<p>i never expected anyone to "magically guess" anything, dont be so condescending if you're not going to contribute, which is ALL i asked.</p>
<p>all i want is some input thats all, if i see something that piques my interest great, if i dont, that's fine. but i feel like taking the couple minutes to post the topic was not some terrible waste of time, and it can never hurt to ask, at least thats how if feel about it, i'm sorry you feel like this question is so beneath you, but i still find it's purposes useful for me from those who choose to give some input.</p>
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<p>Some use has come from these posts. Now you know you don't want to study Russian literature.</p>
<p>Alternatives for MBA can be some PhD related to business such as economics, or business economics.</p>
<p>You said MBA is too competitive, but in fact a PhD program in economics is even tougher. So another alternative might be getting a Master degree from some non-ivy schools (because most ivy schools do not offer Master programs), then applying to a PhD program at a Ivy school or Northwestern. Of course you can also go from MSc to MBA, but that I have not heard of (probably because it's not worth doing it).</p>
<p>If your ultimate goal is an MBA, and if you can relax your condition about Ivy a little bit, then you can go to some less prestigious schools.</p>
<p>If Ivy is a must, then my personal advice is for you to build your records (by taking a few years off for example) and give it a try later.</p>
<p>Having said that, it doesn't hurt to examine every other possible alternative and take advantage of all sugesstions given.</p>
<p>as someone who has gone through a grueling graduate school experience, I have to agree with everyone above and say that
spincut does NOT seem to be approaching the question of graduate school with the right mindset... graduate school is very, very, very different from undergrad... it is very focused... you should ONLY go to graduate school if you have CLEAR, WELL-FOCUSED reasons for what and why you want to pursue advanced study... until you KNOW EXACTLY what you want to study and why, then it is way to premature to consider specific schools and programs... spincut, you're putting the horse before the cart on this.</p>
<p>since very few people found the need to really answer my question and more wanted to crticize the way they presume i'm going about this (mind you, i'm just getting information, the question overall is not as big as you may think) i was really going to just stop bothering with the topic.</p>
<p>but one thing anthrung said should be paid mind to, not sure if he meant it that way though</p>
<p>"Having said that, it doesn't hurt to examine every other possible alternative and take advantage of all sugesstions given."</p>
<p>and thats what i'm doing, examining other possibilities. I'm not asking you to name "852" different language degrees as some of the more condescending posters are saying, just put something out there, obviously this task has proved too difficult for some to dod and they'd rather just scrutinize the whole point of the question. If it really bothers you that i ask it i'm sorry, but i'm not really putting it to as much emphasis as some have carried themselves away thinking, i'm just doing for some random input.</p>
<p>There is no horse before a carage, i'm not even there yet, just please either let this die (since most of it has not been useful input to my question) or like i said earlier by all means, suggest a masters program you've found interesting.</p>
<p>Spincut - If you asked a psychiatrist which antidepressant to use, and she questioned your motives for using antidepressants, I would thank her.</p>