Economy and that scary "R" word

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

I was just teasing hooskins, since he was talking about classes he took. I wasn't really trying to have a pissing contest based on academic credentials. Probably came out sounding arrogant, so my bad on that.

But I went to Temple. Here in Philly, you've got your Wharton School at U Penn, which is one of the best in the country obviously. I definitely couldn't have gotten into Wharton, didn't have the grades in college (too much messin around!). Then after that, you've got your Villanova and you've got your Temple. Those are the other two programs in the area that are be considered strong.

I work for Temple Health System, so the tuition was free for me. Worked out well. They still made me apply like anybody else though.

I see you're from "the southeast." If you're in the DC area, Georgetown and George Washington are great programs. I think Maryland, American, and George Mason are good too.

Southeast is actually Knoxville, TN. The University of Tennessee apparently has a decent MBA program - I think it's somewhere in the top 100 worldwide, and top 25 in the U.S. depending on who you read.

My career is currently more in marketing, and UTK has a marketing concentration for the MBA program, so that would tend to be the logical choice. I find anything finance-related to be absolutely fascinating, however, so that's awfully tempting.

Did any of you do your MBA while maintaining a full-time job? And do you think it's helped at all in your career in terms of compensation or promotion?