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Decision for Leeds vs Bath vs Manchester vs Durham vs Deferred MBA

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Msc International Business : Manchester vs Leeds vs Bath vs Durham 20 Jun 2020, 11:35
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Got Admits from Bath and Leeds
Awaiting Manchester and Durham

Also, please read the description and help me with your thoughts.

I have a bachelor's in Business Management in Finance. I applied for the 1-year master's program in the UK to these universities' business schools and got admitted but I have not yet accepted the unconditional offers to them. Got rejected by Warwick business school. Also, I am preparing for the GMAT and I am planning to take the exam in October - early November. And think of planning to apply for the 2+2 and other deferred MBA programs during the college student application deadlines. What should I do?
If I accept the offer I am planning of working for 3-4 years in the UK after graduation as there are good visa regulations after graduation and then apply for an MBA with international work experience.

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Msc International Business : Manchester vs Leeds vs Bath vs Durham 21 Jun 2020, 10:28
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I think deferred MBA would be the best option.
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Msc International Business : Manchester vs Leeds vs Bath vs Durham 21 Jun 2020, 23:56
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I think deferred MBA would be the best option.
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and why so? I am just trying to understand why you suggesting deferred MBA over MS degree.
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Msc International Business : Manchester vs Leeds vs Bath vs Durham 22 Jun 2020, 00:02
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I think deferred MBA would be the best option.

and why so? I am just trying to understand why you suggesting deferred MBA over MS degree.
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I’ve talked to many people about this and everyone has suggested me that an MBA has much more value than an MS. And MS programs are usually one year in length, which makes it so much harder to find jobs/internships. Basically, the option that has the best value should be chosen, which I believe is a deferred MBA in this case.
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I’ve talked to many people about this and everyone has suggested me that an MBA has much more value than an MS. And MS programs are usually one year in length, which makes it so much harder to find jobs/internships. Basically, the option that has the best value should be chosen, which I believe is a deferred MBA in this case.
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Great.. so the OP, and anyone else who reads this thread, will have an idea of why you suggested the deferred option. :)
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Can you advice me Narenn regarding this?

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Can you advice me Narenn regarding this?

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I am sorry Tejas but I've no expertise on this. I would rather let MS experts answer your questions.