Anyone here ever do the UT MBA program in Houston?

Class of 2014

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Just wondering what the networking and overall experience is like if anyone has done it or thinking about doing it.

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I've enjoyed mine a bunch. Great if you work in O&G as at least half the class does.

Getting ready to start recruiting season in a couple months, looks to be good also. Down side is everything is in austin because we recruit with the full-time program.

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Posted by WTRanger Any insight to the full-time program....particularly recruiting?

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What do you want to know specifically?

It's extremely competitive because the FT program is only ~250 students in a year

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ve enjoyed mine a bunch. Great if you work in O&G as at least half the class does.

Getting ready to start recruiting season in a couple months, looks to be good also. Down side is everything is in austin because we recruit with the full-time program.

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Great. I'm not in O&G. I am actually in sales/management for a steel manufacturer. I was hoping to use an MBA to try to get out of sales. You think this program can offer opportunities for that? I'm also not sure if I could get in since my background is sales. My GMAT and GPA is really good at over 680 and 3.69.

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What do you want to do?

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I'd like to get into Finance, but I realize that's difficult from the PT program. I guess I could do marketing or consulting work and be happy, but I really would prefer finance.

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Whats your undergrad?

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Unfortunately, it's "general business" from LSU. Thought I was going to law school and just skated through. I decided I didn't like the price tag or career law school had to offer, so I fell into steel sales.

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Um if you mean IB, yea its hard, but its doable. You may have to start in something thats not as sexy first.

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Oh, I absolutely know IB is not going to be doable immediately, which is why I'm open to marketing and consulting. Reason being, is if a financial opportunity comes along, I'll take it, but I won't take lower pay.

I actually have experience helping to implement SAP and management experience. I have had to review SAP and its functionality across several different departments and I really enjoyed that. The only thing is that my title the whole time was "sales." I just happened to be the "youngin" in an office of dinosaurs, so guess who got nominated to go to corporate and learn SAP so I could come back and teach it to every department of the mill.

I just would want/need a job that pays very well if I did the UT program as opposed to something cheaper like UH since it'd be coming out of my own pocket. That's 40k vs. 100k.

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Understandably you don't want to take a job making 60k, but you have to think what are you long term goals. Don't take a job just because its high paying.

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Oh, absolutely. I understand that 100%. I'm not a salary chaser.

it's just if I have to pay 100K for a UT mba, I can't afford to take a 60k job. I'd need something 85+ at least.