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Are there any MBA programs that will completely disregard GPA in favor of GMAT + experience? A quick perusal of an Australian MBA school seems to indicate that they do this...any US schools that are similar?quote:Entry requirements
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Do a simple cost-benefit analysis? It depends on what you want to do post-MBA, if there's any intrinsic value that you'd attach to those three letters after your name, etc.
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Mar 25, 2009 07:32
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You missed Berkeley / Haas at #7quote:Current rank [Previous rank] School Name (Rating) [Previous Rating] As an aside, I visited some MBA schools in Australia earlier this month. Two of them, Melbourne and AGSM (in Sydney) seem to do well in the international rankings, and seem a little less competitive to get into compared to top American b-schools.
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Apr 27, 2009 20:01
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unixbeard posted:I am in Australia and AGSM is the only place I would consider doing an MBA. I would still probably rather go to the US to do one, but if I were to base myself in Sydney long term I'm probably better off staying local. Did you try for US programs? Are you Australian? I went for a mini-tour with the admissions officer but didn't get to chat with any Americans doing their MBA at AGSM.
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Apr 28, 2009 19:20
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IamBadwithPasswords posted:Got into Boston College off it. My second-round interviewer told me they only filled a third of their class from the first pass. I guess some schools like to take a lot of second looks. Took them six months to decide, though. well poo poo, I shouldn't have told Yale to sod off after two months on their waitlist 
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Jun 15, 2009 22:18
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I wonder if there's a networking advantage to going for an Executive MBA, seeing as how you'd share classes with people smart enough to figure out how to get Someone Else to pay for school 
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Jul 13, 2009 05:36
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Super Locrian posted:I just got rejected from Georgetown. I had a 700 GMAT, 4.0 in my MS in Finance, but a 2.1 in my BS in Math, which is probably what held me back. I have 3 years of experience at a mid-sized financial services company. How quantitatively rigorous were your MS Finance courses? Also, how the gently caress did you get in to a MS Finance program with a 2.1 BS Math GPA? (not being condescending, honestly curious because I had a lovely UG GPA as well)
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Jan 28, 2010 05:47
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Agent Escalus posted:Hello again, seems we're about due for a bump anyway, being so close to final deadlines and notifications, so here we go: Looks like the first class was in Fall 2004, which would explain why nobody has really met a UCSD MBA. FWIW, undergraduate school is pretty good though--I'd say it's the third best UC behind UC Berkeley and UCLA.
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Mar 7, 2010 13:42
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Do you have a great GPA?
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Mar 13, 2010 21:20
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oye como va posted:3.0 from a top 25 school. So no, not a great GPA. Better than me. I guess I'd better study hard for the GMAT then
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Mar 15, 2010 07:34
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xanthig posted:I'm a serial entrepreneur. Since college, I have either been working for or running small businesses. My last business was doing quite well before the recession crushed it like a bug. Unfortunately, to move into the corporate world and hold a position that uses my skills and experience I really need some credentials. Also, when running a startup I found that complex problems arise that get dealt with using instinct rather than expertise. This does not always lead to optimal outcomes, and I have grown tired of watching myself, and the other small business owners around me, guess. This sounds really cool. Good luck, hope you find what you're looking for. In a way, you'll be working at an 80-person startup, so your instinct might still serve you well...the lack of connections at a new MBA program sounds like a serious downside though.
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Jun 11, 2010 19:11
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Thoogsby posted:BC and NU both outrank BU for undergraduate Finance Wait, really? My 18 year old brother is a freshman at BU and I've been telling him to do a Management degree for the last three months. What *is* BU well-regarded in?
