The only issue I really see with a MBA right after school is that the very best schools will rarely admit students that have no experience. A lot of times the lowest amount of experience that gets admitted is about 3 years and those are candidates with GMAT scores of 700-710+. Now this is talking about the top 25-50 schools.
If you are looking at a school like CSU, they will basically admit you with a decent GMAT and no work experience. The drawback of this is that more than many other degrees a MBA from a Standford, MIT, Penn, Northwestern, etc. is worth way, way more on the job market compared to a MBA from Toledo, South Florida, Southern Utah, etc.
Depending on what you want to do with your career, it may not matter between schools, but it could also make a world of difference in working your way up the ladder.
I'm currently at Drexel which has a very strong online MBA program as well, so I have an inside track should I wish it. I'm not sure the difference between an executive mba and a regular, or if I can do one and then the other though.
But I have about 2 years of work experience over my 5 year degree and I don't see the GMATs being an issue, granted I'll be taking them and the GREs sometime in the next couple months to see how I do. I've already written one successful business plan which was accepted into the incubator program here (your business model is funded and you can build a company out of it) but I was a junior and obviously couldn't follow through with it, I did win $2,000 for it though.
I'm trying to decide the best course of action, talked to more friends today and some PhD/MS students to get their take. The PhD qualifiers sound pretty rough, but once you get into a position most of them were saying the classes are no more difficult than your core curriculum as an undergrad (which I'm doing fine on, my GPA is climbing from a 3.0 due to a rough Fresh/Soph year). The research I'd hate, I don't like doing research all that much, but it's the only way to get a PhD or a MS... so yeah.
I could get an ME, but those aren't as useful from what I understand. Plus with a MS/ME track I have to shell $$ out of pocket, with the PhD I could get my tuition fees covered for the most part.
As for salaries (Stories mentioned em), I plan on working for the government or for a large private corporation, doing business/project management work. But the majority of the positions I'd be applying to I just barely meet the minimum requirements, the only thing that I stand out with is my clearance level, which suffice to say will make some people interested in me. So salaries don't bother me, I know a PhD/MS/MBA will add something, but the main reason for them is to qualify for better jobs sooner and/or if I don't get the jobs I want to avoid having to do grunt work for 4-5 years to progress.
I'd rather go to grad school than do grunt work. So I was curious if anyone had any advice on whether going back to grad school after work was too difficult on them or if going straight into grad school wasn't very helpful.
I have no problem giving up my social time, I have none as it is anyways. I commute 2 hours a day, 5 days a week, go to the gym the remaining time I'm not studying or coaching.
