Best BA/MBA program for non-trad transfer with 10 years business experience?

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<p>GT? UGA? GSU? KSU? Emory? Or Unknown? Business Degree? </p>

<p>Please Help Me!</p>

<p>I am 32 and about to finish my AS degree. I currently have a 4.0. </p>

<p>For the life of me I cannot decide on which School to go to for my B.S. Degree in Business. </p>

<p>I am currently married with no children. This is how I am able to go back to school. </p>

<p>I have a tremendous amount of experience in Business; about ten years’ worth.</p>

<p>I am torn about having the flair of a bigger name school on my resume or saving money and just going with the best bang for my buck combing my experience with a Degree so I can lift the potential ceiling on future employers. </p>

<p>I will be getting my B.S. Degree and Master’s Degree all at the same time.</p>

<p>Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. </p>

<p>I am leaning towards Mark Robinson’s school of business because I hear and believe that it has a good business program for a great price. The only problem is I do not even see GSU on any of the rankings like US News. I mean GT even has a higher Business Program Ranking than GSU and it’s a TECH School! I was just wondering if it was going to be weird if I get a Business Degree from a TECH school. Would future employers frown upon that?</p>

<p>Well anyway please help me because I do not want to waste my time; money; wife’s money; and my family resources all for nothing. I really do not want to be selfish here and I want to do what is best for my family. Plus I would like to start a family someday; but just not in poverty. I would like to have my feet on solid ground!</p>

<p>911! My Life And My Family’s Life Depends On This! Please Help! GA State VS GA Tech! </p>

<p>Here’s the deal. I’m about to graduate from GPC. I have been making straight A’s thus far so I should be able to get into either school. I will be majoring in business accounting, finance or entrepreneurship. Also I will be getting a master’s degree in marketing. </p>

<p>About me, well I’m 30, and I have been back in school for about a year now. I had a hand full of credits that transferred when I was 20 so I am good there. For ten years I did extremely well in the real world. I know all about business in the real world and have tons of experience. I just felt a few years ago that I was not happy with the direction my life was going so I decided to go back to school. I did this pre-recession so this was not forced on me I chose it.</p>

<p>My dilemma is that if I had to do it all over again I would be a social worker or a nurse. I love helping people and giving back. That is one of the reasons why I was so successful because I was very genuine and caring in business at such a young age. The only problem is that I can’t give up my ten years of experience in business and start all over. What I plan to do is stay in business but just stay true to myself and keep helping others with good ethics; maybe even work for a non-profit or something.</p>

<p>To the main point, Georgia State or Georgia Tech, I hear State has an amazing business program “J Mack Robinson” that is recognized nationwide and is really popular. The only problem is Georgia State is not really a Nationwide recognized; while Georgia Tech is nationwide recognized as a very good school. </p>

<p>I do not want to fool anyone though because I am most certainly not an engineer; and when I start flinging out my resume to company’s I want them to see me for me and not for someone else. I had this conversation with someone and they made a really good point. You can match your degree and school with your personality. That might be reaching a little bit but I have had many conversations and I believe people are trying to get me in one direction. I am fun lovely and really enjoy people; I can do calculus if need be if I decided to go to Tech but I really could care less about detailed numbers. Basically what I am saying is that when my resume lands on someone’s desk I want them to have a portal to me and my personality from my experience and where I graduated. I’m feeling that if my resume said I had ten years of business experience, graduated from “J Mack Robinson” with a BA in business and a MS in Marketing I believe that would be impressive.</p>

<p>I just really don’t want to miss the mark here though. Am I thinking about this all wrong? Am I completely missing something? I wish I could just lock into a decision and feel amazing about it. For example if Georgia Tech and “J Mack Robinson” I would probably lock that up in a heartbeat because I would have the flare of GT and the business clout of “J Mack Robinson”. I just want to make sure that when I invest all of this time and money and get as much as I can out of it so when I get back into the real world I am a force to be reckoned with.</p>

<p>The reason I said about my family is that I am going back to school and my wife is working. I am taking out loans and I do not want to waste any time or money this is very serious to me and I want to do the right thing. I am not afraid of loans because I have made a lot of money in the past and I know how to do it again. I just want to be able to take care of my family and have a good time doing it.</p>

<p>About the good times, when I worked in the past I could make a ton of money but I had to sacrifice time, I worked long days and had few days off. I believe a degree can’t necessary guarantee you a lot of money but it can guarantee you a balance between money and time. I’m not necessarily looking for the best thing in the world. I just want to be able to make good money have time to spend with my family and enjoy life. </p>

<p>I don’t know if any of this made any sense to anyone but it would be really awesome if you guys good give me some serious incredible feedback because I will need to make a decision soon and I want to make the bets one!</p>

<p>Best,
Needspractice</p>

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<p>That was pretty hard to follow, but I think i get the gist. </p>

<p>What were you doing for 10 years? It’s hard to know how to leverage your experience without knowing what it was. </p>

<p>I think you need to clearly define what you hope to get from schooling before anyone can give you feedback. What exactly do you want to do? Marketing is a very saturated field, the biggest job gains in that field are very numbers/modelling/big data oriented which you specifically said you werent interested in.</p>

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<p>“My dilemma is that if I had to do it all over again I would be a social worker or a nurse.”</p>

<p>“The only problem is that I can’t give up my ten years of experience in business and start all over.”</p>

<p>Why not? Are you addicted to the level of income that your business experience allows you to pull in each year? I know lots of people who have thrown over old career paths, and reinvented themselves. It really isn’t unusual at all. Heck, half of your CC professors probably have changed their careers - pop by the Workforce and Development or Continuing Education divisions and find out where their staff comes from. With 10 solid years of work experience, chances are YOU could be the instructor for some of those classes.</p>