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Sep 7, 2010 16:42
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Gadamer posted:Taking your parent's money. "outranked by Northeastern" isn't exactly why he is going to BU
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Sep 8, 2010 01:32
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Pete Campbell posted:How useful would it be to get a business-related MS (non-MBA) before getting an MBA? I'm still an undergrad, but the school I might be transferring to has a fast-track program that lets you substitute graduate-level courses for your upper-level business electives. With this, I could get an MS in Finance, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, etc. in as little as a year after I finish my undergrad. After I get some work experience, I would still like to get an MBA. It's hard to say without knowing what you want to do. I imagine an MS in MIS or Accounting would be particularly useful in their respective fields. Who gives a poo poo if you have a masters in Entrepreneurship?
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Mar 4, 2011 16:35
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tolerabletariff posted:Does anyone know where to get a sample HBS case study online? I'm writing a case study that's going to be included in an undergraduate business class that's taught mostly with HBS cases and I'd like to get my style and formatting as close to those as possible. I'm not going to imply that it's an HBS case but I'd like it to look more professional than the current student-written cases. Why not just ask the prof for a sample case if s/he uses HBS cases already?
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May 18, 2011 19:59
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Jer posted:After graduating high school, I worked my way up in the real estate field from an office assistant to agent to commercial leasing agent before starting my own commercial land development company. It was successful... before the crash, of course Jer posted:Thanks a lot for the reply. After reading every single post in this thread, I think I'm actually leaning toward going back to work for a couple of years after graduation. The way I see it is this: Check out the Undergraduate Real Estate Club on campus. I co-founded it like 8 years ago, hope it's still going strong. We had some pretty sweet connections for a brand new club as well as a mentoring program with the MBA RE club BREC. The Fisher Center also has an annual RE conference in the city which is kind of interesting. As you know, option 2 is definitely the superior choice. I don't think you're going to learn much at all in MBA classes after doing your Haas undergrad (gently caress, the MBA courses might even be easier) and studying for the GMAT is just going to cut into time you could be doing case comps, Berkeley Consulting, or drinking. PS: Consider taking IEOR 190A from Burgstone. It was my favorite business class--we did HBS case studies pretty much every day--and it's taught by a HBS MBA who successfully profited off the dotcom bubble and is now a VC.
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Jun 23, 2011 18:44
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shrike82 posted:There's literally no justification to do an online MBA. If you're really that strapped for time, do a part-time EMBA. The only reason I can think of is a rubber stamp to get past company requirements to be promoted but you're doing yourself a serious disservice. The MBA from Western Governors University is pretty drat cheap. A family friend is a physician who's picking up an online healthcare MBA for less than $10k. e: Carfax Report, your story is amazing.
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Jun 24, 2011 08:55
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Is this the set of Manhattan GMAT books that is currently recommended? http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-GMAT-Strategy-Guides-Fourth/dp/098417804X/ $100 seems really cheap for 8 books, and the publication date is 2009 
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Nov 16, 2011 18:09
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Speaking of Manhattan GMAT, there's this MBA planning webinar later this month that might be either interesting or a transparently boring upsell. http://www.manhattangmat.com/EventShow.cfm?EID=3&eventID=8564 quote:Applying to B-School in 2012? 2013? It's not too early to start planning!
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Nov 17, 2011 07:49
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sigmachiev posted:Check out the comparisons between Berkeley and Stanford if you're trying to head down Californee way. Interesting stuff and very detailed. Wish they had a more specific search function because plugging in Berkeley and Stanford yields way too many results. What article are you talking about specifically? e: found it http://poetsandquants.com/2010/08/30/berkeleys-haas-school-of-business-vs-stanfords-graduate-school-of-business/ ONEMANWOLFPACK posted:HAAS You will live and die by your work experience, so better find something not awful Real Soon Now. Also, Haas is not an acronym. Mandalay fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Feb 21, 2012 |
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Feb 21, 2012 02:29
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ONEMANWOLFPACK posted:Any articles to share for Haas? Dude, you're putting the cart way way before the horse. Worry about getting a good job first, because you'll need good work experience to get into any top tier MBA school. Doubly so if you are a mediocre student (esp in a soft major like business at a non-target school).
