Is PhD in Business a super MBA?

bern700
Tue, 09 May 2006 03:53:22 +0000

“MBA programs are ultimately about networking. You build your network by participating in class projects and extracurricular activities with other MBA students, such that, 10 years later, you can call up your old MBA project teammate in order to cut a business deal. Doctoral students don’t get that, because they take separate classes apart from the MBA program and thus get very limited interaction with the MBA students. So think of it from a social circle standpoint. As an MBA student, you will have a group of peers who will go on to a diverse group of careers - banking, consulting, technology, marketing, operations, and so forth.”

sakky (based on the above), just out of curiosity do you think that for a wharton undergrad it’s a waste of time to get an MBA as the above statement is exactly what we have here at wharton UG plus most of my classes (upper level) are with MBAs…so im learning the exact same thing as the MBA program and have the same advantages of the elite social network