas, business school sangat mengutamakan GMAT terutama untuk college urutan atas, walaupun GMAT bukan satu-satunya unsur penilaian. Setahu saya, average requirement GMAT untuk universitas di Amerika adalah 630-720 (upper), 570-630 (middle), dan 500-570 (lower). Just remember, GMAT is not the only factor for you to get into the MBA program .

Sekolah-sekolah di Amerika, dibagi menjadi berberapa tier; tier pertama itu adalah sekolah-sekolah paling top di bidang tersebut. Untuk sekolah business misalnya Harvard Business School, Stanford Business, Stern NYU, Yale Business School, Kellog NWU, Wharton School of Finance, dan masih banyak lagi.

Sementara second tier adalah sekolah yang kualitasnya dibawah sekolah first tier. Biasanya, perbedaan antara 1st dan 2nd cukup banyak. Jebolan first tier biasanya selepas lulus langsung direkrut, nilai student surveynya tinggi, kualitas pengajarnya professional, administrasi sekolah tinggi, research project yang luas, dan sebagainya. Contoh dari second tier Thunderbird GSIM, Wharrington, Boston College, Notre Dame, Baruch, dan sebagainya.

Lalu, gimana dengan biayanya? Untuk kampus yang masuk ranking 50 besar biayanya sekitar $7.000-$10.000/thn. Di program S1 Stanford University, tuition fee satu quarter $9.000 (ada tiga quarter dalam satu tahun). Total untuk satu tahun sekitar $44.000, termasuk dorm, makan, dan segala macamnya. Cukup worth it sih untuk universitas seperti ini.

Dan berdasar data tahun 2004 dari US News, kira-kira, inilah list lengkapnya:

  1. Harvard University (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  5. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  6. Columbia University (NY)
  7. University of Chicago
  8. University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
  9. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
  10. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  11. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
  12. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
  13. University of Virginia (Darden)
  14. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
  15. New York University (Stern)
  16. Yale University (CT)
  17. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  18. University of Southern California (Marshall)
  19. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
  20. Ohio State University (Fisher)
  21. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson)
  22. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
  23. Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley)
  24. Texas A&M University–College Station (Mays)
  25. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
  26. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
  27. Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)
  28. University of Washington
  29. Arizona State University–Main Campus (W. P. Carey)
  30. Michigan State University (Broad)
  31. University of California–Davis
  32. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) (IN)
  33. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)
  34. University of Maryland–College Park (Smith)
  35. University of Arizona (Eller)
  36. University of Rochester (Simon) (NY)
  37. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  38. Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC)
  39. Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)
  40. Vanderbilt University (Owen) (TN)
  41. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
  42. Boston College (Carroll)
  43. Georgia Institute of Technology (DuPree)
  44. University of Georgia (Terry)
  45. Penn State University–University Park (Smeal)
  46. Rice University (Jones) (TX)
  47. Boston University
  48. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)
  49. University of California–Irvine
  50. University of Iowa (Tippie)

Business Specialties: Accounting

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  2. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
  3. University of Chicago

Business Specialties: Entrepreneurship

  1. Babson College (Olin) (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Business Specialties: Executive M.B.A.

  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  3. University of Chicago

Business Specialties: Finance

  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. New York University (Stern)

Business Specialties: Information Systems

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  3. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)

Business Specialties: International

  1. Thunderbird Graduate School (AZ)
  2. University of South Carolina (Moore)
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Business Specialties: Management

  1. Harvard University (MA)
  2. Stanford University (CA)
  3. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Business Specialties: Marketing

  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
  2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  3. Harvard University (MA)

Business Specialties: Nonprofit

  1. Yale University (CT)
  2. Harvard University (MA)
  3. Stanford University (CA)

Business Specialties: Part-Time M.B.A.

  1. New York University (Stern)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

Business Specialties: Production/Operations

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
  3. Purdue University–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)

Business Specialties: Supply Chain/Logistics

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
  2. Michigan State University (Broad)
  3. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
    Stanford University (CA)

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    8. Comments

  8. P&D
    April 21st, 2005 at 2:03 am

    Kalau secara umum, dari segi mutu, dimana sih yang lebih baik? Australia atau Amerika? Soalnya rekan-rekan disini kalau studi keluar negeri rata-rata ke Australia.

    Bagaimana dengan India? beberapa waktu lalu sebuah artikel di Kompas menceritakan tentang suasana kuliah dan pengajaran di beberapa universitas di India yang (katanya) tidak kalah dengan di Australia atau Amerika.

    Correct me if I’m wrong.

  9. Nofie
    April 21st, 2005 at 3:49 am

    Aussie tetap merupakan pilihan yang menarik. Sepanjang yang saya tahu, anggota negara persemakmuran, dalam urusan pendidikan punya standar mutu yang bagus.

    Bagaimana dengan India? Wah, maaf. Saya nggak punya referensi tentang ini. :)

  10. P&D
    April 21st, 2005 at 7:19 pm

    India masuk persemakmuran nggak yah? Dulunya khan kalo dijajah Inggris kalo nggak salah.