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Feb 21, 2012 05:34
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ONEMANWOLFPACK posted:It's more of a situation where I'm interested in keeping bay ties. I'm more interested in silicon valley than wall street and would like to join a big tech company like LinkedIn. My undergrad emphasis is marketing. I would like to work in advertising and need some information system/computer science sprinkled in now. I'm not overly concerned with prestige but figure I have no shot at Stanford probably none to UC Berkeley and will end up at SFSU. But maybe I can change that. Just like you, I'd love to go to business school in the Bay. But I fear that my 2.x undergrad GPA from Berkeley (engineering) will also exclude me from Berkeley full stop. Since you are still in school, the best thing you can do is to try to pump up your GPA as much as possible. Not sure how CS courses will help you in that regard unless you plan on programming. Advertising jobs don't seem easy to come by these days either. Even if I were to do a masters to show that I can do well in school, I'd be 30 by Fall of 2013 and be too old for the target FT MBA crowd by the time that rolled around...
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Feb 21, 2012 20:35
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Solaris 2.0 posted:I no longer want to be a lawyer! ONEMANWOLFPACK posted:JD/MBA hybrid program  Anyways, you could always drop by a local MBA admissions office for a friendly chat. Your work experience is gonna be weak, so I don't see you getting into a top-tier program. But if your goal is just to change careers, I think you have a shot at a local/regional school. Not everyone has to work at some globe-trotting/wall street/web 8.0 job. could you try reconnecting with your deltasig/akpsi brothers for job connections?
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Mar 5, 2012 23:03
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Drewski posted:I've decided I want to make myself more marketable Beyond checking some government-mandated box for "Must have MBA", Phoenix isn't going to do much for you. Because you don't sound too happy with your current employer, consider checking out metrics for MBA job placement. The data I've found so far for online MBAs isn't very encouraging http://poetsandquants.com/2012/01/11/u-s-news-ranks-online-mbas/
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Apr 10, 2012 18:58
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One thing to consider: do you actually like Project Management? I joined PMI and self-studied the PMBOK two years ago and the stuff was so boring that I found myself slacking off by reading the US Tax Code and other accounting material.
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Apr 10, 2012 20:03
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Drewski posted:edit: The search seems a bit easier than I at first thought. I'm looking at Brandman University. It's part of the Chapman University system which has the 'prestige' factor I was concerned about, the cost is $520 per unit, I can do online only, and I don't have to take the GMAT. And they have rolling enrollment. Well poo poo, their building is across the street from my office here in Orange County. I even dated one of their counselors. Do you get Chapman on your degree or is it Brandman?
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Apr 10, 2012 22:57
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I don't think Chapman's reach extends beyond Orange County, and even within Orange County it's far below UCLA/USC/etc. I don't trust USNWR's entrepreneurship ranking because it's going to get you a job...how? If Brandman won't even give you the Chapman name, I don't see the point unless you can show me some evidence of solid recruiting data.
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Apr 10, 2012 23:53
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Milky_Sauce posted:Can anyone recommend a school that has a physical campus that offers 100% of their classes online (but classes that they also have in a physical class if I actually wanted to)? Thanks so much, because googling this is giving me too many thebestwebsitetogetyourMBAfrom.com results. we literally discussed this last page: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2968008&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=28#post402448510
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Apr 23, 2012 18:54
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Drewski, the problem is that Brandman has no meaningful alumni recruitment network and/or job placement that I know of. I think you would be better served researching other online programs like Penn State, North Carolina, Northeastern, Arizona, etc. Milky_Sauce, here's a c/p of the Penn State one. What will the iMBA diploma and transcript actually say? Your diploma will state that The Pennsylvania State University grants you the Degree of Master of Business Administration in recognition of the completion of advanced study in business administration. Additionally, your transcript will be a Penn State transcript. Neither the diploma nor the transcript will differentiate the mode (online or otherwise) in which the courses or degree was completed.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:40
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Pron on VHS posted:I work for my dad, who is basically a 1-man consulting firm Why don't you work with your dad to take over some client relationships? It sounds like there is a legit business and because you know a little bit about everything you have a general idea of how things should go. Not only will that be better pre-MBA work experience (increasing responsibility, yay) but it sounds like it will be a happier experience for you. (I have somewhat similar concerns so feel free to PM me)
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May 24, 2012 21:06
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Its Miller Time posted:I've been working for one of the major entertainment and media, especially in movies, valuation and advisory companies in LA for the past six months. It's made me consider careers in these areas. What are some of the major ways MBA graduates get involved in the movie industry and e&m world in general, and what are some schools with good programs in this? I was hoping to go to a better program than UCLA but obviously I bet they'd be strong in this. Don't forget (yuck) USC: http://classic.marshall.usc.edu/ecg/concentrations/bus-of-entertainment-cntv-cert-program.htm
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May 31, 2012 23:46
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Buck up. When I looked at placement and estimated salary last year, the delta between Marshall and Anderson was like 3k. Are you doing any courses at the Orange County campus?
