Journal Fortunato_NC's Journal: Headed to The University of Florida 1
As the beginning of May drew closer, I had to make a decision about where I was going to pursue my MBA. After weighing the scholarship/assistantship offers and the relative merits of the schools I've been accepted to, I've decided that I'm going to go to the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business for their one-year, Option B program. In a little under a year from now, I'll be finished with my degree program, and assuming I get the classes I want, i should be able to pull a double major (okay, concentration) in Finance and Marketing.
Why UF, as opposed to Notre Dame or Penn State? Basically, UF's program combines the best of both of the other two programs. Notre Dame had a one year program that would have required me to take on between $20K and $30K of student loan debt, and PSU had offered me an assistantship that would have covered most of my costs, but was a two-year program. UF offered me a very generous assistantship in a one-year program.
I resigned from my job last Monday, effective June 17th. School starts the following week. Between now and then, I'll be wrapping up things at work, hopefully transitioning with my successor in place for some overlap, but at any rate, documenting as much as humanly possible. I'm going to miss ONLINE, but I am also pretty sure that adding a master's degree will enhance my career enough to make giving up a year of my career worthwhile.
Congrats dude (Score:2)