HBS/Wharton/Stanford etc. Good enough or no?

NovaLynnx
Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:37:57 +0000

Even if you were admitted without work experience, graduating with an MBA without work experience won’t necessarily qualify you for a better job than what you’d get right now as an undergrad - you’re still bringing no experience to the table. So if you think you’d be successful working and not going back for an MBA, then why get it at all?

If the salary/marriage/kids/mini mansion thing works out that perfectly for you, there are all kinds of online and part-time MBA programs you can complete while continuing to work and have a family life. The MBA is meant to compliment your experiences and bring a more rich discussion to the classroom. Not much to discuss, nor can you appropriately relate topics to real world business if you’ve never worked there.

I suggest that if the MBA is something you really want to do, then do it right and make it a valuable investment - get some quality work experience first (at least 2 years), and then either go back full-time if you can, or choose a more flexible program to fit around the life you create in those 2 years.