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Jun 13, 2012 00:22
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BRB MAKIN BACON posted:I am attempting to decide between a Masters of Urban Planning or a dual degree MBA/MURP at UCLA among other places Without knowing anything beyond you being 24 and a 3.2 undergrad in poli sci, I don't think you are likely to get into either UCLA MURP or Anderson. I understand that you have desires but I'm not seeing the great work experience and/or coursework that would get you into two top top schools. FWIW, that does sound like a pretty cool plan though. I'm thinking of taking MURP classes through UC Extension but 9a classes kind of suck for working people!
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Sep 20, 2012 06:00
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Noah posted:Is a GPA really going to gently caress someone that bad? Isn't more credence devoted to GMAT, essay, letters of recommendation, and a good resume? That GPA isn't god awful, and fits in line with the average that UCLA is reporting for their admissions info. Well, that's why my comment started with "without knowing anything beyond..." 
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Sep 20, 2012 06:57
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Congrats Jer--sounds like you did well for yourself in the last year.Jer posted:Scenario 2: I graduate from Cal and get a job with an amazing company like Bain & Company or Deloitte. I work for two years. I ask my employer for tuition assistance, which cuts down on my debt big time. My work experience at (insert amazing company here) combined with my life story makes me an awesome MBA candidate and I get into wherever I want. I graduate and come back to my original employer for a 120k+ job. I'm 32 years old.
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Oct 25, 2012 19:16
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Has anyone tried the Manhattan GMAT Guided Self Study? I'm sitting through a free trial class and man I do not like how this guy talks.
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Nov 13, 2012 04:28
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Oliax posted:I wouldn't get too hung up about starting salaries coming out of MBA programs as they are reported in FT/US News/Business Week/WSJ etc. They are just not comparable across school's. Also, if you are going for an MBA, you are making a long term investment. Making decisions based on the highest salary your first year out would just be short-sighted and foolish. If I'm sinking two years of my life and $40-$110k in tuition alone into this thing, I'm definitely looking at expected salary and placement rates.
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Nov 15, 2012 00:10
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Tyro posted:I was a government employee for 5 years, no business experience, and my feelings mirrored yours in terms of finding an appropriate level or position. I ended up taking an entry level job with (compared to the rest of my class) a very low salary. What the gently caress. Do you think Georgetown's MBA career placement services are to blame here? Was your internship OK?
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Nov 22, 2012 01:00
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sentientcarbon posted:Question: how helpful is an MBA in teaching you how to start and run a new business? Like many people, I frequently have ideas that I think would make a great business. However, being a realistic individual, I also acknowledge that I have zero knowledge of running a business nor any knowledge of how to objectively evaluate how awesome my 'awesome' ideas actually are prior to throwing all my money at it. Look into entrepreneurship courses at your local community college like so http://www1.socccd.cc.ca.us/eservices/ClassDetail.asp?sectionID=63075&termid=20131
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go to HK and get a degree from HKUST HKU CUHK
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