A little help here....?

Question

i am doing B.Sc( bachlor of science) Computer Science 2nd year. i have only 2 options next - M.C.A or MBA. which is a better option? i want to do MBA but its worth it only if i do it from a reputed B-School. and i am not brainy. at the same time MBA get good jobs with good salaries if done from a good univ. i am in india and want to know about the options i have here and abroad like US UK australia and singapore i

want to know the following details:

1) list some good univs with good placements and reputation in the above listed coutries (remember i am not brainy so dont say oxford and havard!!!)

2) how much will it cost? how expensive is it?

3) will i be able to cope?

4) what branches of MBA are good? like HR or finance

5) most importantly if none of these click. then give me some other options other fields of study where i can get a well paid job. i just want to get a good job and be secure.

Answer 1

1 & 2) Pretty much any university in the United States will have a good MBA program. The fiancial aspect is going to be the deciding factor but in the U.S. you can expect to pay on average, $35,000 per year (2 semesters) for tuition alone. So you will also need to budget for living expenses (rent, utilites, medical insurance, food, transportation etc).

In the U.K, the general rule of thumb is that the further north you chose to stay then the more affordable both tuition and living expenses become and even then, due to the exchange rate and the fact that you are an international student, the cost of tuition is not going to be cheap.

Here are some good universities outside of Oxbridge:

University of Manchester (£31,260)

University of Leeds (£19,000)

University of Liverpool (£14,000)

University of Newcastle (£15,950).

Just be aware that the U.K. prices above do not include living expenses but you can expect them to be between £5,500 and £7,500 per year, depending on your social life and which part of the various cities you chose to live.

3) That really is a question for yourself that no-one here can answer. Are you used to or ready for a change, a huge change and culture shock? Can you handle being away from friends and family? Are you ready for the postgraduate life? The challenge, the workload, the experience? This is a question only you can answer.

4 & 5) Again this is only a question that you can answer, where do your interest lay? What do you want to do in life, what are your career goals?

I could name pretty much every specialization of the MBA that will put you on the track of decent salary in later life, but I am not going to, because in the end if you are stuck in a high-paid job which you do not like and that does not interest you then you will not grow as a person and you will ultimately limit your self-development. This is a decision that you must decide on your own.

As for a secure job, you will find that nothing is secure but with a postgraduate degree in a senesible field of education then you will increase your chances. If this is 'all' that you want then take a look at Management, Finance, Economics and international business because they are the areas which are worth the postgraduate money as far as the MBA goes. Specializations such as HR, marketing, operations, e-business etc is a field of business that is based soley on chance, sometimes it pays of big but the majority of the time it does not.

As for your additional details, that is just TV.