  11. randi
    April 22nd, 2005 at 7:01 am

    Carnegie Melon Univ , menarik banget. **menghayal kuliah s2 disana** .

  12. Abra
    April 22nd, 2005 at 8:57 pm

    Ini berdasarkan pengalaman waktu aku masih kelas 3 smp sih, Brisbane tuh rasis. Sejak itu males banget deh disana. Enggak tau juga sih sekarang, kayanya masih rasis hehehe.

    Eropa itu lebih berbudaya kali ya? Kalau aku liat, most Americans, kalo ditanya bisa ini enggak, meski bisa dikit, ngomongnya besar. Kalo europeans, kalo emang enggak bisa, ya bilang enggak bisa.
    Lagipula di Europe kamu bisa dapet easy access ke banyak negara2 tetangga. Isn’t it more fun?
    India kayanya mulai bagus untuk kuliah jurusan IT

  13. ripai
    April 24th, 2005 at 6:39 am

    wah gue agak nyesel juga tuh masuk politeknik,
    dulu gak krepikiran pengen ngembangin diri ke luar negeri
    dimana-manaa beasiswa ke LN kok kebanyakan S2, yang S1 aja jarang bgt
    apa lagi yang politeknik :(
    kira2 masih punya kesempatan beasiswa ke lN gak ya orang2 yang tersesat di politeknik :p ?

  14. kuswana
    April 28th, 2005 at 7:49 am

    Kebetulan saya kerja dengan banyak teman dari india. sedikit gambaran tentang universitas di india saya dapatkan. selain itu juga saya sering buka website universitas di india. keunggulan sumberdaya manusia di univ. india jauh lebih baik dari univ. indonesia, termasuk ui, itb,dll. rata2 dosennya s3. selain itu, biayanya sangat murah. tapi jangan harap fasilitas fisiknya mentereng. saya kira univ. di india dapat menjadi referensi bagi yang ingin kuliah di ln.

  15. Ozzie
    December 18th, 2005 at 10:34 pm

    Gw kalo disuruh milih, mendingan kuliah di Eropa. Kulturnya lebih diverse dengan bermacam - macam orang yang tentu aja bagus banget untuk pengembangan inter-personal skill (which I think is the most important soft skills in business)

  16. yasser rahman
    March 10th, 2006 at 3:49 pm

    yasser rahman
    ocean engineering ITB

    pada mulanya sy berpikiran ngambil S1 bidang bisnis ,tp berhubung ortu maksa itb,,yah masuklah sy,,tp slama kuliah di teknik,,sy g terlalu semangat dbandingin bicarain binis..toefl dah 560,,dan bhs jepang sy cukup bagus..GMAT skarang lg blajar..trus trang sy dah dari dulu pengen kul d USA,,ngambil MBA d harvard,MIT atau columbia…wow,,too dreaming i gUEss,,but i’ll try,,give some info about situation that i have 2 face as astudent..IS THERE SOMEBODY,,I CAN TALK TO??
    REPLY IN EMAIL OK..THX:neutral:

  17. memed
    March 28th, 2006 at 11:37 am

    Hai, saya pingin kul S-2 ke luarnegeri bidang electronics or IT soalnya saya dari TE, asal dapat beasiswa negara mana aja boleh,give me some information,please

  18. dinar
    April 13th, 2006 at 11:06 am

    emm, mu minta info, sekarang saya sedang menyelesaikan S-1, berencana untuk langsung melanjutkan S-2 ke Belanda, saya sudah mengincar Erasmus Universiteit…tolong bagi yang sudah / tau tentang hal tersebut infonya..? thanks

  19. fahmy
    May 11th, 2006 at 8:35 pm

    klo kata gw semua tempat kuliah sama aja mau di indonesia atau di luar??yg ngebedain kan cuma fasilitasnya?tapi klo gw di suruh milih buat kuliah di luar kayaknya gw lebih milih amrik or eropa??kata abang gw sih di sana lebih bagus di banding negara lain tapi awas malaysia and singapore juga bagus loh???:smile:

  20. mey
    June 16th, 2006 at 9:23 am

    hi…,gue pengen banget lanjutin kuliah ke LN,ambil S2, tapi gue lulus S1 nya tuh lama buanget taon 1998, apa bisa y, terus g pengen yg univ nya lumayanan aja,jadi cost’nya gak mahal, lagian bahasa inggris gue….., ya gitu deh….
    tolong donk…, what should i do….????
    thx

  21. torik
    July 14th, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    Saya maunya kulia di amerika untuk S2 tapi sambil kerja soalnya tau sendiri S2 kan ngak ada yg murah ? apa bisa ? gimana caranya ?

