I think this is a completely legitimate reason to pursue an MBA. You don't need a clearly defined goal. I entered my MBA with one, but it looks like I will wind up taking a very different path. I can only speak for the program I am at, but I have been introduced to industries and job functions I knew little or nothing about prior to school. I just looked at our job board and there are almost 1,000 companies offering about 5,000 jobs - for a class of 550. Those jobs range from strategy and development for the Chicago Cubs to global marketing for Google; consulting with McKinsey to banking with Goldman Sachs...and everything in between. Long story short, an MBA is a great place to be exposed to a wide range of opportunities and develop your career goals. That said, I can't say if this is the case at a program like LSU or UH, where I am guessing most of the recruiting is self-initiated. Rankings are a general indicator, but I'd invest most of my research time looking into each program's on-campus recruiting.

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Posted by ottothewise

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 2/25/12 at 4:12 pm to Jason9782003

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Will this be worth it in the long run?

What's you specific career goals?
How will an MBA help you accomplish this goal?

If you can't answer these two questions, I would take that $30k and go buy a new boat instead.

I will take this a step closer to you
and ask you to share whether you are interested in learning computer programming.
If you notice, you can get a variety of majors, within the rubric of MBA. One will be SYSTEMS. Do that one. Take computer programming classes. Learn to program an Iphone. See if all that is something you would enjoy.
IF it isnt, you are going to be an accountant.

You have to bring something to the company.

What the frick do you want to do for a living all day?

I guarantee you ANY of it gets old after 10 or 20 years.

Why not go to nursing school and get an undergrad BS RN?
You would at least be around young pussy all day, and that's got to be worth $35K in make out sessions if nothing else.

Nursing is something we know there are openings for, especially male nurses.

Do some research and find out how many jobs doing WHATEVER THE frick IT IS that you want to do is going to have 3 and 5 years from now.
I can promise you there are nursing jobs as far out into the future as man can see.

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Posted by shutterspeed

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Member since May 2007

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Posted on 2/25/12 at 4:29 pm to ottothewise

Yeah. My wife is looking at going back to school to get her LPN. She'll get out in 3 semesters making what I make after 8 years in education. If she likes it, schools make it very easy to bridge to RN, to BSN, and to MSN.

I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about it.

Like you've said, if I'm not going to get paid for something I enjoy doing, then I at least want to get paid.

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Posted by lynxcat

Member since Jan 2008

25215 posts

Posted on 2/25/12 at 9:17 pm to lsu711

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I think this is a completely legitimate reason to pursue an MBA. You don't need a clearly defined goal. I entered my MBA with one, but it looks like I will wind up taking a very different path. I can only speak for the program I am at, but I have been introduced to industries and job functions I knew little or nothing about prior to school. I just looked at our job board and there are almost 1,000 companies offering about 5,000 jobs - for a class of 550. Those jobs range from strategy and development for the Chicago Cubs to global marketing for Google; consulting with McKinsey to banking with Goldman Sachs...and everything in between. Long story short, an MBA is a great place to be exposed to a wide range of opportunities and develop your career goals. That said, I can't say if this is the case at a program like LSU or UH, where I am guessing most of the recruiting is self-initiated. Rankings are a general indicator, but I'd invest most of my research time looking into each program's on-campus recruiting.

Did you end up at Kellogg?

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