I am currently doing the online MBA from Florida Tech and dont know if I should transfer to another school.?
I recently found out that schools aside from the accreditation for the whole school also have a specific accreditation for the business program: AACSB. I have taken already 4 courses out of the 12 courses to get my MBA from Florida Tech which is regionally accredited but not accredited by the AACSB. I havent taken the GMAT and have started to prepare though I have been out of school for like 14 years or so. My english is okay but my math not so great. The problem is that by the time I get all the stuff needed to get into a bigger MBA program and hopfully to get in I would have finished my MBA with Florida Tech. What should I do. I am 35 years old.
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It would have been better to start off with an AACSB-accredted MBA, but the truth is, among low tier schools, it doesn’t make much difference. MBAs don’t give the career boost they might have twenty years ago. There are today too many mediocre graduates of mediocre MBA schools.
Your Florida Tech MBA will probably not get you a new job. It may give you a slight boost in your current job if an MBA is regarded as just a check-off box in your company.
The best MBA program in Florida is at Rollins College. The Florida State universities also have accredited MBA programs. Whether you could transfer any of your Fl Tech credit to them you would have to find out from the individual school. You will probably lose some time in any case. Take the GMAT and hopefully get a total score of 550 or higher, preferably much higher.
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