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Done MBA without a Bachelor's Degree 10 years ago & some employers still demand one
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Good morning!

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read my post.

I am in a very strange situation.

I am grateful that I was given an opportunity by a well-known British university to do an MBA without a Bachelor's Degree almost 10 years ago.

How I got that opportunity is a different story. In a nutshell, they had an Admission "Prerequisite" which stated,

      "A Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university or a degree from a recognised institution comparable and/or equivalent to a British Honours degree" *

* Applicants that do not directly meet the educational requirements will be evaluated on an individual basis."

I found myself to be fit into the latter category (i.e. the footnote) and just ran with it and after several months of deliberations, they granted me the precious opportunity. I graduated with a GPA of 3.50 three years later.

For the past almost 10 years, I never had a problem using my MBA here in the United States even with the Federal Government but recently, when I applied for a job, the employer wanted me to submit my Bachelor's Degree along-with my MBA transcripts. Of course, I told them that I don't have one.

That is beside the point of whether I will get that job or not but that definitely reminded me of lacking a Bachelor's Degree.

I have around 70 credits (lower and upper) and almost two decades of professional experience as well as an MBA from an AACSB-Accredited, EQUIS-Accredited, EFMD-CEL-Accredited British University. I was wondering which university (i.e. Thomas Eddison, Charter Oaks, The Excelsior) will be kind enough to grant me a Bachelor's Degree based upon what I have so far. I am leaning more towards Prior Learning Assessments (PLAs) than CLEPS, DATNES, etc.

Any advice, guidance or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and have a great and productive day.

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Done MBA without a Bachelor's Degree 10 years ago & some employers still demand one - by PositiveSoul - 11-03-2019, 05:33 PM

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