BSBA/BBA first, or straight to an MBA?

[bjcheung77]

Thorne, don't let prerequisites scare you. Most MBA programs require X courses for business preparation, there are many that don't require any prerequisites and if there are, a couple up to 3 or 4 courses are required. My suggestion is to "find the Masters" degree program of choice, and see what prerequisites there are, while you're taking the BSBA, take those required courses.

The TESU BSBA is so flexible, take the AOS credits of your choice (or a double AOS) to prepare you for the MBA. You don't have to have a BSBA to get into an MBA, but you still need to have X courses to full their requirements, each school is different. Below are the easiest (there are much more local/in state universities or out of state universities that require the GRE/GMAT, also a 3.0 GPA, and last but not least 3 years Business experience with references)

Excelsior: None, no GRE/GMAT required (but expensive)
Hodges: None, no GRE/GMAT required
Patten: No GRE/GMAT, requires Microeconomics, College Algebra
TESU: No GRE/GMAT, (but expensive), requires Financial Accounting, Statistics, and Microeconomics
WGU: No GRE/GMAT, Bachelors + 3 years experience

Heriot-Watt (UK) - None (no bachelors required, 10 exams, roughly $10,000 total)
New Charter (Nationally Accredited) - Same as Patten (Microeconomics, College Algebra)
Taft (Nationally Accredited) - None, pretty inexpensive
UofPeople (Nationally Accredited) - None, pretty inexpensive
TLDR - Find whatever school you're looking for and their requirements, complete them en route to BSBA.

Lastly, I recall you telling me this when I asked you on one of your threads which Masters you're going for and why not an MBA at WGU - they require you to have 3 years experience in Business. If you're "still young" and want to get into say WGU, I would recommend that BSBA first, you can finish it off with just 24 credits at TESU - 21 transferred in and do the capstone - all in 4 months time.