I agree with the post above, MBA's are a dime a dozen, and won't really mean anything unless you are from a top tier B-School. I have known dozens of MBA grads from no-name schools who have expected their lives to change (and who knows, for some it may), but the majority have told me that it has only had a marginal affect on their careers.
Every businessperson I have ever respected (coming from a wide variety of undergraduate backgrounds be it Philosophy, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, etc, etc) has always told me the same thing: don't get an MBA unless it is from a top ten business school. A top business school not only gives you the name, but also a much stronger alumni network.
As a sidenote, I am sure many here on slashdot will downplay the value on a "name" of a school, but realistically speaking, top consulting firms and investment banks recruit almost exclusively at Ivies/MIT/Stanford. Google and Microsoft recruit extremely heavily at these "name-brand" schools (while pouring in tons of money into top eecs departments), while my friends at the University of Florida have never even SEEN a recruiter, much less spoken to one. It matters whether you like it or not.
However, I do not necessarily agree that getting a specialized bachelor's is any better. Depending on your career of choice, spending time in school to learn what you could on the job not only could have an exorbitant opportunity cost, but it pigeon holes you in an economy that very much seems to demand flexibility and a capability to learn, rather than past knowledge acquired.
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I agree with the post above, MBA's are a dime a dozen, and won't really mean anything unless you are from a top tier B-School. I have known dozens of MBA grads from no-name schools who have expected their lives to change (and who knows, for some it may), but the majority have told me that it has only had a marginal affect on their careers. Every businessperson I have ever respected (coming from a wide variety of undergraduate backgrounds be it Philosophy, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, etc, etc) has always told me the same thing: don't get an MBA unless it is from a top ten business school. A top business school not only gives you the name, but also a much stronger alumni network. As a sidenote, I am sure many here on slashdot will downplay the value on a "name" of a school, but realistically speaking, top consulting firms and investment banks recruit almost exclusively at Ivies/MIT/Stanford. Google and Microsoft recruit extremely heavily at these "name-brand" schools (while pouring in tons of money into top eecs departments), while my friends at the University of Florida have never even SEEN a recruiter, much less spoken to one. It matters whether you like it or not. However, I do not necessarily agree that getting a specialized bachelor's is any better. Depending on your career of choice, spending time in school to learn what you could on the job not only could have an exorbitant opportunity cost, but it pigeon holes you in an economy that very much seems to demand flexibility and a capability to learn, rather than past knowledge acquired.