Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Help with Business School, Careers in Finance, etc.

eyeoftheovermind · 09-29-2008, 12:35 PM

2 years ago I quit school due to blah blah growing up issues blah blah. I was about 20 credits from a BA in Business Admin with a minor in e-commerce. Since then I got 4 IT certs (Net+, Sec+,CCNA, BSCI), top secret clearance and been working for the gov for a year. I'd really like to go back and finish my degree and progress to an MBA. My questions though are:

1. Financing going back to school? Banking agencies are not very lenient on lending in this market which might affect my ability to secure a student loan? Get a consulting job in networking part time while I finish school?

2. My gpa before I left was 2.8 so assuming while finishing my BA I retake some classes I tanked and ace the rest I can get it up to a 3.4 what is the likelyhood I can get into a T1 program? How much will my perfect SAT scores help? Will my top secret clearance, networking certs, gov. work lend any weight to my application?

More questions to come as I do more research. Thanks guys.

09-29-2008, 12:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
eyeoftheovermind Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: us Posts: 113 -1 Internets	2 years ago I quit school due to blah blah growing up issues blah blah. I was about 20 credits from a BA in Business Admin with a minor in e-commerce. Since then I got 4 IT certs (Net+, Sec+,CCNA, BSCI), top secret clearance and been working for the gov for a year. I'd really like to go back and finish my degree and progress to an MBA. My questions though are: 1. Financing going back to school? Banking agencies are not very lenient on lending in this market which might affect my ability to secure a student loan? Get a consulting job in networking part time while I finish school? 2. My gpa before I left was 2.8 so assuming while finishing my BA I retake some classes I tanked and ace the rest I can get it up to a 3.4 what is the likelyhood I can get into a T1 program? How much will my perfect SAT scores help? Will my top secret clearance, networking certs, gov. work lend any weight to my application? More questions to come as I do more research. Thanks guys. __________________ "The truth is you're the weak and I am the tyranny of evil men."