  22. torik
    July 14th, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    Saya ingin ambil S2 di Amerika tapi saya sambil kerja tau sendiri biaya kulia S2 kan ngak murah ? ya sukur2 dpt biasiswa, apa bisa ? gimana caranya bisa kulia disana ? terima kasih

  23. Thaya
    July 16th, 2006 at 1:42 pm

    Well, Kuliah di Luar Negeri emang mimpi banyak orang, ya ga??? Amrik emang banyak peminatnya. Biar biaya tinggi, tapi kalo kita bisa siasati dengan kerja part time (kalo ga dapat beasiswa) lumayan tuh, dengan syarat, ortu tetep mampu dalam ekonomi.:wink:

  24. Mario Simanjuntak
    August 5th, 2006 at 11:39 am

    Saya tamatan D3. Sekarang saya lagi magang di Jepang selama 3 tahun dan 1 tahun lagi saya selesaikan kontrak.Saya bermaksud untuk melanjutkan perkuliahan saya di Australia dengan menggunakan fasilitas scholarship.Tapi saya belum tau caranya.Gimana cara mendapatkan dana beasiswa tersebut?dan dimana mendaftarkan diri untuk itu?Mohon dibalas surat saya ini.Terima Kasih.

  25. addie
    August 11th, 2006 at 9:23 am

    seperti kebanyakan orang, saya hanya mau tanya gimana sih cari beasiswa terutama ke HARVARD karena aku pingin banget ke sana…,,meski dah cari di banyak situs, kok aku rada bingung…enaknya ngunjungi situs apa?

  26. alvin
    October 26th, 2006 at 4:50 pm

    langsung aja ke website nya harvard mas addie… karena saya juga maunya kesana. dan masalah requirementnya jelas kok

  27. Gerald Efamuttam
    January 11th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    INDIA.?
    gue lagi ngambil Diploma IT Internasional ( NIIT ) di ITS,trus katanya sih NIIT - INDIA itu punya universitas alians dgn beberapa univ& Institute di aussie,US,canada,Inggris,new zealand dan irlandia,katanya sih setelah lulus diploma IT nanti siswa NIIT dapat lanjut ke univ2 aliansnya di negera2 tersebut tanpa test masuk,trus gimana menurut kalian bagus gak univ2 & institute yg gue sebut di bawah ini yg adalah alians dari NIIT - INDIA,dan katanya NIIT adalah lembaga pendidikan diploma IT No 1. di ASIA.

    ini lah univ & Institutet aliansi dari NIIT:
    * Auckland Institute of Stadies, St Helens, New Zealand
    * Bolton University, Bolton, UK
    * Deakin International, Melbourne, Australia
    * Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
    * RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
    * Southern New Hampshire University, Southern New Hampshire, USA
    * University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
    * University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK
    * University of South Australia, Australia
    * University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
    * University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

    gue mohon comentnya ya supaya menjadi refrensi bagi gue

    trima kasih banyak

    Gerald

  28. Ipunk
    February 1st, 2007 at 2:44 am

    Kuliah di Amrik susahnya minta ampun. Gwe bingung, apa mungkin gw sendiri yg bodoh ya? Gw udah lebih setahun kuliah diamrik semester 4. So far, I am a Dean’s List student dgn gpa 3.67. Tapi masih mengalami banyak kendala terutama bhs. Bagi temen2s yang mau ngelanjutin study disini, mending improve bhs inggrisnya dulu. baik oral ato written. meskipun loe passing TOEFL, nggak njamin nanti bisa sukses di kelas. Seberapa bisanya loe ngomong inggris, pasti dibawah american students. Misalkan, di math class, banyak sekali terminology ato kata2 baru, yang dulu ga pernah gw denger di Indo. alhasil, American students lebih menojol ketimbang student dari negara lain. ditambah, in class participation is very important.

    :D

  29. Sarwo Edi Wibowo
    February 14th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    somebody help me…
    aku mahasiswa diploma 4 semester 5 di EEPIS-ITS,pengen banget bisa nglajutin kuliah S2 di LN. Tapi kendala dana membuat aku kemungkinan nyelesaiin d4 aja belum karuan bisa. saya ingin menyelesaikan kuliah. tolong kasi tahu beasiswa yang bisa nyelamatin masa depan saya.
    saya berharap banget.terima kash

  30. Rian
    March 25th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    To:Ipung

    You said that your GPA is 3.67, can you tell me the standard point of GPA? And what is GPA after all?

    Thank’s

  31. Christine
    March 31st, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    allow guys….
    pengen mimpi juga nih kuliah di LN. tapi sekarang baru nyelesaiin kul g sekaligus kerja. itung2 buat biaya S2 nanti. pengennya si ke Eropa. tapi g pernah kena kasus ditolak waktu mau ke Belanda dulu 3th lalu i guess… :p. kira2 masih ada harapan gak ya?? soalnya g jadi trauma tuh.. :)
    trus ada info buat sekolah bussiness yang bagus gak sekitar jerman. tapi bahasa yg gue kuasain cuma inggris. apa g kudu kursus bahasa jerman dulu baru bisa? ada gak sih kul di jerman tp pake English hihihi (aneh yak?) thank’s banget deh… buat bantuannya.

  32. susanto
    April 26th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    saya ini siswa sma yang amaat sangat pengen kuliah di luar negeri tapi????????ya itu deh biayanya gimana????trus jalur masuknya gimana????wah saya gak paham bener2, gimana cara masuk dan prosedurnya??tolong.mohon dengan sangat berbagilah informasi dengan saya about it.Tolooooong banget ya!!!!!

