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Joined: 04 Jun 2007
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Location: SF, CA, USA
Concentration: Technology, Entrepreneurship, Digital Media & Entertainment
Schools:UC Berkeley Haas School of Business MBA 2010
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GPA: 3.9 - undergrad 3.6 - grad-EE
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Re: Getting MBA at UG school
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02 May 2008, 23:27
there is something to be said about "expanding your network" and going to different schools, *but* I wouldn't recommend that you completely discount your undergrad business school for your MBA just because you've "been there" already or wanted something different. Like others said, the education is very different (UG usually focuses on lectures like other UG classes, and Grad usually focuses on cases and experiential learning), the network is very different (not all UG business schools allow their UG alums to access the grad alum list), and your experience will be different (a lot more professional and social clubs than at the UG level and the responsibilities are much greater - i.e. larger fund raising amounts, working with bigger companies at higher levels, etc...)
based on your login name, can I assume that you went to Haas for undergrad? If so, I can definitely refer you to a few Haas undergrad people who either are now Haas MBA students or just made the decision (over Kellogg, no less) to go back to Haas for b-school.
In the end, you should go to the school that fits you the best in terms of career placement/advancement, where you want to work later on, the alum network (grad alum, not UG alum), and where you feel most "at home".
And no, I don't think recruiters will frown much on going to the same school for UG and MBA, especially if the MBA comes from a top 15 school.