Question by Dude32: Should I get my MBA right after my undergraduate program?
I would really rather do all my education at once, I’l be graduating from my undergraduate program soon, I’m getting my degree in Accounting/Finance. Everyone around me is discouraging me from going directly to graduate school because they say that I should be getting 2 or 3 years of work experience before I enter graduate school. I’m a very realistic person, and I believe that If I go directly into a career after I graduate from my undergraduate program, I’ll get comfortable with my life, the money, and it’ll become really difficult for me to find the motivation to go back to school. I see it with so many people… people will say “I’ll take 2 or 3 years off from school then go back to get my degree” but often times they never get around to actually doing it. Do you think it would be a bad idea if I wanted to go directly into graduate school from my undergraduate program?
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Answer by green_lantern5353
It sounds like the best option is to go for your higher degree now. My youngest daughter is finishing up a master’s degree online and I know it’s been hard for her with 4 kids and a job. I would agree that getting it now is the best plan.
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This is not an easy question to be answered. If you were getting a degree to teach, I would tell you it’s a bad move to go straight to graduate school. The reason being schools are skeptical of hiring someone who just went straight through undergrad and then grad. It’s almost like they tried to get a job teaching, couldn’t find one so decided to go back to grad school. But in your situation it might be somewhat different. With the job market like it is now, it might be a good time to straight to graduate school. But what if you have spent all this time and money going to school only to find out an MBA is not really what you want. I definitely don’t seeing anyone taking two or three years off to go back and get a graduate degree (unless they have some sort of huge bank account). You might consider going to night school to get your MBA. Good luck to you!
No, for one thing, the better programs wont even accept anyone without work experience unless they show commitment towards an academic career, to which it’s okay not to have work experience.
Second, you wont appreciate nor understand the managerial ideas behind what an MBA focuses on. A lot of it is about organizational topics. But you have no idea how organizations run if you’ve never been employed in one. Likewise, you wont understand budgetary, marketing, or other ideas other than what you’ve learned in a classroom, which is very shallow.
Third, an MBA without work experience can be dangerous. Employers either see you as too afraid to enter the real world, or they see you as overqualified for the entry level positions you apply for, but underqualified for any mid level position. The result is that you’ll have a vigorously difficult time finding work.
Most MBA programs prefer students with 2-3 years work experience after the first degree, but many accept students right out of college if they have good grades and a high GMAT score. Some MBA programs are designed specifically for new college graduates without work experience. MBAs with good grades and an engineering background are in high demand and they command good starting salaries. To find the MBA program that best fits your background, criteria and preferences, a good source of information is the Official MBA Guide, a free public service at http://officialmbaguide.org. You can use it to select programs in specific geographic regions, specific concentrations, or specific types of programs, such as full-time, part-time, executive, distance learning, and accelerated. You can specify criteria that are important to you and get a ranked list of programs that best fit those criteria. From the Guide you can go directly to a school’s URL or contact schools by email.