  33. leanna
    May 19th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    mohon bantuan informasi dari yang berpengalaman :)
    saya baru aja selesai kuliah S1 di bali, tapi sekarang saya pengen ambil kuliah communication S1 di community college amerika. klo untuk dana saya pribadi sih kayanya ga nutup, tapi saya punya temen warga negara USA yang mau menjadi sponsor untuk membiayai kuliah saya. kira” untuk proses visanya sendiri ribet ga sih atau cara kaya ini memang dibolehin ama US embassy. dan persyaratan untuk yg jadi sponsor saya itu apa aja seh?

    thanks banget buat yang mau bantuin yaa…

  34. barinda
    May 21st, 2007 at 12:58 pm

    allow saya barinda.saya kuliah di universitas dian nuswantoro semarang..saya pingin banget melanjutkan kuliah di USA tapi saya terbentur dengan masalah dana karena saya lahir dari keluarga yang sederhana..tapi saya punya obsesi untuk kuliah di sana karena saya ingin menggapai cita-cita saya..tolong jelasin gimana solusinya?gimana prosedurnya?gimana juga jalan masuknya?

    toolong banget..
    this is to better future….

  35. lissa
    May 29th, 2007 at 3:00 pm

    aq msh kul di s1 keperawatan , rencananya sih pengen lanjutin s2 keperawatan di luar, aq sih pengennya di eropa atau di jepang. tolong donk kasih aq informasi aq tentang gmn caranya dapat beasiswa s2 gratis

  36. ramadhan
    June 28th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    wahhh,,,saya juga pengen tuh kuliah diLN…dimana aja dech..yang penting di eropa……ga usah jauh2…kita bisa saling bantu kan????????????????????//thanks….

  37. aku pribadi
    July 27th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    ga usah jauh2, di s’pore and malay juga udah bagus2, scara biaya murah, mereka nyediain beasiswa… NUS, NTU (singapore), UTM, UKM, MU (malaysia)

  38. aku pribadi
    July 27th, 2007 at 10:12 am

    gue sih prefer ITB di indo ketimbang di US tapi univ. murahan, lu cuma belajar bahasa n budaya ancur amrik.

  39. Arie
    August 11th, 2007 at 8:33 pm

    wah semuanya pada bingung ya? Aq juga lagi nyari-nyari nih S2. Buat tmen 2 yg bingung soal dana, yg mau ke jerman hub DAAD, trus ke Belanda Stuned, yah pokonya asal qta udah di terima univ disana, katanya sih pasti dapet beasiswa. tapi sori ya klo kurang jelas…

  40. Raja Oloan
    August 13th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    saya ingin kuliah di amerika ambil design transportasi, tapi adakah program
    student loan utk orang asing disana. karena masalah dana,ingin kuliah sambil kerja di Amerika……..

  41. Tio Pramayudi
    September 2nd, 2007 at 3:57 pm

    Saya ingin kul di Ntu prog beasiswa !!
    Tolong beri informasi ttg beasiswa di NTU

  42. davy
    October 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm

    hi gw pengen lanjut kul s2 k aussie..tp jgn yg tlalu mahal..lagipula bhs inggris gw masih jelek..tp gw uda lulus 2tahun yang lalu..what should i do??

  43. davy
    October 4th, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    o iya tolong ksh informasi gmn caranya yach..gw maonya kul sambil kerja biar ga tlalu berat biayanya..

  44. Azwardi
    October 8th, 2007 at 4:02 am

    Saya :
    Nama : Azwardi
    TTL : Bangko, Jambi, 02 April 1984
    TT : Jl. Kramat Sentiong V - Jakarta Pusat 10450
    alhamdulillah, telah menyelesaikan S1 dalam konsentrasi Perbandingan Hukum di Fakultas Syari’ah & Hukum UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, alhamdulillah lulus dengan predikat coumlaude. Sekarang saya sangat berminat untuk melanjutkan kejenjang S2 hukum di Amerika/Jerman. Tetapi saya mengelami kendala dalam masalah biaya. untuk itu, saya sangat mengaharapkan bantuan dari teman-teman yang memiliki informasi beasiswa/teman-teman penyelenggara beasiswa.
    NB : S2 Perbandingan Hukum ada tidak ya di Amerika/Jerman.
    Tolong Hubungi saya di 081384306660/021-99823273. Saya ucapkan terimaksih sebelumnya.

  45. REZKY
    December 10th, 2007 at 12:46 am

    saya mahasiswa smester 5, setelah saya lilus dari S1 saya berencana ingin melanjutkan S2 di amrik , untuk dapeti beasiswa disana syarat apa aja yang harus dipenuhi…
    Thanks.

