Originally posted by: scott
There's no comparison between:
a real MBA,
which is a difficult degree earned a any of about 20 or so top-flight universities,
vs.
a "phony" MBA,
which is a device where the schools use that as a way to pull in business people to make money for themselves.
An "MBA" from such places is a joke.
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: scott
There's no comparison between:
a real MBA,
which is a difficult degree earned a any of about 20 or so top-flight universities,
vs.
a "phony" MBA,
which is a device where the schools use that as a way to pull in business people to make money for themselves.
An "MBA" from such places is a joke.
So, anything other than the Top 20 is a joke? :disgust:
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: scott
There's no comparison between:
a real MBA,
which is a difficult degree earned a any of about 20 or so top-flight universities,
vs.
a "phony" MBA,
which is a device where the schools use that as a way to pull in business people to make money for themselves.
An "MBA" from such places is a joke.
So, anything other than the Top 20 is a joke? :disgust:
Originally posted by: yobarman
I really thought about getting an MBA after my BA, but then I realized I can learn the same things in the real world if my goal in life was to run and invest in businesses. I now view it as a waste of time.
I do have a PhD though....
a Pretty Huge Dick!
BONG~!
Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: scott
There's no comparison between:
a real MBA,
which is a difficult degree earned a any of about 20 or so top-flight universities,
vs.
a "phony" MBA,
which is a device where the schools use that as a way to pull in business people to make money for themselves.
An "MBA" from such places is a joke.
So, anything other than the Top 20 is a joke? :disgust:
Actually, considering the cost of an MBA anything outside of the top 5 is a joke. My brother is graduating from Anderson UCLA this summer - it's ranked around 14 - 16 typically. He'll start his career probably making 80k with 98k in student loans (which I've co-signed :Q). A friend of mine will be graduating from Tuck at Dartmouth - ranked in the top 5 MBA programs - next year and he expects a salary of 120k+ when he graduates with about 80k or so in student loans.
The top 5 start paying off right after graduation (when the value of your MBA is highest) while the next 15 take longer to pay off. Beyond the top 20 you just won't see the benefits of an MBA. The quality of the school is not determined just by the curriculum but the overall experience - the people you will be networking with, professors with industry experience, exposure to real business leaders (who quite often are alumni of the same school), the companies that come to your campus for recruiting - all these factors drop dramatically beyond the top 20 - so yes, I would agree with scott that an MBA program from a school outside the top 20 is indeed a joke.
It doesn't hurt to do an MBA from outside the top 20 as long as you are not sacrificing an alternate option. Between pursuing an MBA outside the top 20 and investing that time in a career, I would easily choose the latter.
Originally posted by: everman
MBA programs are about networking, networking, and....networking. Yes you will learn a few things, but it's really about networking.
If you haven't figured it out by now, it's not what you know, but who you know that matters.
Originally posted by: Kenazo
George W Bush has an MBA from Yale.. Seems to have helped him lots.
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: everman
MBA programs are about networking, networking, and....networking. Yes you will learn a few things, but it's really about networking.
If you haven't figured it out by now, it's not what you know, but who you know that matters.
Who you know will get you in the door and once there you will only stay based on what you know. You had better know a lot to even think networking is going to do much for you. Powerful people can see through a poser. Most times if you know the "who" you already "know" what will get you ahead. The two are not nearly as disconnected as you imply.
Originally posted by: ManSnake
Originally posted by: Kenazo
George W Bush has an MBA from Yale.. Seems to have helped him lots.
Wrong. He Bought his MBA from HBS!