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<p>I was hoping someone would get the reference. ;)</p>
<p>^^^One of my favorite films, and that particular scene was awesome.</p>
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<p>Was this an AASCB accredited school? It really doesn’t make a lot of sense. There is a huge amount of redundancy, top MBA programs are purposefully looking for a diverse class in terms of educational background, and the whole point is to combine a different degree, work experience and then the MBA to produce a great student. Not that a significant number aren’t already from an undergrad in business.</p>
<p>Lots of programs have some ‘pre-weeks’ to get everyone on the same page. I do understand the need to ensure students have a solid grasp of calculus to handle more challenging coursework, and the ability to write well, but what would the other credits possibly be that are needed in advance? </p>
<p>Anyone who can breathe can get a business degree of some kind. The running joke is that the more expensive it is, the faster you can do it. Weekends, anyone? For many it is just a piece of paper.</p>
<p>starbright, this was 30 years ago, and since I wasn’t one of those who had to take the prerequisites, I’m hazy on the details. It may not have been six courses. I do recall that they had to take enough basic accounting to get them through the finance and cost accounting requirements. I know they had to take a basic marketing course, because I remember them *****ing about the grad-level marketing course being essentially a repeat of the prereq course (and it wasn’t, in fact, nearly as rigorous or as interesting as the undergrad basic marketing course I’d had half a dozen years earlier at the same school). I think they may have had to take some business law - the grad program itself didn’t require any. There may have been other courses, I don’t remember.</p>
<p>As I mentioned, they lost their accreditation shortly after I graduated, then re-established it. I don’t know the specific reason the accrediting body cited when pulling their approval, nor do I know who the accrediting body was. It was definitely not a “top MBA program,” nor was it regarded as such. I think had you been ranking MBA programs in the Chicago metro area at the time, it would have ranked no better than fifth, and maybe not that high. (EDIT: emphasize I mean ranking on the basis of prestige, not objective quality.)</p>
<p>Again, for those diligent enough or nosy enough to go through past posts to see where I went to school, I want to emphasize that this was 30 years ago and I would make no representations, positive or negative, about the school or its MBA program today.</p>
<p>We knew for sometime, that DS had outgrown us. It was time that he went to live with his own kind. :)</p>