<p>I know I am looking far into the future, but I will be attending Northwestern in the fall as an economics major. I eventually want to go into one of the JD/MBA programs at a top university. My problem with this is that while I understand the reasoning for needing work experience to get into the MBA part, I would like to go straight to law school after graduation. If an MBA program knows that a student is applying to the university's law school as well, would it be more accepting of great full-time summer internships (I am working at Bear in NY this summer) and part-time work during the academic year.</p>
<p>It depends on the MBA/JD program you want to apply to. Pretty much all top MBA programs highly recommend work experience and want to see great leadership potential. If you want to become a lawyer in the future, I think getting a MBA is pretty pointless, but do as you wish.</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. I am not sure if I want to go into sports management or work on Wall Street. Northwestern offers a program where you can get a masters in economics during your 4 years of undergrad. Would I be better off applying for this, and then just going to law school rather than getting an MBA? In other words, would I be better off saving the time and "settling" for the masters in economics?</p>
<p>If you want to go into IB, the best thing for you to do is get an IB internship the summer after your junior year, work hard, and get a full-time offer. I think it would be better to work 2-3 yrs at a BB investment bank, and then apply to a top MBA program or a JD if you want (I think its a complete waste of time to get a JD if you don't want to be a lawyer, but like I said, do as you wish).</p>
<p>MBA/JD ? You must love academic torture. It's bad enough that people have to go through law school or business school in life, but putting yourself through both ! You are quite the academic masochist.</p>
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MBA/JD ? You must love academic torture. It's bad enough that people have to go through law school or business school in life, but putting yourself through both ! You are quite the academic masochist.
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I agree with you about law school, but I don't think business school is that bad. It's considered a network degree, and ppl consider the best 2 yrs in their life.</p>
<p>Who knows? Maybe he wants to open his own law firm in corporate law?</p>
<p>BK22889,</p>
<p>From what I gathered, the 4-yr master program is very competitive to get in. It's good to explore other options as backup (though admission to some of them is competitive as well):</p>
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<li><p>Math Method for Social Sciences (MMSS) if you love math/stats. You can apply to enter as sophomore. Admission is very competitive. Great placement at big/elite ibank/consulting firms. This is an adjunct major.</p></li>
<li><p>The new undergrad finance certificate from Kellogg </p></li>
<li><p>Legal studies - adjunct major</p></li>
<li><p>Business Institute Program (BIP) - minor</p></li>
<li><p>Learning and Organizational Change (LOC) in the education/social policy school</p></li>
</ol>
<p>FYI: NU has a combined MBA/JD program.</p>