UIUC (Illinois) iMBA - is there a gotcha?

[Duneranger]

There definitely is. Some things in life arent about going after the cheapest/easiest thing possible. There are MANY MANY places where it matters but degreeforum is going to be biased considering the purpose of this board. Its a bizarre trope on here that the school you go to magically doesn't matter. Especially bizarre is this day and age of degreeflation. These top firms (or not even top) get flooded with apps, ALL with MBAs and solid experience. The job market is not easy. Spend a little time on the MBA subreddit and you'll get a decent picture.

Many of us are older and not searching for top firms in our fields as this junction in our career. An MBA from pretty much any RA college will suffice for many of us. If I was 25, I would say it does matter when it's from, but at 50, nope. I have decades of experience so just having the diploma i all that matters. There's thousands of colleges in this country. No one has heard of all of them. Unless they're local to you, Ivy, a big sports college, or a state school, chances are you've never heard of them. Doesn't mean that they're bad. It just means that you don't live near them. No news is good news quite often. 

People on here were not pro PUG when my husband started his bachelor's degree there as it was right after they bought it from Kaplan. His managers said otherwise. They said go to PUG over WGU. They never heard of WGU and they all know the Purdue name. This forum was super pro WGU at that time. He works in IT and was promoted soon after graduating with his bachelor's in analytics.

PUG is not Purdue; they only said that because they don't know any better. But yes sure, it deceptively sounds better.

There are TONS of young people on here who don't have tons of experience and are looking to get a MBA. They need to hear this, especially if they want to be making ahead of their peers.