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[quote=Anonymous]I do admissions consulting for mba programs.

1) Yes it’s less prestigious than the two year degree; and yes, as a result the gmat scores are far lower. They aren’t reported as part of the “official” average that’s used for school rankings. Some programs don’t even require a GMAT, but for those that do usually up to 100 points below the 2 year Full time student average is fine.

2) It’s often a good program for people who are NOT changing industry or function and are sponsored by their existing employers.

3) The school has policies to try and limit “gaming” - I.e one year mba students can not recruit on campus for internships, have different colored name tags, etc. This doesn’t mean they don’t find a way to do it, but generally speaking it’s a weaker option than a 2 year program - precisely because it doesn’t give you the opportunity to reinvent yourself / do an internship.

4) Realtively speaking Kellogg does more to distinguish a part time program from a full time one and 1 year exec mba from others - most schools do even less and blur the lines substantially. No school that I know of however distinguishes the degree in a material way - it’s still an MBA from a top tier school.

5) The idea that MBAs are worthless is silly. There’s a reason people go and pursue them.

Tl;DR - It’s a strong program that’s well suited to folks who are not interested in materially shifting job function or industry, but the bar is lower for admission as you suspected. [/quote]

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