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re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews
Posted on 5/7/19 at 9:37 am to socal77
Posted on 5/7/19 at 9:37 am to socal77
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Baroqen, I completely agree with you on the fact that the biggest benefit of an MBA is the networking -- if you're able to afford and get accepted into a top school.
Getting access to the alumni network at a school like Wharton, Harvard, Stanford, or USC can be worth the cost for some. It opens doors that would overwise be extremely hard to get into.
Outside this though, the LSUS on-line MBA program is the best value, with the AACSB accreditation from the nationally recognized LSU academic syste
It really depends on how you define value. It has the most value considering these factors:
1) How quickly one can earn the letters, MBA. This provides opportunities.
2) Total cost of the program
3) It is online and you do not have to go to campus
4) Accreditation.
It is a very poor value considering these:
1) Quality of education. If you think the education is equal to the top schools and the only difference is networking, you are self-deceived. It is the great myth propagated by those who cannot get into the best schools. I have another graduate degree from an IVY. There is no comparison. Not even the same solar system.
2) Quality of teaching. You might get two or three actual teachers during your entire experience. Everything else is self-taught.
3) How easy it is to get a 4.0. You don't really have to know anything about much. You just have to navigate well and spend your time on the right things. This forum proves that out.
4) Quality of your peers. Almost everyone gets in and it shows. Many of your peers shouldn't be in graduate school. You should hope many of them work for your competition.
I know this post isn't going to be popular for many on this forum. But, you should have a realistic understanding of what it is and isn't.
I am glad I did the program and have no regrets. It wasn't worth the cost in terms of dollars or time to earn an MBA from a top school even though I could have done it. At this point in my career, LSUS was the right decision for me. I already have an IVY on my resume so I don't need the name recognition. If I were new in my career, I would find a better situation in terms of learning, teaching, and the level of respect a school has if I had any aspirations of being at the top of my field. Since I am already near the top of my field and at the top of my firm at which I am staying until I retire, LSUS was fine for me because an MBA was a personal goal not a career strategy. Everyone has different reasons, but let's not fool anyone into thinking that an MBA from this institution compares in any way shape or form to an MBA at a top school. The only things in common are: the letters, MBA and accreditation.
I suppose one strong argument for LSUS is that it provides opportunities for those who would otherwise not have them. I will let you decide whether that is a good thing in your world.
This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 10:02 am
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Posted on 5/7/19 at 4:38 pm to BusinessKnight
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It really depends on how you define value. It has the most value considering these factors: 1) How quickly one can earn the letters, MBA. This provides opportunities. 2) Total cost of the program 3) It is online and you do not have to go to campus 4) Accreditation. It is a very poor value considering these: 1) Quality of education. If you think the education is equal to the top schools and the only difference is networking, you are self-deceived. It is the great myth propagated by those who cannot get into the best schools. I have another graduate degree from an IVY. There is no comparison. Not even the same solar system. 2) Quality of teaching. You might get two or three actual teachers during your entire experience. Everything else is self-taught. 3) How easy it is to get a 4.0. You don't really have to know anything about much. You just have to navigate well and spend your time on the right things. This forum proves that out. 4) Quality of your peers. Almost everyone gets in and it shows. Many of your peers shouldn't be in graduate school. You should hope many of them work for your competition. I know this post isn't going to be popular for many on this forum. But, you should have a realistic understanding of what it is and isn't. I am glad I did the program and have no regrets. It wasn't worth the cost in terms of dollars or time to earn an MBA from a top school even though I could have done it. At this point in my career, LSUS was the right decision for me. I already have an IVY on my resume so I don't need the name recognition. If I were new in my career, I would find a better situation in terms of learning, teaching, and the level of respect a school has if I had any aspirations of being at the top of my field. Since I am already near the top of my field and at the top of my firm at which I am staying until I retire, LSUS was fine for me because an MBA was a personal goal not a career strategy. Everyone has different reasons, but let's not fool anyone into thinking that an MBA from this institution compares in any way shape or form to an MBA at a top school. The only things in common are: the letters, MBA and accreditation. I suppose one strong argument for LSUS is that it provides opportunities for those who would otherwise not have them. I will let you decide whether that is a good thing in your world.
