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CapitalGains
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 22:40 \| IP Logged

Depends on the company you work for.

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CPA2b1day wrote:

Not necessarily. If you decide to run a consulting firm specializing in one of the business fields (management, marketing, finance, etc.), an MBA can be a valuable asset. It isn't necessarily limited to working in the corporate arena (though it is admittedly much more ideal for such).

CPA2b1day, you're absolutely right. My own experiences may have made my response a bit narrow in focus, but I suggest anyone considering an MBA really take the time to decide what it is they wish to do with it. In my case (going straight through following my undergrad), I was young and I was just getting it to get it; which more and more people are seeming to do these days. I acknowledge that it will lend somene credibility in whatever they do, I just would have done things differently in retrospect. Perhaps MAcc or JD degree. Just my opinion.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 14:49 \| IP Logged

I've met several MBA's going back to complete their MSA because the MBA didn't give them any technical skills. Most people think they'll be financial experts with an MBA only to find out they know nothing about finance once they graduate. Personally, that's too much grad school.

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Posted: 10 Sep 2010 at 18:15 \| IP Logged

I went to the best college in Puerto Rico for my undergraduate degree in accounting (University of Puerto Rico) but I'm doing my MBA in a smaller university that has many of my past professors from the UPR. It's definitively 10 times harder than the undergraduate degree, with so much research involved and many
presentations in which you apply strategic decisions base on the knowledge acquired.

I would recommend an MBA to anyone who wants to have more job growth potential.

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Posted: 10 Sep 2010 at 23:29 \| IP Logged

Top 15 MBA or bust.

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