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Personally, my goal is to have the MBA title. Honestly, you can learn absolutely all of the topics by reading The 10-Day MBA book. It'll take you at most 10 days, but then all you have is the knowledge, but nothing that anyone can verify from a cursory glance at your resume. I've owned my own (quite successful) IT consulting company for 20 years, but without an MBA, there are conversations that I've found that I'm excluded from. All of the material from the MBA can easily be obtained, but the actual title from an accredited school is what holds weight in many cases (in my opinion and experience).

Longhornedtiger, I just wanted to say I related very closely to your post. I've run a successful commercial real estate brokerage for over 12 years. I saw the MBA as an avenue to obtain more sophisticated corporate clients. I can happily say it has worked out as I had hoped.

The majority of these clients have MBAs and tend to show more respect for a broker who has made the same academic commitment.

In this world perception is reality, and having an MBA is a key part of the perception game in the business world.

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Posted by Quintus

Member since Jun 2019

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Posted on 12/1/19 at 10:23 am to socal77

MBAs don’t really Impress people with MBAs. The corporate world I live in is riddled with credentials that don’t actually qualify the holders to do anything. An MBA may be a useful title, and it may even get you a promotion, if that is the model your corporation follows. But, if there is one thing that I have learned from this program, it is to not be in awe of someone because they have an MBA. An undergrad business degree is more impressive.

This isn’t a knock against LSUS. I compared the course work with a friend who just finished a top 10 full time program, and the conclusion was that the content and difficulty was comparable.

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Posted by JazzyLove

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Member since Dec 2019

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Posted on 12/6/19 at 1:19 pm to socal77

I was Just accepted and will begin classes in Spring, I'm pretty excited and feel like 10 classes is very doable. My undergrad was in microbiology and biochemistry, but I have had my own business for the last 5 and half years. @Socal I work in Real Estate as well and have been following your posts and this entire thread for days reading and catching up. I'm thankful to everyone taking the time to share and post their thoughts and class experiences. I'm trying to find a schedule that is doable while I work and have two little babies at home. I have signed up for FIN 701- Choi and MADM 760-Heller for AP1. I know people have said good things about both Vines and Choi for FIN, both are available for AP1...if anyone has the syllabus for either FIN 701- Choi or MADM 760-Heller classes I would really appreciate it. dreamdevelopmentfl@gmail.com
Also if Vines is a better choice over Choi I can still switch. Thoughts?

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