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what would be more beneficial, a double major or an mba?
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Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
... really?
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
Originally Posted by Joseph Camel Jr
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
... really?
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
You'd move?.
You go to Harvard full time.
I swear some of you guys need to do some SERIOUS researching and soul searching. To OP, most top tier B-schools won't even look at your resume without 2years of experiance and 4-5 is reccomended. I think Harvard has only taken a handfull of students straight from undergrad in recent years. Someone confirm mystatetment via Forbes, thats the source of my info.
Also, if you want an MBA I highly adivse you get one at a top 30 school. If you can't get into a top 30, don't bother getting one. The return on yourinvestment will not be worth it. Aim for a top 10 though. The exit opportunity and exity salary is really exponential and takes off in the top 5. OP, if youwant to get into a top B-school right out of undergrad you'd better have a 3.8+, internships, and possibly the cure for AIDs. Getting your masters in otherfields right out of undergrad is fine and actually the norm. For example in engineering, most people get their masters before entering the work force. I knowplenty of guys who did a 5 year program and simply rolled over a few senior level classes into masters class credits. B.S.-M.S. programs.
MBA is a different animal though.
This is the criteria used for admissions. Different schools weight each differently but all are generally considered.
I'll try and be breif:
GPA
GMAT (scores good for 5 years)
Interview ( some schools require, some by invitiation, some by option)
Personal Statements (Essays)
Work Experiance
Letters of Reccomendation
GPA:
Important but not as crucial as it is for Law School, Med/Opto/Denistry School, and otherPost-Grad schools
Aim for a 3.2+
Note: Major difficulty is taken into consideration
GMAT: Study and take prep classes till you go insane. GMAT can lessen the negative effect of a subpar GPA
Interview: If your school has the option, take it. Even if you have to pay for your own ticket and housing. If it's required or byrequest, obviously this is out of your control. Approach the interview like you would a job interview
Personal Statements: Do not copy and paste statements for different schools and simply change the school name and a few minordetails. The B-school admissions office reads through these alot more carefully than they would for undergrads. Also, they know what they otherschools statement questions are and can tell when you statement was derived from another schools prompt. It's reccomended you take a few MONTHS to writethis.Do an hour or two after work. Consult with your colleages and family.
Work Experiance:
Working in the real world has a few benefits:
* Build company loyalty and possibly have your firm pay for school
* Allow you to apply your current skill set to the industry and see if you really need/want and MBA and what specific concentraion
* Signifcant work experiance can negate a subpar GPA. The longer you are out of school, the less your GPA matters. Especially if you graduated from a top 50university.
* Gain possible management experiance pre-MBA or at the minimal work experiance period. Therefore, your exit opportunites will be greatly increased.
Therefore, you're MBA will be much more valuable.
Letters of Reccomendation: I personally reccomend you have your IMMEDIATE superivisors write one, professional metors, etc. People who saw youdaily. Don't make the mistake of having a VP write your letter if you met the guy once at a company picnic. His secretary will write it and it will be ageneric "insert name" type letter that she has probably sent 20 times to Wharton.
Again, I was very breif. What I posted is common knowledge and available EVERYWHERE. I'm just killing time at work.
Originally Posted by Joseph Camel Jr
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
... really?
You'd move?Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
Originally Posted by LuckyLuchiano
You'd move?Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?.
You go to Harvard full time.
I swear some of you guys need to do some SERIOUS researching and soul searching. To OP, most top tier B-schools won't even look at your resume without 2 years of experiance and 4-5 is reccomended. I think Harvard has only taken a handfull of students straight from undergrad in recent years. Someone confirm my statetment via Forbes, thats the source of my info.
Also, if you want an MBA I highly adivse you get one at a top 30 school. If you can't get into a top 30, don't bother getting one. The return on your investment will not be worth it. Aim for a top 10 though. The exit opportunity and exity salary is really exponential and takes off in the top 5. OP, if you want to get into a top B-school right out of undergrad you'd better have a 3.8+, internships, and possibly the cure for AIDs. Getting your masters in other fields right out of undergrad is fine and actually the norm. For example in engineering, most people get their masters before entering the work force. I know plenty of guys who did a 5 year program and simply rolled over a few senior level classes into masters class credits. B.S.-M.S. programs.
MBA is a different animal though.
This is the criteria used for admissions. Different schools weight each differently but all are generally considered.
I'll try and be breif:
GPA
GMAT (scores good for 5 years)
Interview ( some schools require, some by invitiation, some by option)
Personal Statements (Essays)
Work Experiance
Letters of Reccomendation
GPA:
Important but not as crucial as it is for Law School, Med/Opto/Denistry School, and otherPost-Grad schools
Aim for a 3.2+
Note: Major difficulty is taken into consideration
GMAT: Study and take prep classes till you go insane. GMAT can lessen the negative effect of a subpar GPA
Interview: If your school has the option, take it. Even if you have to pay for your own ticket and housing. If it's required or by request, obviously this is out of your control. Approach the interview like you would a job interview
Personal Statements: Do not copy and paste statements for different schools and simply change the school name and a few minor details. The B-school admissions office reads through these alot more carefully than they would for undergrads. Also, they know what they other schools statement questions are and can tell when you statement was derived from another schools prompt. It's reccomended you take a few MONTHS to write this.Do an hour or two after work. Consult with your colleages and family.
Work Experiance:
Working in the real world has a few benefits:
* Build company loyalty and possibly have your firm pay for school
* Allow you to apply your current skill set to the industry and see if you really need/want and MBA and what specific concentraion
* Signifcant work experiance can negate a subpar GPA. The longer you are out of school, the less your GPA matters. Especially if you graduated from a top 50 university.
* Gain possible management experiance pre-MBA or at the minimal work experiance period. Therefore, your exit opportunites will be greatly increased.
Therefore, you're MBA will be much more valuable.
Letters of Reccomendation: I personally reccomend you have your IMMEDIATE superivisors write one, professional metors, etc. People who saw you daily. Don't make the mistake of having a VP write your letter if you met the guy once at a company picnic. His secretary will write it and it will be a generic "insert name" type letter that she has probably sent 20 times to Wharton.
Again, I was very breif. What I posted is common knowledge and available EVERYWHERE. I'm just killing time at work.
I think Harvard has only taken a handfull of students straight from undergrad in recent years. Someone confirm my statetment via Forbes, thats the source of my info.
I have three friends there now all of whom had work experience and one going next year straight out of UG. Know a lot of GSB people here as well and most hadwork experience, bu some came straight from (top10) UG. I'd say it's like 85/15 experience/straight out, maybe 90/10
You'd move?Originally Posted by ThrowedInDaGame
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
Originally Posted by shortydoowopp
Originally Posted by Joseph Camel Jr
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
... really?
I dunno man that's a pretty long commute.
Depend what you're double major, if you're doing double in Accounting and Finance, then that'll be more beneficial and will get youthat push into a good MBA program. If you're doing a double in Finance and History, than the MBA is obviously better.Originally Posted by CuriousGeorg3
what would be more beneficial, a double major or an mba?
Originally Posted by cartune
Its very important to get your masters in any field you study thats why Im goin straight to graduate school without a break
Originally Posted by SuperAntigen
Originally Posted by shortydoowopp
Originally Posted by Joseph Camel Jr
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Hold on. How do you go to a top tier business school if its far away from you? For example i live in NC. How the heck would i go to Harvard if i got in?
... really?
I dunno man that's a pretty long commute.
I don't recommend going straight to Grad school, bad call imo, there are exceptions though.Originally Posted by LifeLessons
Originally Posted by cartune
Its very important to get your masters in any field you study thats why Im goin straight to graduate school without a break
same here....i'm going to grad school for Mathematical Finance...but ima be interning through grad school....