Any thoughts, please let me know. I'm at a crossroads.
Early 40s, male, American. I have two degrees already, my bachelor is from a state school and I have a master in fine arts from a top 20 school. My career path has been rather all over the place but mostly in the education sector (worked for a school district for 10 years in both teaching and non teaching roles. I currently do PR and marketing strategy at a startup in the education space.)
I feel like I need a boost to get the most out of my career over the next 25 years. Thinking about transitioning into a more lucrative sector (consulting). I feel like my strong suit is helping organizations think about their communication goals creatively - that's a lot of what I did at the school district and all of what I do now.
From reading and some research I understand that the best way to make this kind of career jump is with a full time MBA. I'm not entirely opposed to that, but since I already have some education debt and not much savings, this will set me back quite a bit. The alternative is that I continue working and pursue an EMBA or a part time MBA at the same time. However I feel like there are a lot of disadvantages to this approach.
Has anybody gone through a similar decision and can help out? One thing is that I haven't taken the GMAT, but I know that the quantitative section will be difficult for me. I can't say for certain that I will get a good score.
Early 40s, male, American. I have two degrees already, my bachelor is from a state school and I have a master in fine arts from a top 20 school. My career path has been rather all over the place but mostly in the education sector (worked for a school district for 10 years in both teaching and non teaching roles. I currently do PR and marketing strategy at a startup in the education space.)
I feel like I need a boost to get the most out of my career over the next 25 years. Thinking about transitioning into a more lucrative sector (consulting). I feel like my strong suit is helping organizations think about their communication goals creatively - that's a lot of what I did at the school district and all of what I do now.
From reading and some research I understand that the best way to make this kind of career jump is with a full time MBA. I'm not entirely opposed to that, but since I already have some education debt and not much savings, this will set me back quite a bit. The alternative is that I continue working and pursue an EMBA or a part time MBA at the same time. However I feel like there are a lot of disadvantages to this approach.
Has anybody gone through a similar decision and can help out? One thing is that I haven't taken the GMAT, but I know that the quantitative section will be difficult for me. I can't say for certain that I will get a good score.
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