bipolarbear wrote:
My roommate is considering a joint JD-MBA while I was previously considering a PhD-MBA (do those even exist?) but realized that a PhD is no longer in my best interest. Anyway, he wanted me to ask about whether or not stressing the joint part too much could hurt the application. I believe he wants to go into either business law or restructuring, and thinks that a JDMBA will help him. Should one stress the joint degree aspect of the MBA when one is applying to a dual program (JDMBA, MA-MBA...etc) too much, or should one rather focus mainly on the MBA aspect of it. Could a joint application give one a competitive edge?
No, because no matter what universities will say publicly, in reality the individual schools within the universities are separate silos that don't really talk to one another.
So a dual-degree program really is like getting two separate degrees from two separate schools (that happen to be part of the same university). As such, admissions is considered on a mutually exclusive basis in reality, even though there will be essay questions asking about how a joint degree will help.