Graduate School?

Is anyone here studying towards an MBA in the US? I'm thinking of spending the next couple of years in London, before heading off to a good school in the US. The only thing putting me off is the prospect of having a $200k loan hanging over my head...

It's still early days yet, and I've only just started looking into it, but I seem to be getting more and more interested by the day...

Let me know if you've gone through this, and have any comments or opinions you would like to share...

Hmmm, well not completely the same thing. But i'm considering going to the US for a year of my Uni life ...dunno if i want the loan though!

A reletive is studying at Harvard (i think) she's already a surgeon but has gone back to study *ahh i forget*

I've done some more research on MBAs...

Apart from the $200k loan, another thing putting me off is that an MBA doesn't guarantee success, but then again, I guess nothing does.

The starting salaries for MBA grads is usually quite high (around US$100k for the Ivys), but I read somewhere that around 40% of this years graduating class from Wharton are still looking for work.

I'm still really keen on going ahead, and if I do, I think the next couple of years is the time to do it. I'm still (relatively) young at 26, and hopefully, the US economy should be better placed to hire more grads in 3 to 4 years time.

Harvard would be fantastic, but I think my first choice would be Wharton or Stanford, followed by Chicago, MIT and Columbia. I've heard the Harvard grads can be REALLY arrogant, and that's the last thing I need...

At the end of the day, they're all great schools and I think it'll all come down to which ones will accept me.

I'm here doing a PhD at the University of Washington. Don't know much about MBAs, but my wife is interning at Real, and some other interns there, in the middle of their MBAs, are getting USD7k per month!!! You'll make a lot of money with an MBA, don't you worry.

dont forget that if u go to the states its only $3 for a packet of ciggies!
and like a dollar for a big arse bottle of beer from the dairy, $2 for a lil bottle of vodka from the dairy $12.99 for a big bottle of malibu from the dairy and lots and lots of cool ppl, (well i only went southern so i can say they nice ppl down there)

fantastic lifestyle from a kiwis point of view!