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Originally Posted by eyeoftheovermind  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. |
I'd just like to point out that there is nothing wrong with t2 schools. If you are having problems with sticking with it in undergrad (at your yet unnamed school), do you have any idea how much harder a t1 grad school is? Seriously, t2 schools are OK.
My cousin is attending Penn State (which is now a t2 grad school I think - ugh, it was t1 when I was there for undergrad) and she can expect to make 75K+ a year at graduation. There is nothing the matter with t2 programs, but I think you shouldn't go any lower, as you may not be recruited or see a pay bump. The only time programs make sense is if your company has a "deal" with a school, they require you to have an MBA and you plan on staying a your company for a long time.
While being different helps you get in, you are going to need more work experience than a year. T1 schools are probably not going to let you in with a year's work experience unless you were an Executive for that year or something like that. But a t2 school might be more lenient in this regard. My cousin got into a t2 school and she had zero work experience after undergrad.