BusinessKnight, well-written post and you make some great points. I'm also 20+ years into my career and didn't need an MBA from a high profile IVY-type school to open doors. Like you, obtaining this MBA was a personal goal for me. If I were at the beginning of my career I would have looked to pursue my MBA on campus at a more prestigious school with a strong Alumni network.
So I guess the answer is effected by where each of us is in our careers and what we need out of the MBA.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 1:38 pm to BusinessKnight
This site has been useful and beneficial in terms of course and professor information, but it really baffles me to see folks on here who complete the program to then turn around and try to discredit it. You went to an IVY league school, and you're near the top of the chain at your company, CONGRATS! It sounds like you probably should have opted to get your MBA from an IVY league school as well. What happened, you couldn't get in? You wanted to enroll in a program that was less competitive so you could have some bragging rights or feel superior to others? Just the arrogance and pure narcisism is so unnecessary! Please let people try to enjoy what they're getting out of this program! Good Luck to you!
Posted on 5/9/19 at 8:48 pm to BusinessKnight
Hiring someone based solely on their IVY league degree is nothing more than elitist rubbish. To those that embrace this practice, knock yourselves out. I’ll allow my work product to represent my capabilities. No degree, regardless of the granting institution, should define the quality of a person as a contributor to an organization.
As for a 4.0, I earned mine. Was it difficult? Nope. Earning an MBA was a personal goal. I didn’t need it, and I’m not bitter because it didn’t live up to my every expectation. Buyers remorse can be a real bitch.
LH
As for a 4.0, I earned mine. Was it difficult? Nope. Earning an MBA was a personal goal. I didn’t need it, and I’m not bitter because it didn’t live up to my every expectation. Buyers remorse can be a real bitch.
LH
Posted on 8/13/19 at 5:27 pm to BusinessKnight
BusinessKnight, perhaps a little piece of information you are missing is that, outside the US, no one cares if you went to an Ivy League school, and hopefully one day no one will care in the US either.
Sure it sounds fancy, but the real deal is who has the knowledge, credibility and qualifications. I work for a global company, and at global level all that counts is what you can do. So if the knowledge I get from LSUS is the same I will get from an Ivy League college, if I learn it myself or from a professor, at the end of the day is the knowledge and skills that are going to keep me in a job.
I have always loved to work with people from the US because of the work ethics, it is just amazing. But from the people who have reported to me and I have interviewed, I can tell you that my experience with graduates from "top colleges" has not always been the best. Some of them are good, but just the title does not guarantee anything, and I am amazed every time on how entitled and inefficient some of them can be.
It's great you are at the top of your career, but what is wrong with a school that gives opportunities to more people? I think it's fantastic.
I am personally loving what I am learning from this program and apply it every day at work. To me, that is the value.
Sure it sounds fancy, but the real deal is who has the knowledge, credibility and qualifications. I work for a global company, and at global level all that counts is what you can do. So if the knowledge I get from LSUS is the same I will get from an Ivy League college, if I learn it myself or from a professor, at the end of the day is the knowledge and skills that are going to keep me in a job.
I have always loved to work with people from the US because of the work ethics, it is just amazing. But from the people who have reported to me and I have interviewed, I can tell you that my experience with graduates from "top colleges" has not always been the best. Some of them are good, but just the title does not guarantee anything, and I am amazed every time on how entitled and inefficient some of them can be.
It's great you are at the top of your career, but what is wrong with a school that gives opportunities to more people? I think it's fantastic.
I am personally loving what I am learning from this program and apply it every day at work. To me, that is the value.
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