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Graduating - MBA in a few years?
This is my last semester as an undergrad. I'll be graduating in a few months with a degree in economics and a GPA between 3.8 and 3.9. I finished my degree in 5 years for financial reasons, did some co-op with Deloitte, and will be starting full time with said firm in the fall.
For the first half of my undergraduate career I thought I would go to graduate school straight out of undergrad before realizing that I would have no chance without any work experience. During my co-op I had a really great experience working with a lot of people my age and making a decent amount of money. As of right now, I'm intent on working between four and five years before going back for an MBA.
However, I'm afraid that as my career in accounting progresses I'll find it harder and harder to justify the opportunity cost of going back to school. Has anyone had any experience with this? Was making the decision to pursue an MBA easy or difficult? Looking back, did you have any serious doubts and/or fears about your decision and how it might impact your life on both financial and personal levels?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
For the first half of my undergraduate career I thought I would go to graduate school straight out of undergrad before realizing that I would have no chance without any work experience. During my co-op I had a really great experience working with a lot of people my age and making a decent amount of money. As of right now, I'm intent on working between four and five years before going back for an MBA.
However, I'm afraid that as my career in accounting progresses I'll find it harder and harder to justify the opportunity cost of going back to school. Has anyone had any experience with this? Was making the decision to pursue an MBA easy or difficult? Looking back, did you have any serious doubts and/or fears about your decision and how it might impact your life on both financial and personal levels?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Don't know what impact working will have on my future career plans but I'm still hoping to secure a job now and work first--at least to take a break from studying and making deadlines and not getting enough sleep.
You probably won't find too many people who have gone for an MBA on this site, so this is a wrong place for you to ask. Further, no one can say at this point how you'll feel upon working four or five years and then going to school. Will working stifle your ambitions? I don't know, but it depends on how committed you are and how badly you'll want to achieve what you're hoping to do now. Hope you'll still stay committed five years from now :wink: