Seeing half the class of Wharton 2025 grads still searching for work…is it worth pursuing an MBA in 2026-2027?

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Not worth it if you’re paying full price unless HBS or Stanford. Even then it’s not a clear decision. If you feel strongly about getting an MBA consider a strong PT program like Booth

- Signed a current T10 student who’s paying with loans at a 9% rate and was making $170K+ prior to school

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Yup for sure

I honestly think the era of people doing an MBA with no relevant experience is over. Accounting/ finance/ engineers have rarely struggled landing a job from what I've seen. Is it their dream role/ industry, sometimes not, but they still end up well. It's those pivoters with non corporate experience who seem to place poorly.

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With the exception of veterans

Where are you seeing that figure? 50% looking for work is wild

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It’s the same at cbs as well

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Only GSB is worth it these days imo, esp if you already come from an elite UG. There are so many HBS and Wharton grads these days, and GSB is the only one with a differentiated startup ecosystem from rest of M7.

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S1 no reason to do grad school at the same school. You already have access to the Stanford network. Unless you need to make a big career pivot you shouldn’t consider a full time program outside of Harvard or possibly Wharton. Anything else would dilute your brand

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I recently saw a report that mba applications were going up due to the difficult job market. I could be wrong, but I always had the view that if everyone is going back to school at the same time, then that will be more competition for the same internships and FT roles when you graduate. Which pretty much puts you in the same position 2 years out. Job market could be better by that time though.

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but how can we predict it will land us a job though? it will be an influx of junior business analysts and product managers in the next couple of months from the bootcamps and short courses! more competition in the market!

I’m not from elite undergrad, but always wanted to earn my MBA from a T10. Current TC is $215k at 27 but am capped moving forward…not sure what to do

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Maybe apply to top full time programs first and see what kind of acceptances and scholarships you can get.

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I'm still thinking about it very hard - because it is very expensive! and I don't even know if that will land me a job!

Same…I just don’t know how to advance my career without it. Do I rely on the right doors opening through good work?

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