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| - I received my BA some time ago and was poised and ready to go to grad school to pursue a career in academia, either Literature or Creative Writing, but then life happened and fast forward seven years and I had a ton of work experience and traveled abroad but was still missing something in professional life. So I started hunting for jobs and kept running into the same problem--all of them required an MBA.
Nowadays, an MBA is what a BA was 10-20 years ago. It's kind of the standard now. To even be considered, you have to have this degree, so then I set out about finding a place that wouldn't only give me classes but give me the intangibles that set exceptional people apart from the rest.
So I looked at Wake Forest, and I looked at UNCC, and I looked at Chapel Hill and found the same trend--they showed me all the bells and whistles of their program (the updated technology, the facts and figures about success rates, the name dropping you could do), but none of those programs really had substance. I'd take some classes, learn enough to get good grades, and I'm done.
When I visited Queens, not only did Dean Shiffler present the school in a positive light (which is expected), one of the current students did. Unsolicited. I was walking around the grounds, struck up a conversation, they were in the program I was interested in, and he gave me the run-down. It was an honest assessment, and that meant more to me than anything else.
I'm in my second year now in the PMBA program, and I'll tell you this--I will never regret this decision. I still have a ways to go, but I've learned more than just finance and stocks and bonds and amortization and cost/benefit analyses and all the other information you'll learn in an MBA program. I've learned about myself. I've discovered that my vision for my professional path was almost non-existent and I was at a point in my life where I was going nowhere fast. They truly invest in you here. It's a small school, which is just what you need. It's competitive, but rewarding. Students really build a community here. You're not just a number--professors remember you by name (or at least face), they're accessible, they listen, and most importantly, they approach their jobs as a person first, and a "Dr" second.
I'd be willing to speak to anyone about the PMBA program at Queens; I have learned some invaluable lessons already as a result. Aside from the beautiful campus, you get a sense of belonging here--Southern charm at it's best. I'm really proud to be a (graduate) Royal, and you should definitely consider Queens.
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