<p>I saw it mentioned a few times in a few posts, but never defined.</p>
<p>I’m graduating with my BS from a low tier undergrad school with a double major in International Business and Marketing. Yet I still have hopes of getting into a top tier MBA school to focus more on marketing. What would be good work experience if I wanted to follow this path?</p>
<p>You really dont need an MBA unless you want to get into IB or MC. If your interested in marketing, just get a marketing job post graduation (obviously).</p>
<p>I have been to a bunch of different interviews for marketing positions like marketing intelligence, mktg analyst, mktg manager and so on.
We had guest speakers throughout the past two semesters, in a bunch of different classes tell us that the MBA is more important for marketing management and towards working your way higher director,vp,c level mgmt,etc. They all couldn’t be lying… or am a being suckered into another few years of school and a few grand of tuition!</p>
<p>After browsing through the past few pages it does seem that a majority of people on here are focused on i-banking. What’s MC? sorry I’m a n00b :)</p>
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Management consulting. </p>
<p>The only reason I say that an MBA is unnecessary is because the only careers where you REALLY need an MBA to get promoted are management consulting and investment banking. Usually IBs graduate and do a 2-3 yr analyst gig and go to biz school in order to get promoted to associate, and MCs do a 2-3 yr business analyst gig and also go get an MBA to get hired as an associate.</p>
<p>I think marketing is one of those careers where you either have it or you dont and one of those things you cant learn in the classroom. However, it is also possible that a lot of ppl get tired of marketing and then pursue an MBA to change careers, but in terms of moving up the ladder, you rlly dont need an MBA for marketing.</p>
<p>leo,
While there are a good number of people in marketing at top companies known for their marketing (I’m thinking of P&G, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, specifically), who don’t have their MBAs, it can be quite a stumbling block in one’s marketing career, particularly if one ever looks for a different job at a different company. The lack of an MBA in marketing can be quite limiting, despite the fact that getting an MBA may not provide more knowledge about marketing than may be gained on the job (though isn’t this true of almost any profession for which an MBA is a prerequisite?).</p>
<p>Thanks for the input.</p>