Jeffrey Harrelson has a couple pieces of advice for people debating an MBA. First, understand why you want an MBA: Are you pivoting your career, looking to gain additional skills? “Don’t do it just because other people are doing it.” Second — and most challenging for Harrelson — figure out what kind of program you want: Are willing and able to commit to a full-time program, which often means leaving the stability of a full-time job? “There’s no silver bullet for the decision,” he says. “It’s very personal.”
Doug Petersen (MSIT ‘17) arrived at Bentley University as a transfer student.
Though he joined his classmates as a junior, he immediately became involved on campus and the Waltham community. He spent his years playing for Bentley Rugby, working for the Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center (BSLCE), and interning in the accounting department of a local business.
Cynthia Maletz had two reasons for pursuing the Bentley MBA: Her career and her daughter. The two may seem separate, but for Maletz, they’re very much connected.
“I not only want to tell my very young daughter about powerful, capable and smart women in the workplace, I want to provide a direct role model and example for her,” Maletz says.
Daniel Stasin MSMA ’16 chose Bentley’s Master of Science in Marketing Analytics “because of how it was packaged as a program.”
Kesey Sar (MSF ‘16) first became interested in finance in 2013.
At the time, she was working at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Fund Accountant. She began working there right after completing her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics, but soon became interested in a slightly different field.