I'm also pondering the decision of full time vs part time.
I just turned 25, I don't know if that makes me young or old anymore
Currently, I'm a risk analyst for the structured credit trading desk at my firm (a Bulge Bracket firm). Long term, I want to move to the trading desk. I've only been at this job for a week now, so I'm not certain about the growth opportunities within the firm. Is it realistic that a risk analyst can move over to the desk? When I was trying to leave my last job, I was able to get interviews at two hedge funds for trading jobs (no offers though
), so I don't feel that it would be extremely difficult.
The benefit of going full time is that it might be easier to make this career switch, but I'm reluctant to go full-time since I'm not impressed with post-MBA salaries. I don't know if it makes sense to drop $100k on an education, forfeit two years salary and bonus, and get paid substantially less than I make now. Additionally, a part-time MBA would be fully funded by my company.
I feel that 10 years down the road, no one will care if your MBA was full-time or part-time..
I took the GMAT a few months ago, I have a 760 so I feel that should be OK for most schools. My undergrad GPA was a mediocre 3.4 from a top engineering school.
After re-reading what I just wrote, I've pretty much convinced myself that part-time is the solution for me. Does that sound logical? I'd like to get some other opinions on this.
Thanks!