by mbas | February 8, 2010 · 12:00 am
Do MBA students at top schools get better treatment/job positioning than part timers at the same school?
I completed my undergrad program in Finance 2 years ago and want to go back for my MBA, but am weary of my options. I’m having a hard time deciding whether to quit my job (earning ~$50K) and take out loans and go full time, or going part time and keep my job. I’ve heard that top schools (University of Chicago, Northwestern, University of Michigan) are preferential to full time stundents and they have more opportunities than part time students. Can anyone comment? Thanks.
When I said “preferential” I meant that the career placement centers are more aggressive in finding them higher paying jobs as opposed to a part-time graduate student. The reason I’m asking this question is because of my indecision in going back to school full-time and quitting my current job, or going part time and staying at my job. My employer will reimburse me $5K/year for school, however upon graduation I would rather look for a new job with greater opportunities.
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What do you mean the schools are preferential? Some companies prefer to higher full-timers and some schools prevent part-timers to having all of the on campus job hunting resources that full-timers do (partly because it is not fair to the full-timers because a lot of them cannot compete against someone with 5+ years work experience and partly because the companies that pay their part-timer’s tuition do not want to lose these employees). But you will find as a part-timer that graduates that you do NOT need the career center. You can find a much better job through research and headhunters than the school can get you. They only have grunt jobs.
If you are talking about admissions, then there is no competing. Each program has a set amount of positions to fill and being accepted to one does not affect someone applpying to the other