3.Asizzling1marketforM.B.A’sintheU.SWhileyoungtechesweighingB-schoolagainstimmediateopportunitymightlogicallyquestionthevalueofanM.B.A.,placementofficialsandcorporatehiringchiefssaydemandforthecredential2isasrobust3asever,inhightechnologyaswellasconsultingandfinance.“It’sagreatmarketforM.B.A.’s,”saysIlseEvans,directorofcareerservicesattheUniversityofCalifornia?Berkeley’sHaasSchoolofBusiness,whosegraduatestypicallyenjoymultiple4offers.“Eightypercentofthesecond-yearstudentsattheUniversityofVirginiareturnedtocampuslastfallwithjoboffersalreadyinhand,”saystheastonishedB-schooldean,EdwardSnyder.Sointenseisthepressureonstudentstoaccept--manycompaniesdangle5“exploding”bonusesthatdisappearafteracertaintime--thattheUniversityofChicagolastfallsentalettertoemployersinsistingthatM.B.A.studentsbeallowedsixweekstomull6anoffer.Buttherealityis