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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
My two cents. Graduate, Get a Job, Wait a year until you have enough tenure to be reimbursed for education and let your employer pay for it.
No, you will not live on campus. Yes, you will be distracted by your full-time job. But, you will be able to bring something to the table during your class discussions and help out on projects.
Nothing peeved me more than to have a recent grad without any business experience to be on a project with me. They could not contribute a thing and we ended up assigning them the busy-work. Trust me, you will get a lot more out of your education and you will be less in-debt.
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I agree with this advice. Get a real job, get some experience and then go back to school - you will get much more out of the program as you will be able to bring real life situations to the class discussions.
Also, I agree with the advice on getting your employer to pay. Getting an MBA or an advanced degree (MS or MA) is becoming more important in the corporate world regardless of what your undergraduate degree is in and many employers are willing to pay some/all of the cost. I am an engineering manager and I was strongly encouraged (and I encourage the people to who work for me) to get an advanced degree in management/business and my employer paid for it.
The corporate world is changing and advanced degrees in business/management etc are becoming necessary to climb to the senior leadership/executive ranks in many industries. Having hired several people over the past few years, your experience is looked at first when you apply for jobs, and the fact that you have an MBA/advanced degree (from an accredited school, not just top tier) or are working towards one is also looked at very favorably. I know many top executives who did not have advanced degrees and thier companies sent them off to Sloan etc for business/management masters as it was a prerequisite for them to advance to the highest ranks in their companies.