So... is it worth it to get an MBA?

[gellino]

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Furthermore, I would argue that the shared experience of an MBA program gives you the opportunity to create that close, repeated personal contact of which you cited as being so important. For example, I know of 2 HBS girls who have decided to start their own company together after graduation, and are now pitching it to VC’s. They never knew each other before HBS. But they were in the same section, in many of the same clubs, and now they’re apartment roommates and close friends. None of this would have happened had they never gone to HBS.[

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<p>You write this like Harvard is the only school where it goes on, as opposed to occurring at most schools.</p>

[sakky]

<p>I never said that other schools don’t foster the same attitude. I am simply using Harvard as an example, and a strong one at that. After all, one of Harvard’s most powerful selling points is its alumni network.</p>

[VectorWega]

<p>^ Did you italicize “example” in mid-stride or did you add that effect after you completed your post? Or was it some clever combination of the two?</p>

[ReallyOldSchool]

<p>How many times can this topic be recycled and rehashed anyway?</p>

<p>I think that the “famous anecdote” I referred to is from Pfeffer and Fong (2002), though it may be from one of Pfeffer’s popular articles.</p>

<p>Why debate this here where there is such a paucity of factual information? Why not read the studies done by those with access to real data?</p>

[sakky]

<p>aCTyankee, dude, if you don’t like my posts, then don’t read them. Nobody has a gun to your head. If you insist on reading my posts anyway, you have only yourself to blame.</p>

[aCTyankee]

<p>no the only gun to my head is the one im holding when i read your posts. its really not the content that bothers me- its the fact that you have 11K of them… thanks for being a productive member of our society</p>

[sakky]

<p>So what if I have lots of posts? Why do you care? I am not asking you to read them all. In fact, I am not asking you to read a single one of them. </p>

<p>Dude, I don’t bother you about your posts. Don’t bother me about mine. You don’t like my posts, fine, then do us both a favor and just don’t read them.</p>

[premed_dropout]

<p>Although I don’t agree with a lot of sakky’s posts, I appreciate the fact that he can write so many of them, in so little time. That’s the kind of business skill I’ll need to promote beyond just a premed dropout (Electrical Engineer.)</p>

<p>And as it relates to getting an MBA, interacting comfortably with other MBA holders (or nonholders who have access to MBA-holders) is a vital skill. But I would argue one’s ability to business-network, is mostly pre-determined <em>before</em> you enter B-school. If you don’t like business-gatherings before starting B-school, it’s unlikely you’ll change your inner-outlook after 2 short years. (At best, you’ll develop and wear a different personality while attending.)</p>

[abalMM]

<p>If one has an Master of Music degree but interested in business.Which MBA or other program will suit him/her better?</p>