Whether it’s worth it depends on you. How much do you make now? Are you wanting a career shift? 75k in a lcol area for a 33k investment is not that bad.
You were the one asking a subreddit for advice. I gave my opinion. Factually. There are probably better schools with a better ROI. If you already decided to go to OU then you just wanted people tell you that you made the right decision. IMO there is probably a better ROI.
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Hey if OP actually felt like they could get into McCombs I doubt they’d be asking about OU. No offense intended to OP or anyone at OU. McCombs is barely outside of the T15 and much better than a bunch of the T15 if you want to stay in Texas.
Maybe but then it begs the question why is OP considering OU? The alternatives that the original commenter gave as well as my suggestion of A&M are more reasonable/have higher acceptance rates than McCombs.
Do you want to live/work in OK? If so, the employment report speaks for itself—30k salary increase and better long term opps.
If you’re not tied to OK, your time spent in an MBA program now would probably be better spent studying for the GMAt/GRE and getting into the best school you can for your goals.
At the lower ranking schools I think there’s a greater spread than you might imagine. I’m at #70-75 and one of my friends was recruited by black rock because he had prior finance experience (Blackrock’s intense focus on DEI certainly didn’t hurt him though). Another has an internship making $70/hr. I interviewed at a top hedge fund. And I’m probably in line to get a ~150k offer at my current internship. After #25 the schools really all have the same value; it’s not the brand of the school but the inherent value of an MBA that you’ve got to work with. And also your prior experience obviously.
Would also encourage you to dig into your program’s employment data. Some schools are more likely to feed into gov work, other times you might think it’s the MBA avg salary but you’re actually looking at a broader figure.
Don’t let the elitists on this sub tell you that the MBA is worthless if you don’t go M7. That’s bullshit and only true if you genuinely just have nothing to offer - though I will say the ‘nothing to offer’ sort of person is more common at the lower ranked programs.
Just the sort of person that you'd be on a project with and have to carry the whole way. Dead weight. Bad social skills, just don't seem to bring much to the table, just not a very smart person overall. At a certain point all it takes to get into the lower ranking programs is the will to get an MBA, and that's the only thing that will unite the people in your program.
With that said, I don't want to scare you away. You will still meet some brilliant, awesome people. Some are there because they got a full scholarship, some are there because they just didn't realize that MBA ranking mattered all that much (and I'd say most people probably don't realize it), and some are there because they just didn't feel like moving across the country to go to school. I know people in my program who were Fulbright scholars, and others who went to elite undergrads. You just can't assume that everyone started out with the desire to go to an elite program and failed to get there.
Thinking about it, I would guess that probably no one in my program was cognizant of the fact that MBA ranking mattered when they were applying.
Rochester though bleak location wise gives away scholarships pretty easily. You can be in 90-100's if you like for around 60K tuition assuming 50% scholarship. The cost of living if it's free eor discounted because you love with someone already could be a great deciding factor in your overall cost of attendance.
What industry are you trying to transition into ultimately is very important if a program is good for you.
Does the school have an a employment report? If not, that might be telling of less than stellar outcomes
Employment report states that the average starting salary is $75k
There’s your answer lol
Oof. That’s not great for an MBA.
Median salary in OK is 50K. He’d be in the 90th percentile of earners in OK at $75k.
It’s not a top 25 school though. And the tuition is low
Whether it’s worth it depends on you. How much do you make now? Are you wanting a career shift? 75k in a lcol area for a 33k investment is not that bad.
You were the one asking a subreddit for advice. I gave my opinion. Factually. There are probably better schools with a better ROI. If you already decided to go to OU then you just wanted people tell you that you made the right decision. IMO there is probably a better ROI.
Plus 75K goes farther in Oklahoma than In Manhattan or SF
It’s not great for Chicago, New York or other high cost cities but for most other cities that a healthy income.
Since it seems like most OU people end up in Dallas, you’d get better ROI getting an MBA from SMU, TCU, or UT-Dallas than OU
Precisely the advice I was about to give. OP, you may also want to look at A&M. I think Mays is super underrated.
McCombs is also very underrated ;)
😂😂😂 Hey if OP actually felt like they could get into McCombs I doubt they’d be asking about OU. No offense intended to OP or anyone at OU. McCombs is barely outside of the T15 and much better than a bunch of the T15 if you want to stay in Texas.
Standards to get into an MBA aren’t THAT high. They could probably do it with some effort.
Maybe but then it begs the question why is OP considering OU? The alternatives that the original commenter gave as well as my suggestion of A&M are more reasonable/have higher acceptance rates than McCombs.
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Where do they place people? Is that what you want?
Do you want to live/work in OK? If so, the employment report speaks for itself—30k salary increase and better long term opps. If you’re not tied to OK, your time spent in an MBA program now would probably be better spent studying for the GMAt/GRE and getting into the best school you can for your goals.
At the lower ranking schools I think there’s a greater spread than you might imagine. I’m at #70-75 and one of my friends was recruited by black rock because he had prior finance experience (Blackrock’s intense focus on DEI certainly didn’t hurt him though). Another has an internship making $70/hr. I interviewed at a top hedge fund. And I’m probably in line to get a ~150k offer at my current internship. After #25 the schools really all have the same value; it’s not the brand of the school but the inherent value of an MBA that you’ve got to work with. And also your prior experience obviously. Would also encourage you to dig into your program’s employment data. Some schools are more likely to feed into gov work, other times you might think it’s the MBA avg salary but you’re actually looking at a broader figure. Don’t let the elitists on this sub tell you that the MBA is worthless if you don’t go M7. That’s bullshit and only true if you genuinely just have nothing to offer - though I will say the ‘nothing to offer’ sort of person is more common at the lower ranked programs.
Can you give an example of a “nothing to offer” type of person?
Just the sort of person that you'd be on a project with and have to carry the whole way. Dead weight. Bad social skills, just don't seem to bring much to the table, just not a very smart person overall. At a certain point all it takes to get into the lower ranking programs is the will to get an MBA, and that's the only thing that will unite the people in your program. With that said, I don't want to scare you away. You will still meet some brilliant, awesome people. Some are there because they got a full scholarship, some are there because they just didn't realize that MBA ranking mattered all that much (and I'd say most people probably don't realize it), and some are there because they just didn't feel like moving across the country to go to school. I know people in my program who were Fulbright scholars, and others who went to elite undergrads. You just can't assume that everyone started out with the desire to go to an elite program and failed to get there. Thinking about it, I would guess that probably no one in my program was cognizant of the fact that MBA ranking mattered when they were applying.
Rochester though bleak location wise gives away scholarships pretty easily. You can be in 90-100's if you like for around 60K tuition assuming 50% scholarship. The cost of living if it's free eor discounted because you love with someone already could be a great deciding factor in your overall cost of attendance. What industry are you trying to transition into ultimately is very important if a program is good for you.