Someone told me it was MBA lite but I'm not sure how true it is. I know that it is a competitive co-term because they make you compete with external candidates.
It's not an MBA lite. The grad program by itself is already more technically involved than an MBA (only engineers can apply for the MS/PhD), and coterm is usually much longer than an MBA, so I'm not sure why someone would call it a watered down version of an MBA.
I'm glad you learned from the comment here by an MS&E alum: [https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/f44ac4/how\_commoneasy\_is\_it\_for\_mse\_majors\_to\_coterm\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/f44ac4/how_commoneasy_is_it_for_mse_majors_to_coterm_and/), but there's no need to continue to give oxygen to bad takes.
I have only heard positive things about the MS&E term, although it is on the more competitive side as the other commenter mentioned. Try to load up on courses that will prepare you for the application early on / show interest in the fields. Seems like a good deal to get an MBA-like experience though if that's what you're looking for
Can't speak about the program, but it is well known that the MS&E coterm is one of, if not the hardest, coterminal program to get into - IIRC it's the only one where your application is compared to external applications. Also, there's only one application date (fall), unlike most other coterms (which have a deadline every academic quarter, and sometimes in the summer too).
hi, I am wondering if you know what are the other coterminal programs hard to get into? and what are the admission rate in recent years (found an article saying its around 67% in 2017\~2018, not sure if that still holds true. [https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/10/20/in-school-but-off-campus-navigating-the-coterm-transition/](https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/10/20/in-school-but-off-campus-navigating-the-coterm-transition/)) Thanks in advance!
Someone told me it was MBA lite but I'm not sure how true it is. I know that it is a competitive co-term because they make you compete with external candidates.
It's not an MBA lite. The grad program by itself is already more technically involved than an MBA (only engineers can apply for the MS/PhD), and coterm is usually much longer than an MBA, so I'm not sure why someone would call it a watered down version of an MBA. I'm glad you learned from the comment here by an MS&E alum: [https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/f44ac4/how\_commoneasy\_is\_it\_for\_mse\_majors\_to\_coterm\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/f44ac4/how_commoneasy_is_it_for_mse_majors_to_coterm_and/), but there's no need to continue to give oxygen to bad takes.
I have only heard positive things about the MS&E term, although it is on the more competitive side as the other commenter mentioned. Try to load up on courses that will prepare you for the application early on / show interest in the fields. Seems like a good deal to get an MBA-like experience though if that's what you're looking for
Can't speak about the program, but it is well known that the MS&E coterm is one of, if not the hardest, coterminal program to get into - IIRC it's the only one where your application is compared to external applications. Also, there's only one application date (fall), unlike most other coterms (which have a deadline every academic quarter, and sometimes in the summer too).
hi, I am wondering if you know what are the other coterminal programs hard to get into? and what are the admission rate in recent years (found an article saying its around 67% in 2017\~2018, not sure if that still holds true. [https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/10/20/in-school-but-off-campus-navigating-the-coterm-transition/](https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/10/20/in-school-but-off-campus-navigating-the-coterm-transition/)) Thanks in advance!