Is an MBA a status symbol to middle class (and lower UMC) parents?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:M7 and to a certain extent the T10 MBAs are elite, but the degree as a whole is not elite in and of itself.

**to dcum posters. If you come from a family where people only got HS degrees or maybe BAs, getting an MBA is elite among your peer group. In a room of CEOS and industry leaders where everyone went to top 10 schools it may not be impressive but these people are telling their fb friends who likely occupy a very different social circle.

I mean, sure, but you can then use that standard for pretty much everything. Oklahoma State, I'm sure, is plenty elite among a peer group where going to college, any college, is seen as a huge achievement. I'm not saying this to knock on Oklahoma State, by any means. I'm just illustrating how people are bending the usage of the term "elite" to their own needs and wants.

[Anonymous]

NO unless it's like from Top 5 MBA programs

[Anonymous]

No, just graduating from college without crushing debt is a status symbol among middle class people. A MBA as a "status symbol" is very 80s and 90s.

[Anonymous]

You're funny, OP.

Don't worry, their MBA will not eclipse your achievements any time soon

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only M7 degrees are a status symbol.

The M7 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Penn Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Columbia, and MIT Sloan. The global elite in the world of business.

Graduates of LSE and HEC, among other, would be surprised to find out their business programs were not elite.

Hahaha. First of all, LSE doesn't have a standalone MBA program. Second of all, yes, the M7 schools are considered top of the top, even (or perhaps especially) compared to the European MBA programs. The MBA is an American invention, and even the most elite European MBA programs (think INSEAD, HEC) were directly influenced if not founded by American MBA programs themselves. It would only stand to reason that the topmost of the American MBA programs are indeed seen as "the most elite" in the world.

Please don't leave lazy comments like these if you don't know what you're talking about.

Mic drop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:M7 and to a certain extent the T10 MBAs are elite, but the degree as a whole is not elite in and of itself.

But only the full-time day program.

[Anonymous]

Medical school is the brag-worthy status symbol for UMC and rich parents. Maybe also T14 law school. But medical school is in a league of its own. Literally any dips*** meathead can get an MBA these days. Just have to pay for it (or take out loans).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Medical school is the brag-worthy status symbol for UMC and rich parents. Maybe also T14 law school. But medical school is in a league of its own. Literally any dips*** meathead can get an MBA these days. Just have to pay for it (or take out loans).

Where did you get your MBA?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:M7 and to a certain extent the T10 MBAs are elite, but the degree as a whole is not elite in and of itself.

But only the full-time day program.

Nobody cares and nobody knows what “type” of program you attended. Looks the same on your resume and LinkedIn. Recruiters don’t know the difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:M7 and to a certain extent the T10 MBAs are elite, but the degree as a whole is not elite in and of itself.

But only the full-time day program.

Nobody cares and nobody knows what “type” of program you attended. Looks the same on your resume and LinkedIn. Recruiters don’t know the difference.

Keep telling yourself that. OCR is the value of the elite MBA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only M7 degrees are a status symbol.

The M7 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Penn Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Columbia, and MIT Sloan. The global elite in the world of business.

The US economy is much broader than Wall Street banks and consulting scam artists. Our niece is 29 years old and was a state school sorority girl —> even lower tier commuter university MBA right after college —> makes over $500,000 a year in some executive role in the Midwest. Nobody cares where the MBA is from, just that you have it. Added bonus if you’re attractive and have a personality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only M7 degrees are a status symbol.

The M7 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Penn Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Columbia, and MIT Sloan. The global elite in the world of business.

The US economy is much broader than Wall Street banks and consulting scam artists. Our niece is 29 years old and was a state school sorority girl —> even lower tier commuter university MBA right after college —> makes over $500,000 a year in some executive role in the Midwest. Nobody cares where the MBA is from, just that you have it. Added bonus if you’re attractive and have a personality.

Cool story

[Anonymous]

What is lower UMC?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only M7 degrees are a status symbol.

The M7 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Penn Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Columbia, and MIT Sloan. The global elite in the world of business.

The US economy is much broader than Wall Street banks and consulting scam artists. Our niece is 29 years old and was a state school sorority girl —> even lower tier commuter university MBA right after college —> makes over $500,000 a year in some executive role in the Midwest. Nobody cares where the MBA is from, just that you have it. Added bonus if you’re attractive and have a personality.

Lol ok cool I don't think anyone will ever consider your sorority girl niece "elite". And I'm suuuuure she makes $500k as a 29 year old. Sure, sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only M7 degrees are a status symbol.

The M7 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Penn Wharton, Northwestern Kellogg, Columbia, and MIT Sloan. The global elite in the world of business.

The US economy is much broader than Wall Street banks and consulting scam artists. Our niece is 29 years old and was a state school sorority girl —> even lower tier commuter university MBA right after college —> makes over $500,000 a year in some executive role in the Midwest. Nobody cares where the MBA is from, just that you have it. Added bonus if you’re attractive and have a personality.

Crazy false even by DCUM standards.