Hi. I am thinking i am taking MBA for next year. I have already had GMAT and IELTS score, 640 and 7.0 respectively. I am not taking those tests anymore, because of high testing fee and much time i need to spent to increase high score.
Please help me to choose the right MBA from the list.

Warwick, Imperial, Manchester, Lancaster, Durham, Cass, Bath

Warwick : I guess Warwick requirement is quite high, but high reputation and reasonable program fee and living cost.
Imperial : Very high program fee.... I dont think it is worth it in personal opinion....
Manchester : High fee and 18 months program but famous in my country... maybe due to the football....
Cass : High fee and low reputation in my country.
Lancaster : i guess i am thinking to go to the Lancaster. Program fee is reasonable, Living cost is good. High rank in FT in 2016. High salary increasement.
Durham : Good reputation and reasonable program fee. Appropriate rank in FT and Economists.
Bath : High Reputation and reasonable program fee and good living cost.. but the 2016 FT Ranking decreased a lot...

I guess there are other good MBA programs in UK but i need to think about the reputation of the university, and program fee and living cost because many people don't know the MBA school's name... Such as Cranfield and Cass which are good MBAs in UK.

Maybe i think my first choice will be Warwick if i can get the offer, and Lancaster as the second choice and Durham as last choice.

To me, weather GMAT is compulsory or not is not important. Because the main purpose of it is that i need to get better job after MBA with high salary and good ROI.

If u have any more advice for that, please do let me know..

[Edited by pradalks1004 on Jan 31, 2016]

You talk so much about the fees and very little about the goals you have. Start by elaborating your goals and then find the best fit.

Hi. I am thinking i am taking MBA for next year. I have already had GMAT and IELTS score, 640 and 7.0 respectively. I am not taking those tests anymore, because of high testing fee and much time i need to spent to increase high score.
Please help me to choose the right MBA from the list.

Warwick, Imperial, Manchester, Lancaster, Durham, Cass, Bath

Warwick : I guess Warwick requirement is quite high, but high reputation and reasonable program fee and living cost.
Imperial : Very high program fee.... I dont think it is worth it in personal opinion....
Manchester : High fee and 18 months program but famous in my country... maybe due to the football....
Cass : High fee and low reputation in my country.
Lancaster : i guess i am thinking to go to the Lancaster. Program fee is reasonable, Living cost is good. High rank in FT in 2016. High salary increasement.
Durham : Good reputation and reasonable program fee. Appropriate rank in FT and Economists.
Bath : High Reputation and reasonable program fee and good living cost.. but the 2016 FT Ranking decreased a lot...

I guess there are other good MBA programs in UK but i need to think about the reputation of the university, and program fee and living cost because many people don't know the MBA school's name... Such as Cranfield and Cass which are good MBAs in UK.

Maybe i think my first choice will be Warwick if i can get the offer, and Lancaster as the second choice and Durham as last choice.

To me, weather GMAT is compulsory or not is not important. Because the main purpose of it is that i need to get better job after MBA with high salary and good ROI.

If u have any more advice for that, please do let me know..

Yes, you certainly need to flesh out your goals.

Assuming you want to go back to your home country after graduation, you should do a bit of research on each school's alumni footprint in your country and in your chosen industry.

Search through Linkedin and see how many MBAs from each school are doing the kinds of jobs you want to do. Yes, the University of Manchester might be well-known due to the city's football team, but that says nothing about Alliance's placements in the country.

Yes, Bath has slipped hugely in the rankings and I would be surprised if it still makes it into the 2017 rankings at all.
Also, Bath ranks very low for increase in salary.

Manchester and Warwick are both excellent Management Schools as reflected by their consistently high rankings and great international reputation.

Honestly, Laurie, the University of Manchester is known for being one of the world's great comprehensive universities, with 25 Nobel Prize winners. I don't think Manchester City, or Manchester United, are major factors for many people. It is comfortably in the top 50 or 60 universities, and business schools, worldwide. Placement in the country is important for self-funding students who come from less developed countries and who don't speak another global business langauge. But the students who go to other countries are also finding work. I know first hand from my 15 years as a Manchester Gold mentor that many of those are high-value sponsored students whose employers actively seek out the schools more extensive MBA format.