Finishing up Mechanical Engineering with a good gpa... planning on doing an MBA... What type of job should i target after that, bc i would like to earn good money(living in nyc)...any advice or any trajectory suggestions? Thanks

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Don’t do an MBA right after undergrad

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Why do you say that? I am just curious about your perspective :)

You should get experience before getting an MBA. No MBA worth getting will accept you with no full time experience

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There are so many careers you can proceed to with that degree. I am an electronics engineer but I was able to break into consultancy. You can also do automotive and construction engineering jobs with the course. You can be a project manager or a project engineer. All you need is to sharpen your skills.

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MBA is for career shift or better brand/network. You have no career to shift, and your BU brand/network is stronger than any MBA that will take you now. Get some good experience and target M7 schools after 2-5 years. An MBA outside of T15 or so is probably not worth the tuition, much less the time

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I plan to work while getting an mba... planning to work on global supply chain ...but i feel like i should take a data science course bc that is where all the high paying jobs are

I wouldn’t recommend doing an MBA part time — most of the value of an MBA’s value is not in the content of the courses.

If you want to keep working I’d recommend something like Georgia Tech’s OMSA, which has data science and supply chain courses

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