<p>top MBA programs do NOT want to take students who don’t have a few years of work experience under their belt. Your D’s top priority is to get a good job after college, and get a very good mentor and executive level champion who will write wonderful rec letters for her. That’s what I did for a few of my former subordinates when they were applying to the likes of Wharton and HBS.</p>
<p>If she is lucky, she can get her company sponsor her for MBA. that’s how I got my MBA: full time salary, including bonus, paid while I was working half time and getting the degree and time off needed for the degree. However, these days, many companies don’t want to do that anymore, and, they usually do that for top rated employees in their mid career point, not new employees with only 2-3 years with them. </p>
<p>(exception: in the high power wall street banking field, top employees with only 3-4 years with the companies get this treatment, but then again, the stakes are much higher, and the expense of the MBA sponsorship was proportionately lower for them in relation to the salary/bonus they are paying already so they seem to do it for young employees. This is what I recommend for my S1 with a clear Wall Street ambition. He is also a college freshman. I think my old company altogether spent about $350K- $400K for my degree, including salary, tuition, traveling & living expenses, etc)</p>