Comments on: MBA Options Part 7: Other Deciding Factors for Choosing Your Program http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/ Your Money. Your Career. Your Life. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1638 Patrick Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:18:50 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1638 I'm glad this information has been a help. Doing the research has certainly helped me! There are many more things to consider - and soon I will write about the application process. I'm still studying for the GMAT as well, which is an in-depth process. If you plan on attending a top school in '08, I would recommend starting the application process now, and if you plan on attending in '09, then I would begin researching schools and studying for the GMAT now. I think it would have been better for me to have started the process sooner. Good luck! I’m glad this information has been a help. Doing the research has certainly helped me! There are many more things to consider - and soon I will write about the application process. I’m still studying for the GMAT as well, which is an in-depth process. If you plan on attending a top school in ‘08, I would recommend starting the application process now, and if you plan on attending in ‘09, then I would begin researching schools and studying for the GMAT now. I think it would have been better for me to have started the process sooner. Good luck!

]]> By: Make Money http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1631 Make Money Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:52:34 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1631 Thanks for all the help with the comprehensive info on the decision making process for choosing an MBA program. I am considering going to back to grad school to get one and will consider all of this information in my own decision making process. Thanks! Thanks for all the help with the comprehensive info on the decision making process for choosing an MBA program. I am considering going to back to grad school to get one and will consider all of this information in my own decision making process. Thanks!

]]> By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1602 Patrick Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:04:21 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1602 Thanks for the insight, Brip Blap. I would like to go to a top MBA program that is well known everywhere, which will be more helpful if I relocate. We'll see what happens during the application process! ;) Thanks for the insight, Brip Blap. I would like to go to a top MBA program that is well known everywhere, which will be more helpful if I relocate. We’ll see what happens during the application process! ;)

]]> By: Brip Blap http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1585 Brip Blap Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:00:38 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/10/01/mba-options-part-7-other-deciding-factors-for-choosing-your-program/#comment-1585 I've got to say that the specialization part of an MBA - for me at least - has meant very little. I have an emphasis in accounting, but the accounting information I learned is already 15 years old and dated. Since it's a fairly fluid field, I would say that the lessons I learned about working in teams, managing time and making presentations were far more valuable in the long run than any of the technical information I learned. Networking and location go hand in hand. I went to a big, well-respected state university MBA program, and then moved 500 miles away where nobody ever heard of it. I would recommend not doing this if you want your network to be in the least bit useful. :) I’ve got to say that the specialization part of an MBA - for me at least - has meant very little. I have an emphasis in accounting, but the accounting information I learned is already 15 years old and dated. Since it’s a fairly fluid field, I would say that the lessons I learned about working in teams, managing time and making presentations were far more valuable in the long run than any of the technical information I learned.

Networking and location go hand in hand. I went to a big, well-respected state university MBA program, and then moved 500 miles away where nobody ever heard of it. I would recommend not doing this if you want your network to be in the least bit useful. :)

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