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Depends on where you work too. If high stress role l, it’ll be super tough to juggle work and top part time program. But you get experience and paid. As noted, you should really target M7 to make your MBA impact really matter. I did M7 part time and would take that over any top 25 full time program, but your mileage may vary
I did a T25 FT and pivoted from a no name consulting firm to T2 so it was a good ROI for me
People say "only M7" on this app a lot, but is M7 Northwestern MBA better than a non-M7 UVA MBA if you'll be working in the DC area?
I'd just say that depending on location, people should widen/change their criteria.
No advice on the part time vs full time. Good luck!
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It is by any measurable quantifiable metric better to be in M7 vs a lower tier school unless the only qualifier was location/proximity. Thats why DC people commute to Chicago to attend Kellogg or Booth for the PT weekend MBA program.
If you get into a M7 program you will have access to recruiting opportunities, DM me if you want details ( I did it)
If you are working, don’t pause your career. Part time programs allow you to continue to work and grow and avoid stupid - I mean student loan debt.
I did PT and went mbb. Happy to chat about it via dm.
Yeah and does the school hire well in economic down turns. When things where muddy a few years back. PT hiring through fall recruiting was cut down hard and the only way you were getting a good job was interning. It's starting to stabilize but my year hiring was crazy and don't gauge your choice off of a career report from 2023 or earlier
This. Many on campus recruiting opportunities are open ONLY to ft students. Either because companies will only hire ft from their intern pool or straight up reject part time applicants.
I’m in a part-time program for the same reason. Recruitment has been pretty good thus far. We have access to the same opportunities as full
-time Marshall students. What I like the most is being in a three-year program rather than traditional two. This gives us a year to find our footing w the curriculum and prepare longer than the full-time students. Plus you have the opportunity for two summer internships
You walk away with an MBA from either so I don't think it matters. To be 100% honest there are too many MBA schools and graduates now for the amount of roles that actually really require them so we have qualification inflation (in the same way as it became you couldn't get a simple office job without a degree).
The better question to ask is what is better a free part-time MBA or a ruinously expensive full time one?
There’s a guy on YouTube who does videos about this
If you go looking for a new job after, just make sure your diploma doesn’t say full or part time program.
Some programs at mine did for awhile, so I just mention it… there was a benefit to me to have the name recognition but I didn’t want it to be viewed as “less than” the FT program, and fortunately the program I chose did not do so
If you can afford. I’d go full-time. And leverage all elements of the program to position yourself for your dream job. I went part time and it was a lot of work - on top of working full time.
The most valuable thing you will get out of it is the alumni network. So, can you do work, class, and devote enough time to get to know others both in your classes and in the network? Also, choose your skill based on where and what you want to do.
Went to Ross PT , currently at BCG. Happy to expand further, but Kellogg, Booth, Ross PT- all allow on campus internship and full time recruitment similar to the FT programs
I did weekend. I didn't interact too much with the online MBA students but I do know some participated in recruiting. I can't speak to the workload for omba, but I know one of my weekend mba classmates at the time was already at pwc and he somehow made it work. Probably making sure you were on types of projects that would give you the time to complete your wmba work as well
If you aren’t using it to immediately hop jobs the part time are just as good but it’s a lot of work.
I went to a T20 part-time program, my company paid for the entire thing (very large energy corporation). My job at the time (engineering) wasn’t demanding, so I had the bandwidth to participate in lots of on-campus activities and recruiting.
My end goal was not a huge stretch. The gameplan was to land in a Big4 or boutique consulting firm that was actively working on projects in my industry. And do so via MBA recruiting to land on a higher comp trajectory (versus industry hires). MBB roles were possible, but required way more effort relative to a M7 student. And I didn’t want to go into consulting as a generalist. So I didn’t explore that tier.
For this use case, part-time worked like a charm. Of course the value prop was ridiculous for me, as there was no out-of-pocket expense
MBAs were great last century. They are not silver bullets anymore. Do some serious research to study the feasibility of ROI. Possibly your promotion depends more on meeting and exceeding your current responsibilities. Work with your employer to plan your journey.
If you are still inclined to get a Master's degree, some universities have executive online programs that allow you to continue working full-time while you commit your nights and weekends to do school work and attend classes under two years.