re: LSUS Online MBA Reviews

Courtney if you need any after hours help HMU

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Does Vines curve at the end. It looks like I'll be right at the A/B line

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If he does, he doesn’t tell anyone. I was a bit surprised that I got a decent grade on Vines exam 4 and suspect he may have curved. So I wouldn’t count on a curve, but wouldn’t be surprised if your last exam has a couple unexpected points added.

Ok. Thanks. Not that it's needed but it's nice to know if he builds one in.

Challenge and usefulness are not necessarily related.

I do not have a business undergrad, but no matter the university, I don’t think MBA coursework really expands traditional undergrad business education. It is too broad to achieve that.

I think if I already had a business degree, I would share some of your sentiment.

Does anyone know is Kungu's MADM 701 tests are open book/notes or not?

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Is it bad that I haven't found this MBA as challenging as I expected? How valuable is this degree going to be going forward?

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I feel like the point of an MBA is to know a little about a lot. No one would expect an MBA grad to know accounting like a CPA, or know Finance like a Grad Student majoring in Finance. But an MBA holder should have a working knowledge of these studies and be able to utilize that knowledge to improve an organization. I think the MBA will definitely get you an interview for some companies/positions that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I think you will be able to tell a dept VP, CFO, COO "yea I got my MBA a few months ago" an impress them enough to consider giving you a shot next time you apply for an internal position. I think it's worth it.

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an impress them enough to consider giving you a shot next time you apply for an internal position. I think it's worth it.

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The whole post was well said John and I agree as well. I think this last sentence is what got me questioning this endeavor. While I know this won't open doors like a well named b school, I was thinking maybe at least a window? In this case I am hoping for more than internal movement and maybe some opps. outside to weigh options. But maybe not and maybe it is unfair to expect that as well....

I think that is what is vexing. This does not feel like Masters level material. Which adds to my first post. I thought there would be more rigor and kind of expect that it would be at other schools, but I have not taken masters classes anywhere else though, so hopefully someone else with experience can inform us.

Outside of T10 or even T20, I believe an MBA is an MBA is an MBA. I work with a lot of people who attended my local T30 school and they all said the content was a breeze. There’s also a liberal arts school near me that costs an arm and a leg. My friend who went there said in the end, he paid for the network because he didn’t learn anything new. My coworker went to Wharton and said not only was it “not hard” (granted, she’s a medical doctor AND got into Wharton...so maybe nothing is hard to her), but they also have grade NDA so no one can know how well or poorly she did. She said there’s a joke there that it’s called “b-school” for a reason (ha).

I’ve heard time and time again the hardest part of an MBA is time management because most of us work full time and have some sort of major family obligations whether they be spouses or children or both. I also feel like most people with business savvy would respect someone who got a better deal on their MBA as found at LSUS (because again, outside of T10/T20, what’s the diff?). It seems like every time I Google any of the questions or assignments I have here at LSUS, they’re basically all adaptations from Kellogg, Stanford, or HBS, which makes me feel like the content is all pretty standard across the board. IMO, you could spend your free time studying Porter and Argyris if you’re bored w/program content and have time to kill.

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Miami dolfan

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2015 grad here with B.S. in Finance, 2009. I’d agree the coursework wasn’t difficult per say and also with the comment about time management. The best way I can put it is the program didn’t teach me as much as it taught me about me. Employers I speak with are more impressed with my attaining MBA in such a short time as a Full-Timer than they are with the degree itself. It illustrates discipline, commitment, and drive. Speaking personally, it has paid dividends to my career and, honestly, my life outside of my career.

You’re right about that profound moment missing from courses, up to now at least. I can’t say for sure whether it was the coursework or just a sudden change in me, but that profound moment came for me during MADM 751 with Meeks. The sense of entitlement we’re naturally cursed with melted away and the resulting emotional intelligence I suddenly found myself with has completely transformed everything about my life.

It may not happen for everyone, but I hope it happens for you. My advice is to give the program everything you’ve got. Looking back, I am proud of what I made of my experience in the program and meeting my personal challenge to commit completely to doing it the right way.

Best of luck to you.