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[quote=Anonymous]MBAs can be great if you are looking to switch fields. Is what you learn in them that useful? Imo no, as you can learn all that on your own (or on a job). The value proposition is the networking you get to do with your peers and the campus recruitment of those MBAs.

All that being said, I would only advice one to do an MBA at a top 10 school (give or take). The ROI of those is good. But if you are going to some no name MBA (for example GW or AU) then don't waster your time and money. Even (given that this is a DC forum) Georgetown McDonough I would think twice before deciding to go for it (the 150k mean after graduation, to me, just does not seem worth the massive investment given that you are around 31 at graduation, assuming average entrance age of 29. Furthermore, and don't know how accurate this is, I recall a few years ago their acceptance rate was close to 50%, which granted you have to take into account self selection, still seems too high)

Similarly, if talking JDs, go for a T14, otherwise the odds of you getting a big law job (or a job where you actually use your legal degree) is small. I have met quite a few people that got JDs from lesser schools (my sample size is mostly AU and to a lesser extent GW tbh) that just did not get a job in their field. [/quote]

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