Enrollment: 269
Average GMAT: 465.00
GMAT Range (25-75%): 408-523
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.13
Regular Application Deadline: 08/09
Rolling Admission: Yes
School Type: Private
Average Age: 27.00
Average Work Experience (months): 72
Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Part Time Program: Yes
Evening Program: Yes
Executive MBA Program Offered: No
Total Faculty: 58

Out-of-State Tuition: $15,876.00
In-State Tuition: $15,876.00
Financial Aid Deadline: 04/15

Students Say - Academics
Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus boasts "one of the top business programs on Long Island." It offers two paths to an MBA to its mostly part-time student population. In the Campus MBA program, students take "flexible night classes" Monday through Thursday. As a general rule, 48 credit hours are required to graduate. Depending on your undergraduate coursework, though, you can complete the program in as few as 36 hours. The other option is the Saturday MBA program, which features intensive, all-day classes and takes between 15 and 23 months to complete, again depending on your undergraduate work. Students in the Campus MBA program may supplement their curricula with Saturday classes. C.W. Post's advanced certificate program is also worth noting. It requires four additional electives and allows students to acquire further expertise in six areas including accounting and taxation, finance, and international business.
One of the best things about C.W. Post is its class sizes. "Classes are not too large, which makes for a better learning environment," explains one student. For the most part, "support from the advisors and faculty is great" as well. Professors are "responsible, nice, and professional." They are "knowledgeable in their respective fields" and "willing to help students" outside of class.
One student describes the administration as "very helpful." Another calls it "terrible." Also, gripes about the narrow range of elective courses are a hardy perennial here. "We have to take many core courses to graduate," says one student.

Students Say - Admissions
Your grades and your GMAT scores don't have to be terrifically high to get admitted to C.W. Post. Prerequisites for admission include competence in business communications, mathematics, and computers, as demonstrated through undergraduate work, successful completion of a related workshop, or successful completion of a waiver exam. In addition to transcripts and a GMAT score, you need to submit two letters of recommendation and a resume. There's also an essay. If your first language isn't English, you need to submit official results for the TOEFL. The minimum score requirement is 550 on the paper-based test, or 215 on the computer-based test, or 71 on the Internet-based test. Students who completed undergraduate degrees from institutions that teach primarily in English don't have to submit TOEFL scores.

Students Say - Campus Life
The MBA students at C.W. Post describe themselves as "friendly, smart, active," and "interesting." Virtually everyone here is a part-timer, attending classes in the evenings and on Saturdays. That's the nature of the program. Many students choose C.W. Post because it's close to home. There's also a tremendous population of international students. "In recent years, C.W. Post has focused on recruiting students from overseas and it has made the learning experience more global." Students vary quite a bit in their levels of experience. There are older types with fat resumes and others who "have no business experience and cannot bring real-life examples to the class discussions."
C.W. Post is "a beautiful school" spread out across a few hundred acres. Green, rolling lawns and heavily wooded areas proliferate the area. The location of the campus on the north shore of Long Island is definitely a plus. It's not far from some fabulous beaches and, at the same time, relatively "close to New York City." Parking is about the only problem. Students gripe, "The parking situation needs to improve drastically." Socially, this is a commuter school. Beyond the MBA association and the occasional function during business hours, there are few clubs or activities. With work and families, and with the lights of Manhattan beckoning, most students "have busy lives."

Students Say - Careers
C.W. Post affords its students a variety of placement services. The Office of Professional Experience and Career Planning offers self-assessment diagnostics, career counseling, resume and job-search advisement, mock interviews, job fairs, recruiting events, and online databases. Also, a broad graduate assistantship program provides advanced research opportunities. However, some students here report that career resources are "nonexistent." "Get better companies to job fairs," demands one student. "I donsee that many events to help facilitate job placement for C.W. Post graduates," observes another.

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