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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
my bachelor degree included a ton of group work and courses on organizational behaviour where you learn how to deal with people.
school really starts beyond a bachelor's degree. an MBA program would give you all the tools necessary to do a valuation of a company if you took the right finance courses. You also have a ton of group work and the course load is much greater. the greatest value of an MBA is the contacts you make, plus you usually start at 150-200% of the salary of someone with a bachelor's because your level of knowledge is much greater.
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i would agree with you on obtaining an MBA if it were 7 years ago. however, with mba's from harvard asking if you want to super size your order, i dont feel that is the way to go these days. yes it can be blamed on the economy and yes it would be a good idea to get a graduate degree now (65-75% of college grads are going back to get their graduate degrees now more then they did 7 years ago) so that you can use that piece of paper sometime in the future.
on the other side though, i went to lots of alumni functions and networked a bit. in the line of work i was in, you couldnt network anymore then with the people i worked with cause there were graduates from every ivy league school in the country at the company i worked for (for those who ask why i am not working at that company anymore, i dont like to ass kiss and i was quite honestly, board out of my mind...no challange).
i can say that at this point in my life with a mere bachelors, i am more knowledgable then a good portion of those with a graduate degree and not for any other reason then what life has thrown my way. think about the different facets of the adult biz (again take out the models) and tell me that what you have learned here can be learned in coporate finance