  46. ashari
    December 18th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    saya mo nanya apakah ada program s2 yang kuliah regulernya diindoneisa kemudian semester akhirnya di luar negeri (amerika) kalo ada apa nama programnya dan di universitas mana yang di dalam negeri dan diluar negeri? apakah ada untuk bidang hukum, thanks

  47. adit
    December 20th, 2007 at 1:49 am

    Hai2 gue skrg mhs s1 smstr 5 jur IT.. Gue rencana kelar s1 lngsung pengen lanjutin s2 bidang finance.. Yg bagus untuk finance di Amrik, Eropa or Aussie yh ?

  48. adira
    March 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    saya pengen kul S2 d Jepang
    tolong beri informasi tentang beasiswa agar bisa kul S2 di univ terbaik d Jepang

  49. Ivy
    March 17th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    To Rian: GPA = Grade Point Average.
    Kalo di Indo IPK istilahnya. By the way, kuliah di amrik dan eropa sama2 bagus, tapi kalo australia kurang deh. Kalo gw tetep lebih milih amrik. Coba liat 100 best universities di dunia amrik paling mendominasi. Plus, peluang kerja di amrik lebih bagus, terutama untuk teknik (engineering) karena gimanapun juga amrik adalah negara termaju dalam teknologi. Jerman juga bagus tekniknya tapi kalo Belanda, Perancis kayaknya kurang, mendingan Jepang. Kalo bisnis Inggris juga OK. Selektif aja tergantung jurusan yang diambil. Misalkan teknik, ITB juga ga kalah sama uni2 di australia, kecuali pilihnya ANU, Melb U, RMIT, UNSW yang lumayan

  50. Dino
    May 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Wah saya melihat MBA di Amerika seperti ini mas Nofie:
    Tier 1: 660-720
    Tier 2: 600-660
    Tier 3: 500-600 level saya ini, *udah bodoh, bangga lagi :)

    Karena kalo saya liat, sekolah Tier 1 itu sekolah super top. Sementara kalo Tier 2 itu bagus tapi masih terjangkau. Kalo Tier 3, sapa aja bisa lah..

    Menurutku pendidikan itu tidak hanya di kelas, tapi juga di lingkungan. Aku sangat sarankan orang Indonesia tuk mencoba kuliah di luar negeri karena banyak hal yang kita bisa pelajari, walaupun sekolahnya bukan di Tier 1. Kita bisa mempelajari bagaimana budaya mereka kok bisa bikin mereka maju. Bagaimana mereka berinteraksi, dan lain sebagainya. Itu menurutku suatu pendidikan tersendiri. Ketika kita balik ke Indonesia, harapannya kita bisa menularkan budaya yang baik-baik.

    Saya sudah berkunjung ke 17 negara (kebanyakan negara maju) dan mengikuti kelas di Amerika, Inggris dan Jerman. Tapi budaya yang paling saya kagumi adalah Amerika. Saya kagumi karena negaranya sangat terbuka dengan pendatang, sangat inovatif dan kreatif, dan sangat menghargai kerja keras. Selain itu Amerika adalah sebarat-baratnya negara barat. Karena aku adalah orang timur, maka aku ingin tau bagaimana orang barat bisa maju. Itulah yang membuatku sangat tertarik untuk sekolah di Amrik walaupun bukan di Tier terbaik.

    Kalo aku bilang, jangan terlalu tergiur dengan hanya ranking. Ranking itu penting, tapi bukan satu-satunya yang penting. Carilah sekolah yang kamu rasa terbaik buat dirimu dan impianmu. Kalo ingin belajar membatik, jangan ke Aussie, pergilah ke Jogja Solo atau Pekalongan. Belajarlah dari para pembatik-pembatik tersebut secara langsung.

  51. arya ajie
    July 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    nofie,minta nomer telpon dong buat nanya2…..

  52. dani
    July 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 am

    aku juga mau kul,tp di jerman aja lah…biar pintar seperti habibi..hehe

  53. Ria
    August 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    haloo…sama seperti yang lain saya pun merasa tertarik untuk melanjutkan kuliah di USA… saya baru saja lulus S1 jurusan hukum bisnis.. tapi saya tidak ingin melanjutkan S2 hukum. Saya berpikir untuk mengambil MBA di amerika.. sekarang saya sedang memperdalam bahasa inggris di UK… saya benar2 butuh informasi mengenai kuliah disana dan kemungkinan beasiswa…

    sangat , amat diminta bantuannya yahhh ^-^….
    dan Terimakasih banyak sebelumnya….
    Thank You…
    Gratitude…

  54. data
    August 7th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    gimana sih tahapan nyari beasiswa? apa cari kuliahnya dulu baru cari beasiswanya atau cari beasiswanya dulu? thanks kalau ada yang bisa bantu

  55. mario teguh
    August 10th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    loe semua pengen kuliah di luar negeri tapi sadar gak setelah kuliah mau kerja !!!!!!!!

    kita sudah banyak melihat lulusan luar negeri di indonesia tidak bisa menghasilkan apa-apa kalah dengan kualitas lulusan indonesia

    kalaupun kerja di luarnegeri selain biaya hidup mahal juga persaingan ketat

    jadi menurut saya rencanakan hidup dulu setelah kuliah mau apa?

