First of all, you can network via LinkedIn, Lunchmeet, attending conferences, founder dating services, etc. There's so many ways you can do it for much less if

First of all, you can network via LinkedIn, Lunchmeet, attending conferences, founder dating services, etc. There's so many ways you can do it for much less if not free. Second, how many of the people you encounter during the MBA program will actually be of any use to you? I know you can't tell, but from my experience, you don't really need to network with everyone--it's often a waste of time. You just need to be introduced to the ones who matter in your industry. So if the real value of an MBA is the network, then an MBA doesn't really seem valuable at all.