<p>Perhaps you really are committed to a degree in business. If so, that is OK. But if the truth is that you really are looking for a career change, that really, truly, is OK too.</p>

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<p>@Rexximus</p>

<p>Are you serious? Marketing best benefits is practically accounting. This sucks. </p>

<p>Man I do not know what I want to do.</p>

<p>If I had to do it all over again I would be a nurse or a social worker.</p>

<p>But my main goal is to make balanced money with good time off like M-F. I know a degree can get that for me with decent pay. I know I can make a lot more money than people with Degree’s but it comes at a cost; time. I want to have a balanced family life; make good money; and lift the ceiling off my employer for potential moving up.</p>

<p>@happymomof1</p>

<p>I am not dedicated to that income at all. I have thought about that; I certainly could be teaching some of the material. LOL.</p>

<p>Man if I do the career change I just feel like I am throwing all of my experience out the window. Maybe that is what I need to do, I do not know.</p>

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<p>Believe me, your experience is never “thrown out the window”. Almost all of the skills you mastered in your previous jobs will apply somewhere else. Pay a visit to the career office at your CC and to your closest state employment office, take some of their career screening tests, and get some advice about career transitions. For example: business background plus interest in nursing could lead to a career in healthcare administration or hospital equipment sales.</p>

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<p>You are way over thinking GA Tech’s name. What matter for the bachelor’s is the reputation of the school overall and somewhat the department and I’m sure it is good. For grad school, look at the Business MS and MBA offerings. They are interesting but they don’t include one with a a marketing emphasis.</p>

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<p>IS money (financial aid) going to be an issue?<br>
How much are you willing to pay/borrow to attend school?
Have you run the net price calculators to see what (if any) financial aid you are eligible for?</p>

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<p>@happymomof1</p>

<p>I have taking a lot of tests in the past and they all say I should be in sales / management / or deal with people. </p>

<p>I am also kind of tired of selling period. I want to do something meaningful.</p>

<p>@BrownParent</p>

<p>So if I am over thinking GT; does it really which one I go to then? Like GSU, UGA, GT, or KSU? As long as I get the Degree? Should I just go to GSU and relax or should I push myself through CALC 1 And CALC 2 and get a degree from GT?</p>

<p>@Sybbie719</p>

<p>I am using Financial Aid along with Student Loans. I will pay/barrow whatever I need because I want to do it right; I just have to be in GA at the moment. I will not pay Emory money but pretty much everything else seems reasonable.</p>

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<p>911! Please Help Me! I Need To Make A Decision ASAP!</p>

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<p>Go to the school which will allow you to graduate with a BA with the fewest loans possible. Don’t over- think this. Work as hard as you can in the program- take demanding classes which will show your intellectual range and depth. You don’t know how your interests will change yet- that’s kind of the point of having your thinking challenged by a college education. So just get moving and don’t obsess about the relatively narrow differences in reputation among the schools you are considering. And you should take calculus regardless of where you go- not because you “need” calculus, but because it introduces you to a different mathematical way of thinking which you will likely find cool and interesting.</p>

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<p>One of the BEST business programs in the country is from a tech school. MIT’s Sloan School of Business is top ranked, along with HBS, Tuck, Wharton…</p>

<p>Which school is closer to your home? Which school requires the least out of pocket? If you are looking toward an MBA is the GMAT required at either school? What would your undergrad degree be in, your major? Economics is the more academic of the “business” majors while accounting, business and marketing are more “vocational”.</p>

<p>How much math have you had and how did you do? Experience counts for alot on the MBA applications and depending on the school some do award scholarships and fellowships for the program duration. Middle son is beginning the app process now for his MBA. His undergrad degree is in economics.</p>

<p>If you are intent on completing a Masters then that is the degree that will be more important than the undergrad.</p>

<p>Kat</p>

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<p>You want a big name school for your MBA. Keep that in mind if you want a combined undergrad/grad degree. If you can split them, then go for cheap undergrad, and then a big name MBA.</p>

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<p>Think about going into Healthcare Management.</p>

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<p>[Update] </p>

<p>I have just investigated GT website heavily and found out that you have to have CALC I and CALC II to even be able to transfer. I also have a meeting with an advisor soon. </p>

<p>This is probably a deal breaker for me unfortunately because I just have STATS and College Algebra. I would take me another year to get CALC I and CALC II. I would have to take PRE-CALC in the Fall and then CALC I in the Spring and then CALC II in the Summer or Fall at my community college. This would be crazy because that would be postponing my Degree for another year.</p>

<p>I am not sure if it is in the best interest to do that for my family. I might just have to go to GSU because I could transfer right into that in the Spring with STATS and College Algebra. Does that make me a loser?</p>

<p>Why does this decision have to be so tough!!!</p>

<p>HELP!</p>

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<p>Needs- go to GSU. You will want Calc 1 before or during an MBA… but that shouldn’t be a factor if GSU will take you without it.</p>

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<p>@bloosom </p>

<p>So you think GSU Mark Robinson business College will be great for my needs at this time? And just get Calc I and II along the way? Maybe transfer to GT as a Senior or something? Who knows… Or should I just shut up and get a accelerated BA and MBA from GSU and be done with it?</p>

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<p>Get a BA from GSU. No need to plan the rest of your life right now.</p>

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<p>@blossom</p>

<p>ok</p>

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<p>@Everyone</p>

<p>Why doesn’t anyone else care about anyone else here… So do you guys think I should duke out a few more Semesters of Calculus and go to GT or should I just go to GSU and be done with it? </p>

<p>Please care and share your expertise to someone in need. </p>

<p>Best,
needspractice</p>

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<p>@needspractice</p>

<p>Why are you posting the same questions in multiple threads?</p>

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<p>@FlyEagle17</p>

<p>You Forgot One!</p>

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