    The most important thing adalah bukan kuliahnya sendiri, tapi kemampuan kalian mengembangkan diri

    contoh: sempatkanlah menjadi salah satu ikatan internasional khusus yang di luar negeri.
    dapatkanlah certificate asing bertaraf internasional
    ikuti pelatihan dsb

  56. weni
    September 18th, 2008 at 7:16 am

    setuju dgn Mario….

    ternyata mau sekolah dimana aja sama saja … yg penting …Open Your Mind !!!

    tapi memang sekolah di LN bisa menambah kaya pengalaman hidup.

  57. damianus
    October 24th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    saya sekarang mahasiswa keperawatan semester lima, ingin sekali untuk lanjut kuliah keluar negeri tapi bagaimana caranya ya… tolong kalau ada yang punya info beasiswa beri tau ya, saya mohon pada orang-orang kristen yang kaya yang duitnya banyak gak tau mau diapain kalo mau bantu saya itu bagian dari berbagi berkat Tuhan. siapa pun yang terbeban menolong saya saya ucapkan makasih Tuhan Yesus memberkati Amin

  58. wimpy
    November 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    saya pingin sekolah di australia ato singapore yang murah dan gampang lulus gitu lo…
    ya,…level 3 juga gpp, thx

  59. wawan kurniawan
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Boleh kirim informasi beasiswa terima kasih

  60. RJ
    November 17th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    saya ingin sekali mendalami design transportasi dan hanya ada diluar negeri. saya ingin kuliah lagi…….tetapi background saya S1 Ekonomi……apa saya harus ambil S1 lagi atau S2
    Saya minta acun tempat kuliah yg tepat buat design transportasi di USA…….dan kalau boleh tahu biaya kuliah pertahun……..terima kasih…atas perhatiannya

  61. Andhika
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    cara mrndapatkan beasiswa ke USA?
    Universitas ekonomi mana yang paling baik di USA?

    terima kasih

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    December 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pm

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  63. sapran
    December 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Saya lulusan D3, Mau kul di Jepang ada gak yang buat S1 and sekaligus beasiswa.Thanks

  64. adhiguna
    January 13th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Ivy sok tau sekali bilang pendidikan untuk teknik dan Perancis kurang. Belum tentu kamu bisa jadi tukang sapu di research center di TU Delft atau Inria ..

  65. LuPiTa
    January 25th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Hi, mw nanya dnx.. gw lulus SMA thn ini (2009), dan ngerencanain mau kuliah di US untuk ngelanjutin S2 (emang sih msh jauh)..
    Kira2 requirementsnya apa yah untuk S2 International Relationship major..?
    Sebelumnya gw pernah apply scholarship di AMINEF untuk S1..
    Tp failed gara2 perolehan TOEFL yg minimal minta 600 (pdhl untuk S1 standarnya cm 500)..
    Masalah finansial tetep jadi nomor satu, kira2 ada advise gak untuk univesitas di US yg bermutu dengan finansial yg terjangkau..?
    Soalnya tau sndr, nilai tukar rupiah terus merosot..
    Trims..

    Regards,
    Lupita

  66. LuPiTa
    January 25th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Kalau ada informasi terbaru tolong beritahu yah..
    Saya benar2 ingin melanjutkan ke luar, saya tahu itu sulit apalgi untuk memperoleh beasiswa..
    Tapi tujuan saya ke sana untuk belajar, bukan untuk cari kerja (kalau demi uang kuliah apa boleh buat) atau hidup..
    Terima kasih yah untuk informasinya..^^

  67. suff
    January 28th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Master’s degrees used to be the red headed stepchildren of higher education. Neither here nor there, uncraved by employers and only tolerated by universities. But like football in Michigan, fortunes change quickly. The Times checks in on the new new Masters Degree:

    * enrollment in the University of Chicago’s “Master of Arts degree in social sciences has quadrupled since 1989, jumping to 160 from 40, and despite a tuition price tag of $37,000″
    * to the head of the Cal State system master’s degrees are the “coin of the realm”
    * the for-profit University of Phoenix gave out 24,788 MAs last year - or one thousand more than the number of BAs it awarded.

    Is it really so great to get that second degree? It depends on who you are. The Times proffers some uninspiring anecdotes about students who got better jobs with their MAs. But no matter how these matriculants do, the tuition they pay sure is sweet for universities, who can add MA students to their extant grad school classes, turning said classes into paying propositions without much institutional outlay. As a Chicago administrator notes, “it is beneficial for the university because there is a lot of tuition income to be had.”

    Ahh, tuition dollars, the milk and honey of academia. Maybe Michigan can use its masters degree lucre to invest in a football team capable of scoring touchdowns against Division I opposition.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/education/12masters.html

    The number of students in the University of Chicago program that bestows a Master of Arts degree in social sciences has quadrupled since 1989, jumping to 160 from 40, and despite a tuition price tag of $37,000, every year more students clamor for admittance.

    “It’s an expensive degree, but students have calculated how fast they get their investment back,” said John J. MacAloon, an associate dean at the University of Chicago and director of the program. “And it is beneficial for the university because there is a lot of tuition income to be had.”

