<p>I will be entering Bentley College as a freshman this fall and although I know I still have plenty of time to decide whether I'll be enrolling in Bentley's five-year program or not, I'm uneasy.</p>
<p>I know people always say that it depends on your career goals, but how am I supposed to know what my career goals are at this point in my life?</p>
<p>I've read that it's better to get job experience before getting an MBA, but I'm not incredibly knowledgeable about this.</p>
<p>I THINK thatI'll probably major in either finance or account, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>I'll also be in Bentley's honors program... I don't really know if that's significant to getting an MBA or not.</p>
<p>I'd really just apprecviate your opinions on five-year programs, but any specific thoughts on Bentley would be great too.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
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<p>EXACTLY! There is no way for you to know without working some first. That is reason 1 that you should not enter the 5 year program. Reason 2 is that you won't be highly desireable to MBA employers because you will still have no work experience. Reason 3 is that you may actually never need an MBA. Reason 4 is that you are severely limiting your options because Bentley's MBA program is subpar and it is quite likely that you could get into a much better program with a few years of work experience.</p>
<p>Hopefully that is enough reasons. If you do well at Bentley you will be able to get a good job in finance or accounting and then build upon your experience for a 3 to 5 years prior to returning for your MBA (if you find it necessary at that time)</p>
<p>I graduated from Bentley. It's MBA is subpar why would you want to do it? If you do a cost/time vs benefit analysis, it wouldn't make any sense to do.</p>
<p>The three best reasons to go get an MBA are:
(1) You're able to learn new skills you want to learn, or relearn skills you've forgotten after being in the work force for a while.
(2) You're able to network with new people, and possibly make a transition to a new line of work if you don't like what you're currently doing.
(3) Your employer pays for it, and it guarantees you some form of advancement or salary increase.</p>
<p>All three of these reasons are essentially negated by going into a five year undergraduate BA+MBA program.</p>