<p>I am a prospective Emory MBA student. I am looking to apply on the Jan 10th deadline early next year. I graduated from Georgia State University Summa Cum Laude in Public Policy this past May. I wanted to just ask those that are Emory MBAs how their experience has been so far. How difficult was the application process? How are the opportunities after graduation? And, is there a lot of help with financial aid?
I heard that there was a Consortium for minority students (I am an African American woman), if you are a minority MBA, how does the process work with this program? Any information that any of you could give about your experience with Emory would be very helpful! Also, any minority students that could talk more about the Consortium would be very helpful as well!</p>
<p>College confidential tends to focus on undergraduates, so I don’t think you’ll find anyone here in the MBA program.</p>
<p>Business is not my field, but my understanding is that MBA programs are not intended to take undergraduates, teach them how to “do business,” and then send them into the working world. Rather, like MPA and MSW degrees, MBA programs are intended to take those who already have 3-5 years of quality, full-time experience and train/credential them further so that they can return to the workforce at a higher level (and higher paying position). That means in part that where you went to school, how you did there, where you work, and what your position is are very important admissions considerations. In general, you probably don’t want to go anywhere that will take you with less than two years of experience.</p>
<p>One of the barriers to entry that ensures this model is the cost–tuition tends to be very high (at Emory, $68,822 per year currently) and there tends to be very little if any financial aid (other than loans) available, which is typical of professional graduate programs. Indeed, in a number of ways, MBA programs serve to take those who are already well-resourced and successful and credential those individuals for future success. It also means that you should have a targeted idea of why you want an MBA. It’s probably a bad financial investment to get an MBA from Emory if you’re planning to run a local nonprofit, for instance.</p>