    More students than ever have started master’s programs this fall, and universities are seeing those programs as potentially lucrative sources of revenue. The number of students earning these degrees around the country has nearly doubled since 1980. Since 1970, the growth is 150 percent, more than twice as fast as bachelor and doctorate programs.

    “Master’s programs are the most obvious targets of opportunity,” said George L. Mehaffy, a vice president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. “The degrees are in high demand, and this is an optimal time to enter or expand the market.”

    For students, the degrees are often expensive; at private universities, many students take out $50,000 in loans for every year of school. And scholarships and fellowships are rare, unlike doctoral programs, which are usually fully financed by universities.

    Still, many say the price is worth it. In his two-year master’s program in science technology and environmental policy from the University of Minnesota Craig Nelson had $35,000 in loans. Now, he works in regulatory affairs at the 3M Company.

    “Without the degree, I wouldn’t have the job,” he said. “So even though I’ll be paying the loan for 10 years, it was a good move for me.”

    Getting into the business of offering these degrees can be a good move for universities, too, with some that have traditionally focused only on undergraduate students now entering the master’s market. The California State University system, for example, has introduced many new applied master’s degrees and is expanding its master’s of business administration programs.

    “We are really conscious of the fact that master’s degrees are becoming the coin of the realm,” said Gary W. Reichard, the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the California system. “And because M.B.A.’s can offer tremendous salary boosts down the road, we can charge higher tuitions to students.”

    Universities also do not have to provide dormitory rooms and dining halls for master’s candidates, because graduate students typically do not live on campus.

    Some university officials say the explosion of these programs has less to do with revenue than it does with the marketplace pressures on students to get higher degrees and credentials.

    Thomas Ehrlich, a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and a former president of Indiana University, said that although many master’s programs could be good revenue streams for universities, “We’re not in the business of making money.” He added, “We’re in the business of educating students.”

    But some schools are in the business of both. The University of Phoenix, a commercial institution with 60 branch campuses and around 200,000 students, awarded 24,788 master’s degrees last year, mostly for work completed online in business and education. That was at least a thousand more than the number of bachelor’s degrees it awarded.

    Many university provosts say a graduate education can be more expensive to provide than an undergraduate degree, merely because class sizes are usually smaller in graduate courses. But for universities that already have established doctoral programs, adding paying master’s students to the mix means they get a bump in tuition dollars without a heavy outlay of resources.

    “Sometimes there is unused capacity in graduate classrooms,” Mr. Mehaffy said. “If there are 10 people in a graduate course one year and 15 the next, there is a 50 percent growth but no real drain on the institution.”

    Universities are also luring master’s students into staying for multiple years by offering dual-degree programs: two master’s degrees at twice the cost. Some programs join international affairs and journalism, science and public policy, business and education. Other schools extend programs; for example, the University of Wisconsin’s two-year master’s degree in anthropology can be lengthened to three years if students want to add a museum studies concentration.

    And many students believe that these multiple degrees are highly valuable in today’s competitive job market.

    Rey A. Phillips Santos has three graduate degrees gracing his résumé: two master’s and one in law. After completing the master’s of arts program in the social sciences from the University of Chicago, he decided to go on to the Chicago-Kent College of Law, in a joint-degree program in environmental management with the Stuart Graduate School of Business.

    “There is a huge demand for credentials in high-level jobs now,” said Mr. Phillips, who is a lawyer for the Chicago city government. “Each of my degrees helped me to get a leg up in the job market, and earn higher salaries than I would have otherwise. They were great investments.”

  68. Annisa
    February 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Saya Nisa. Saya kuliah di Harvard University, S1.
    Kuliah disini memang bukan impian saya. Melainkan Daddy saya.
    Kalau saya si lbh tertarik di Princeton University.

  69. zoel
    February 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    to: the alumni of HBS
    Peace be with you
    My name is Zulfairus Latukau. I am 22 Years old. I have finished my Bachelor Program In Univ. Muhammadiyah Makassar, Makassar. Indonesia. My GPA is only 3.37.
    I have high desire to continue my study in HBS and get MBA.
    Actually, I choose HBS because of it’s quality.
    And I hope that you mind to recommend me to continue my study in HBS.
    Please…
    Thank You Before

  70. LuPiTa
    February 28th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Annisa, can i have a talk with u..? What’s ur reason, why u prefer Princeton University to Stanford University..?
    Isn’t Stanford better as i know..? (although i know Cambridge is the best)
    What’s ur major anyway..?

  71. greg
    March 12th, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Dear Sir:

    I don’t know if you remmeber me, but I took your Chem 102 class a couple of years ago. Yes, it is true I rarely showed up to class, but my exam scores reflected hugely what I failed to do in my homework assignments. It isn’t so much that I am against doing homeworks. It is just that I feel they are more designed for the academically challanged. I really enjoyed your lectures immensely. You can’t imagine how many times I fell asleep and had dreams about women from Baywatch giving me a back rubdown….Ah, yes those were the good old memories. And I wanted you to know that all the times students would whisper and call your names behind your back, I never took part in such primitive activities. And that person who on your student evaluation wrote, “Your are God’s cure for insomnia”, then please rest assured that it wasn’t me.

