ACCEPTED INTO MBA PROGRAM!!

[FMitchell5036]

University of Texas at Permian Basin
and
Missouri State Univ.

After already getting rejected at Louisiana State at Shreveport (back in August) and
accepted at Mississippi State last week.

FYI - Mississippi State, Missouri State, and UTPB all asked for my Sophia and Study transcripts.

Which is your first choice?

I'm think I'm leaning between UTPB and Missouri State.

UTPB will cost $10,380, they have 6 terms per year, 30 credits 10 classes, and I definitely can graduate by December 2021 by taking 2 classes for 5 terms or spreading it out over 6 and take 1 class the first and last terms of the calendar year.

Missouri's regular tuition before leveling course needed is $11,682, they have regular, Spring, Summer, Fall semesters, with some classes offered during a, 8-week block for a part of a term, but not all, most classes are full-term classes, and their program is 33 credits, 11 classes, plus out of their 6 prerequisite/Foundation business courses, they only accepted 5 from my transcript, which means I have to take FIN 600 at cost of about $1062 bringing the total for Missouri to $12,744. It may be hard to graduate in December  2021 from here, as I would have to take 4 classes each for Spring Summer and Fall. With the amount of 8-week block classes they offer I would at least be taking 3 classes all at once. The plus side, they have built into the MBA program a Graduate Certificate without having to take any extra classes. And I like the idea of earning at Graduate Certificate in Management, Entrepreneurship, or Leadership. You actually can plan it to earn 2 Graduate Certificates in Management and Leadership, if you choose the right electives that overlap. See below for other grad certificates offered.

Graduate Certificates
Focus your MBA with specialization in the following areas:

• Computer Information Systems *
  
• Cybersecurity *
  
• Data Analytics
  
• Entrepreneurship
  
• Finance *
  
• Financial Analysis *
  
• International Business
  
• Leadership
  
• Management
  
• Marketing*
  
• Quantitative Enterprise Risk Management*
  
• Project Management * 
  

I'm debating. I will have a better idea after I speak to my academic advisor at Missouri tomorrow. Already spoke to advisor at UTPB today.

Thanks and any feedback is appreciated!

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That's really really Awesome! Those programs are very affordable.  You've got choices to decide on, haha...  I would highly recommend a public/state school and AACSB with affordable fees, from the looks of things, these hit all the criteria!  Good job, good luck, have fun, take anyone that hits your fancy!

Thanks I'm so torn between Missouri and UTPB. See response above. I think Mississippi is out as they are about $22k+. I thought they were $15,420 when I applied, but I only looked at the tuition, they also have a $249 per credit fee added for online classes, which I think is ridiculous. so now instead of $514 x 3 = $1542 per class, its really $763 x 3 = $2289 per class. I  don't think I'm going to pay that when I've been accepted to other schools that are half the price that are public/state schools and AACSB accredited. Wish I would have dug deeper when researching the cost of tuition there but I'm still happy I was accepted.

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Congrats! Are you waiting on others?

Yes, I am waiting on Delaware State, UMass at Lowell, Fitchburg, State, and Univ of South Carolina at Aiken. 

I just heard back a few minutes ago from West Texas A & M and they want me to take 2 leveling classes as they only waived Accounting which I took at a B&M school. They want me to take a Finance and Statistics class even though I took and passed those with Study.com. I also submitted a GMAT waiver with my resume and they said my GPA didn't qualify and they would require a GMAT score of 500 or better to continue with my application. 

So I'm going to pass on West Texas A & M, since I already have been accepted to other schools without having to take the GMAT.