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age and mba

by hich123 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:46 pm
just a general question, at the age of 31 years. Is it to late to pursuit a mba?

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by dmateer25 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:48 pm
What type of MBA are you looking at? Full-time? Part-Time? EMBA?

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by hich123 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:50 pm
I am looking into part-time mba in finance.

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by dmateer25 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:58 pm
No, 31 is not too old!

Here are the average ages for some part-time programs:

Kellogg: 29
Booth: 30
USC: 29

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by hich123 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:00 pm
Thank you for the quick reply and the answer

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by crackgmat007 » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:48 am
How about for full-time? Is 31 too old?

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by dmateer25 » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:17 pm
Here are the average ages for full-time programs:

HBS - 26
Kellogg - 28
Wharton - 28
Booth - 28