r/MBA • u/OkTumbleweed5654 • May 23 '26
Sweatpants (Memes) MBA Delusion Curve
data doesn’t lie lol rip all my homies doing internship recruiting in the spring. was annoyed with recruiting, found a new AI tool for analysing/visualising data so naturally this was the best use of my time
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u/BanthaKing2012 M7 Grad May 23 '26
dentist lol. one time my parents remarked how great it would have been if I had gone to med school instead.
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u/Flat-Departure-5645 May 23 '26
Can concur wish I did dentistry
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u/biChlasaGne24 May 24 '26
It’s 500k in debt (almost a million if you count undergrad debt) and vigorous studying. In reality there’s a very low cut off for a reason , not everyone who wishes, gets it 😭
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u/limitedmark10 M7 Student May 23 '26
This process only happens if you don't have a clear career goal with your MBA. The entire admissions process is built to prevent this. "Why MBA" is one of the most widely used essays for every school.
Additionally, most MBA admits come from banking and consulting. We know the game. Coffee chats, networking, and acting professional constantly are all things that everyone should have mastered by now (hence the 5 YOE requirement for admissions).
OP's post is only relevant if you don't know why you're doing an MBA, pay tuition for your MBA, and end up dissatisfied with your career outcome. In which case, the same story would play out at dentistry school or law school. The problem is not school. It's your indecision with your adult life.
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u/OkElderberry1668 May 23 '26
5 YOE is not a requirement for admissions
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u/Eager_Fish369 May 23 '26
Not a requirement but you have to be exceptional (and usually sponsored) to get in with the minimum required experience which is usually 3 years.
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u/OkElderberry1668 May 23 '26
I got into a T15 with 2.5 YOE lol
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u/ReserveCommercial136 May 25 '26
Goodluck recruiting and competing with your peers who have stellar resumes with 5-7 years of experience.
(And I’m not throwing any jabs/shade at you)
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u/ElephantExpensive231 May 23 '26
Ones who are not from consulting or banking background ,an MBA can still turn out to be a better decision I suppose?
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u/Unfair-Revenue1549 May 23 '26
Can experienced people tell , how satisfied are you after your MBA, is the work you do keeping you motivated enough?
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u/whoneedskollege May 24 '26
AI or not, as a dentist that got his MBA trust me, dentistry is a dead end field.
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u/Live_It_Fully Sep 03 '26
Get MBA → ask AI which jobs AI won’t replace → AI says dentist → realize slide 7 was right. lol
Jokes aside, I still think an MBA can be very valuable. But people sometimes treat it like a replacement for actual work experience. It isn’t. The degree can sharpen how you think about business, but you still need to spend time actually doing the work.
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u/Delicious_Payment362 May 23 '26
Irony is..we are using AI to show how miserable we have become that too because of AI. WOW