MBA degree - wise or unwise in my situation?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hello everyone. After getting my bachelors degree, I can pursue an MBA degree for free if I would like. This is because my father is a professor at an institution that offers the degree. This program only requires a few accounting and math classes prior to matriculation, therefore my computer science bachelors degree will suffice as the prerequisite. Is an MBA something that will go well with my computer science degree, or would pursuit of this degree be a waste of two years' income?</p>

<p>Please offer your opinions. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Get 3-5 years of work experience and then do an MBA. Any school that will take you as a fresh UG isn’t a school you want to get your MBA from right out of UG.</p>

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<p>Does the prestige of the school that gives you the MBA matter that much?</p>

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<p>Nope, it doesnt matter whether you go to Harvard Business School or to the school that your father works in. Hence, it<code>s pointless to pay for Harvard Business School when you can study for free.
Go to your father</code>s school.</p>

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<p>Hahahhah</p>

<p>You have got to kidding me. Telling a kid the school you go to doesn’t matter? Wow. Outside of a T15 MBA the degree is simply a check the box. I have one and would literally sell it to you for $500 bucks if it was possible. Everyone has an MBA nowadays.</p>

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<p>I was sarcastic :)</p>

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<p>Lol. It didn’t seem sarcastic to me, but if you say so. </p>

<p>The business school is definitely important!! Even more so in this economic climate.</p>

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<p>I don’t know about that; [here’s</a>](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/17/can-younger-mbas-measure-up-in]here’s”>Can Younger MBAs Measure Up? | News | The Harvard Crimson) a certain business school that continues to admit students right out of undergrad. Are you saying that it’s not worth obtaining an MBA from them? </p>

<p>[Here’s</a>](<a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/college_seniors.html]Here’s”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/college_seniors.html) another school that has a specific program that offers direct admission for college seniors without any work experience. They seem to be a pretty decent business school. </p>

<p>[Here’s[/url</a>] the blurb of another business school which seems to be not a bad place to go. </p>

<p>*"I am still an undergraduate student. Any advice on what I can do to increase my chances for admission?</p>

<p>We welcome applicants directly from undergraduate programs who are motivated and exhibit strong leadership and managerial potential. …We find that candidates with less years of work experience are better positioned to contribute and engage more… *</p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/admissions/early-enrollment/profile.aspx]Here’s"&gt;http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/admissions/early-enrollment/profile.aspx]Here’s&lt;/a&gt;](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/faqs.cfm]Here’s[/url”>http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/faqs.cfm)yet another business school that’s not bad that seems to take students right out of undergrad.</p>

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<p>I reiterate, any school (with exception of a tiny few Ivy programs that accept students without work experience) that will take you without working are programs you don’t want to go to. </p>

<p>You don’t have anything to add to a discussion with industry veterans right out of school and you will not get post MBA associate roles without work experience. </p>

<p>Just get a job and worry about an MBA later.</p>

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<p>Yes because those school accept so many students that it makes it relevant to this conversation. </p>

<p>You are such a joke.</p>

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<p>Last time I checked, Stanford and Chicago were not in the Ivy League. </p>

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<p>You’re the one who said: “Any school that will take you as a fresh UG isn’t a school you want to get your MBA from right out of UG”. That’s right - any. That’s your quote, not mine. So by your own quote, you must believe that HBS is not worth attending. </p>

<p>So which one of us is the joke? Or perhaps you’d prefer to withdraw/modify what you said in post #2?</p>

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<p>Since you have a BSCS, I’d assume you would want to find an MBA program with a concentration in IS.</p>

<p>Look into MBA programs that offer this specific concentration. You dont want a MBA in finance.</p>