If you’re viewing this webpage right now, there’s a better than zero chance you came across it while researching Owen as a potential landing spot for your graduate education. While we like to think of this site as a nice little resource, nestled away in the hinterlands of the Internet, we understand our inherent limitations. When we’re not combing through the finer points of Excel or interviewing local beer brewers, we try to shed some light on student life. We like to cover our day-to-day routines both in the halls of Owen and in the greater Nashville area to supplement the marketing resources officially provided by the school. In essence, we want you to get a feel for the place.
But let’s be honest. If you’re thinking about attending a business school in near future, more than likely that entails leaving your current place of employment, foregoing that potential income in addition to taking on some degree of debt, and uprooting to a new city (and in some cases, dragging loved ones along with you). It is one of the most serious commitments you’ll ever make, and while we try to be informative, it can never be enough. To get a sense of Owen, you really need to visit.
When I was a prospective student, I visited every school I applied to, but I admit that my foremost motive was to show a sense of commitment to the school and garner some goodwill among the admissions teams. Whatever sense of the school and surrounding community I was able to glean was viewed as a bonus. This was a classic case of the wrong means leading to the right end. Over the course of my campus visits, my personal rankings (which, at the outset, happened to closely resemble the Business Week rankings) changed dramatically. Some schools seemed overly stodgy, others overly superficial. I realized that I had built these preliminary opinions simply from glossy viewbook photos and web copy. I was a marketing major as an undergrad, so I know how the sausage is made, and yet I fell for it anyway simply because I wanted to.
I know many of our applicants are international, and therefore a cross-continent flight is no small thing. But if you can visit Owen and the other schools in your selection set, I really cannot encourage you enough to do so. We happen to have a Discover Weekend event coming up where you can tour the campus, meet current students and faculty members, and speak with members of our admissions and career management teams. It’s basically an Owen sampler platter. Details and registration can be found in the Events section of the Admissions webpage. We have our contact information on our profiles, linked above. If you have any questions, well, that’s what we’re here for.
DISCLAIMER: OwenBloggers is completely separate from the Owen administration, which means that we have no incentive to shill for the school. But on the rare occasion that our experience can be distilled down into a little nugget of advice, we try to give it. Our intentions are pure.
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