First thank you everyone here for sharing their stories and experience and the helpful advice that you guys provide.
Now getting to the precise information that I am seeking-
I graduated in 2006 with 3.78 GPA from Concord University, Athens, WV with accounting and finance major. Since then, I have been working in IT firm as a business analyst. I am interested in finance / accounting; but when I talk to few folks they say that I should rather pursue graduate degree in IT or take up a graduate course in finance (like ms in finance), rather than MBA. They advise that IT should be my focus and not finance; further, they said that since I have been away from finance, graduate programs in finance would be more beneficial (i.e. if I really wanted finance). So should I not really think about MBA? If I want to switch careers from IT to finance, would a graduate program in finance be better or an MBA in finance. I be 30 this august, would next year be too late? Is there a chance for this year (I have not taken my GMAT or GRE yet).
Please, please help!![/list]
Now getting to the precise information that I am seeking-
I graduated in 2006 with 3.78 GPA from Concord University, Athens, WV with accounting and finance major. Since then, I have been working in IT firm as a business analyst. I am interested in finance / accounting; but when I talk to few folks they say that I should rather pursue graduate degree in IT or take up a graduate course in finance (like ms in finance), rather than MBA. They advise that IT should be my focus and not finance; further, they said that since I have been away from finance, graduate programs in finance would be more beneficial (i.e. if I really wanted finance). So should I not really think about MBA? If I want to switch careers from IT to finance, would a graduate program in finance be better or an MBA in finance. I be 30 this august, would next year be too late? Is there a chance for this year (I have not taken my GMAT or GRE yet).
Please, please help!![/list]
