re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

Happy New Years everyone , hope everyone had a good time

I had to change my schedule for personal reasons and just dropped ACCT 701 w/ Ambrosio for Spring AP 1. If you need the spot, it should be available now.

Nothing has been posted as in ISDS 715 (project management). I wish I has the syllabus or text book requirements to get a head start. Never had a teacher wait this long to post.

Aurebelman:

I know a lot of people in Andalusia. Did you graduate from AHS?

Greetings.

Learned about this website from degreeforum.net researching 100% online AACSB MBA programs.

The LSUS MBA seems to check a lot of boxes for me, like waiver of GMAT if you have a graduate degree (I have a MS in IS) and others.

Been working in IT for years and will be choosing Project Management as a concentration. Been wanting to get an MBA for awhile but I wanted to make sure it was AACSB accredited, just like my graduate degree.

Besides cost and time, what made you choose the LSUS MBA program? Chances are I will be taking one course per term unless there's a course pairing I can knock out given my background.

Thanks for your replies.

JGOMEZ:

For me, these are the essentials to be in this program but not in order:

PROS
Accreditation (extremely important. Without it, why bother?)
Cost (why spend 60-100K or more for the same degree?)
Time to completion (I am getting old and have a family)
Quality of education (same program as LSU Baton Rouge with some great instructors and you need what you will learn)
Entirely Online (I almost went IVY, but it would have involved travel and a lot more out of the office time I don't have along with some traditional brick and mortar hoop jumping)
GMAT waiver for graduate degree (I already have 2 other graduate degrees, so I am glad to not have yet another gateway barrier to spend time effort energy and money on to prove what is already proven in my other graduate work - that I can do graduate work)

Cons
Entirely online (the pro is also a con because you really don't get to know your classmates, which is one reason I like this forum - it has potential to build community)
Some students are not high quality (You will see this soon enough. I can't believe how many people ask questions in the forum that are plain as day in the syllabus and how much whining there is because a test is hard)
LSUS is not a top school by reputation

The reality is that you don't necessarily need to go to a top school. If you need your school name over the degree, then go somewhere else. The school name has some value and the network you build has some value, but not as much as people make it out to be provided you are already functioning in your career. I already have a significant network in my field, so the network is not worth tens of thousands of dollars and a lot more time to completion for me. As for school name, I already have Ivy on my resume, so it doesn't matter. But, seriously, unless you are going for an elite career path, you don't need Ivy on your resume.

This is a good program and its value proposition makes it very difficult not to choose LSUS.

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but it will scream LSUS, which isn't much better.

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Damn, LSU Shreveport is really considered that bad?

About LSUS reputation...All I can say is that I have had two interviews recently and never heard a negative thing mentioned about the 'S'. In fact, I was offered both positions. One was a 12% pay increase, the other a 25%. And I am still 2 courses away from completion.

I had interviewed probably 8-10 times prior to starting my MBA and only received 1 offer.

I can't say the LSUS MBA was the absolute difference maker but I think it showed to employers my dedication to continue my education even when it isn't convenient (35 w/ 2 kids and a full time demanding career)

I chose LSUS because its one of the most cost and time effective AACSB acccredited programs out there, period.

I have a thick skin and don't really give a crap what my IT guy said, just thought it was odd that he'd go out of the way to diss LSUS (disclaimer: his wife is a LSU grad).

I am primarily doing this as a way to enhance what I already do rather than using the MBA for a career change or advancement.

Bottom line, I wouldn't be in this program if I didn't think it had value.

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In fact, I was offered both positions. One was a 12% pay increase, the other a 25%. And I am still 2 courses away from completion.

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That is amazing!
I took a position as an Operations Manager for a smaller company (no pay raise - yet) but I have been doing P&L statements and helping them save lots of money! I am so glad I started the MBA program. Numbers are way more fun than microbes :)