    I cannot over the years, tell you how much the knowledge that I have gained from your class helped me on my daily life. I mean the endless oxidative and decarboxylation reactions that I see on a normal way are simply astounding…You don’t know how much this knowledge has had a great practicality in my life. In cases of severe depression, family problems and financial difficulties….a simple recitation of an aldehyde ketone attack on a carbonyl, really underlies that real problem in our society, (don’t forget to cover your ass, or the next person is going to come from behind and smack you like crazy)….

    and I must say, you have such great refined taste. I had actually tried coming over to your house several times to get extra credit help. Only to find your lovely wife, you definitely have a great taste in women…I don’t think I have ever seen a women in her 20s in so much of her prime….of course, I did politely refuse her offer, but I had figured a little getting to know my professor’s relatives couldn’t hurt me…at least maybe she would put in a great word or two, little did I kknow that I would be making some contribution to her as well :D ….well, I didn’t want to impose at all, but she was so adamant about me staying the night, something about her basically chemical needs….there was definitely some chemistry there, and I must say, 1 hour ended up to being 2 hours, and 2 hours in two days….my she really tought me some wonderful things and boy could she play with my electrons :) ehem….a lot of reductive reactions where goin on in that house that night….

    I hadn’t spend two days in the house, when I met your wonderful daughter Britney…well I couldn’t let my hospitality end with your wife..and I thought I would show my kindness to the rest of your family as well….

    Alas I cannot say how much I have over the years enjoyed your classes and your family….all of you have been immensely wonderful to me…and I hope the fact that your wife is now seeking divorce does not put a dent in our relationship in any way…as you know your letter of recommendation means a lot to me, and I really didn’t mean to get a restraining order on your daughter for starting to stalk me every night…but you know sometimes life is very acidic and painful….

    So having said that, do you think you can ever find the time to write a letter of recommendation for me? I hope that my not coming to office hours won’t have a significant impact, as you can see I have tried going above and beyond to leave a lasting impression on your memory….I know for a fact, overheard the janitors one day, that you keep a picture of me on the back of your door….it is so heart warming to know that in a class of 350 students…you keep me so dear to your heart, even though I know you use it for target practice, that simple jesture touches me greatly….

    I just hope that you would fine the time to write a letter of recommendation for me….and I hope I have finally left a lasting impact on you the same way you have left an impact on me…

    your beloved student,
    watcha

    —

    Dear Mr ____,
    I am applying for ____. Would you be kind enough to write a letter of recommendation for me? It should be addressed to : ____
    You might want to mention ____
    Thank you for your help.
    Sincerely,

    Dear ______
    I was hoping you could give me a letter of recommendation to get into ________.

    Hi Prof. Blah, Would you be willing to write a letter of recommendation to the School of Blah so I can further my career in the study of Blah.”

    How are you doing today?……………..(small talk)………………………
    I was wondering if I could ask you to do me a hugh favor?
    I need someone to write me a letter of recommendation for ………….(whatever reason)……………………………… and I really value your work and opinions. I understand if it’s too much trouble.
    OH! Thank you SOOOO much! You just don’t know how much I appreciate this.
    PLEASE, let me know if there is anything I can do for YOU.

    “Hi Dr. X, I hope you’re having a good summer. Thanks again for writing me a letter of recommendation. I plan to use the letter to apply for (graduate school/job/whatever) and the deadline is xxx. I would greatly appreciate it if I could pick up the letter by xxx. Please let me know if this is ok.
    Sincerely,
    xxx

    —

    Dear Professor ___:

    Thank you so much for writing the letter of recommendation for me. I really appreciate it. I’m very excited about my application to/for _____________ and I am grateful for all that you’ve done helping me get this far.

    I really hope that this opportunity (school/job) helps me (insert your long-term goal here). I will be sure to let you know what happens.

    Thank you so much for your guidance and support,
    Your Name

    Dear Mr _____,

    Thanks again for writing a letter of recommendation for me. I really appreciate the time you’ve spent for me, helping me through the college process and encouraging me throughout high school. I am very happy to say I recently got accepted at ________. Without your help, blah blah blah.

    Your student,
    _________

  72. katHkatH
    March 27th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    Kak Anissa, saya tahun 2009 ini baru lulus SMA. Mau tanya, gimana peluang siswa Indonesia diterima di universitas seperti Harvard, Princeton, dan lainnya?
    Kalo kakak, dulu udah siapin apa aja ya?
    makasih kak..

  73. giTa LgiE bngUnk
    April 26th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    sori..g jg sala satu org yg bkal lulus taun ini..bln dpan lbi tpatnya..ada rncana mau ke amrik ambil college dulu di Foothill College di CA..kalo bs pgn dapet lbih byk info lg..bole email g ke love_star357@hotmai.com atau facebook g jg alamat yg sama..thx bgtt…

Looking forward to hear your thoughts.