<p>Ladistar, it is not an accident that the more rigorous programs have more rigorous entrance requirements. Don’t go into a one year business program which doesn’t require work experience thinking you will get the same experience (or that it will be as valuable) as a two year program (double the course work) which requires work experience. To pay tuition for a year’s worth of classes, plus the opportunity cost of not earning a full time salary, to avoid having to pay for a GMAT prep course sounds like a very bad financial strategy to me. Especially since you can get a GMAT review book on Amazon for $50.</p>
<p>You don’t need a class in Valuation or Financial Engineering to do the math; I just don’t think that a one year masters will make you more marketable post your JD, and I think the costs are high relative to its value. If you were my kid I’d be strongly suggesting that you invest the time you’re spending in LSAT prep into finding a job for when you graduate.</p>
<p>Just my opinion… you sound like the hundreds of people I interview every year who tell me why they don’t want to be lawyers (this is after graduating law school and passing the bar) but also don’t want to work in the field they trained for as undergrads (why major in advertising if you don’t like the work???). Save yourself some tuition and go get a job, any job, which will definitely help you sort out what path you want to take for the future.</p>