I'm In!
Yesterday I was accepted to the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University! I'll be starting MBA classes in a week, which is hard to believe. This year I planned to start an MBA program, and I had already chosen Pepperdine as my #1 selection, but I've been procrastinating through the formal application process.
I went to a preliminary information session back in March, then I didn't really do anything til last weekend. Last Sunday I found out that I could apply online, so I wrote all three self-assessment essays (1 page each) and finished that part of the process.
Fortunately, that was the biggest hurdle for me. I already have an MA from USC, so they waived the GMAT requirement. Thank god. I hate standardized tests, and I was never that great at the math portion, even when I was taking math classes. I hate to think what I would have scored if I had to take the test. Ugh.
Anyway, I sent them my undergrad and grad transcripts which arrived Thursday. Then I got my manager to fill in the recommendation form, and dropped that off on Friday over lunch. I also had to fax in the recommendation form to the other admission rep at their West LA campus.
To my surprise, I was emailed an acceptance letter about half an hour later! Pretty amazing turnaround, that's for sure. Since then, I experienced deja vu when I applied for a student loans at MyRichUncle.com. My company only pays 20% of tuition expenses, so loans will cover the rest til the MBA starts to pay for itself.
Wow, I can't believe I'll be a student again next week (classes start on the 28th). I'm gonna be so busy, that my blogging will probably suffer, but it will be with it in the long run.
I went to a preliminary information session back in March, then I didn't really do anything til last weekend. Last Sunday I found out that I could apply online, so I wrote all three self-assessment essays (1 page each) and finished that part of the process.
Fortunately, that was the biggest hurdle for me. I already have an MA from USC, so they waived the GMAT requirement. Thank god. I hate standardized tests, and I was never that great at the math portion, even when I was taking math classes. I hate to think what I would have scored if I had to take the test. Ugh.
Anyway, I sent them my undergrad and grad transcripts which arrived Thursday. Then I got my manager to fill in the recommendation form, and dropped that off on Friday over lunch. I also had to fax in the recommendation form to the other admission rep at their West LA campus.
To my surprise, I was emailed an acceptance letter about half an hour later! Pretty amazing turnaround, that's for sure. Since then, I experienced deja vu when I applied for a student loans at MyRichUncle.com. My company only pays 20% of tuition expenses, so loans will cover the rest til the MBA starts to pay for itself.
Wow, I can't believe I'll be a student again next week (classes start on the 28th). I'm gonna be so busy, that my blogging will probably suffer, but it will be with it in the long run.
posted by cynical2afault at
9:50 AM
1 Comments:
"Only 20%," eh?
My employer pays $2000 (max) per calendar year.
In other words, I'm in putting myself into student loan hell for my MBA.
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:: jozjozjoz ::, At
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