Would it be worth it to get an MBA (top 15) if you were already a manager? I feel like the loss of two years salary and paying tuition would be too much.

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Don't quit your job to do it. If you want do it at nights. In my opinion it's not worth it unless you want a different career path.

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It says you're a tax senior associate. When i wanted to go back to school, Pwc told me they'd help with masters in tax but not MBA since it's not tied to my line of work. So i guess it depends on your long term career goals, i.e. if you're considering a job outside of PA or if you plan to stay in and move to consulting. Also if you lower the bar a bit in terms of school choice you could get a good scholarship somewhere to offset tuition cost. Loss of salary is killer tho especially if you need to take out loans

Loss of salary will be offset when you make $160k+ coming out of the program. What are your goals OP? Are you looking to go into management consulting a la Bain or McKinsey?

Yeah, that'd be my goal of I went. I want to open the door to management long-term.

^Then don't worry about the upfront costs. You're earnings potential long term will make up for it. Totally worth it if your plan is to go to MBB and enter the management consulting route. I've never heard anyone regret a Top 15 MBA.

I would like to echo that an MBB offer would make it worth it. However this is not guaranteed even from M7. However however tier 2 strategy houses also have excellent compensation.

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