Have you given any thought to private school administration? It allows you to stay in the setting you’re in - and go to an even nicer school in theory - as well as make more bank. I know a guy in your situation and he’s pretty happy with the decision he made. Less debt than a JD and it’d have you in an environment and within a network you’ve already built.
I wouldn’t do this if you have a big or bruisable ego or don’t have great social skills. You’ll have to schmooze a bit with arrogant people. Notice I didn’t say rich people - you’ll have plenty of those - but arrogant people, who come from all income levels and have an entitled sense the moment their kid is accepted to a private school.
munch, you know better than to accuse other posters of threadshitting
in this forum. Don’t do it again.
ETA: Rand Rover’s post, while it was possibly just a bit on the snarky side, it definitely isn’t threadshitting. His message was really directed more at whoever created the linked website, and not the person who posted it, or anyone else here.
Rather than pick a degree and hope for the best, maybe the OP should think a bit more about what he wants to do for a living after he graduates? Do some research into various careers that hire MBAs, JDs and MPAs.
Forget about all those stupid Yahoo! articles about JDs or MBAs unable to find jobs. Those are written by journalism majors who don’t make much money. The fact is, if everyone followed every article that talked about everyone who isn’t making money, no one would make money.
And he won that on a quiz show or something?
She must be very proud.
“Cultural and interdisciplinary studies” sounds like a pretty dumb thing to get a PhD in.
Well…do YOU have one (or JD or PhD)?
Saying “were I more dickish” and then saying something dickish doesn’t make you less of a dick.
OK, I’ve taken a lot of the advice in this thread to heart. The MBA is more applicable than an MPA to a wider variety of employers, which makes it the better option of those two.
The MBA takes a year less than a JD, which makes it the better option of those two. Plus, it can be completed entirely online though ASU, which actually has a well-regarded program.
The field of supply-chain and logistics management looks interesting to me from the Wikipedia article and then my reflections on my own prior experiences in retail and telecommunications.
With all of that said, I know I’m taking the GMAT this fall. I may still take the LSAT, but I still worry that leaving education for law is like leaving the Lusitania for the Titanic.
So my questions for those of you who have taken the GMAT are: How difficult was it? What study guides did you use? How long did you prepare for it?
I think that’s it. msmith537, can you point me toward any other resources that accurately describe what I could do with an MBA?
I really appreciate everything that you guys have said. I don’t post much, but I get a lot out of the SDMB!
You mean other than the Wall Street Journel, Financial Times, Inc, Forbes, Fortune, Businessweek, Fast Company, The Economist, Kiplingers, etc etc? That’s what MBAs and business people do. Check out some of those sort of publications and see what interests you.
I had forgotten some of the math, but it came back very quickly. It’s pretty basic stuff for the GMAT. The language portion of the test was not too difficult, either. The written essay part is a little funky because it was hard to know how they would score it, but it is not very heavily weighted.
I just picked up whatever study guides were available at the library, which were very helpful because they also included CDs for practice tests on the computer.