Online MBA- potential student

[Love2LearnAlways]

Welcome!  There are a lot of great choices out there!  I am just a year younger than you and started my MBA last year.  I ended up choosing a program that is not popular here mainly because of the employer discount that I get.  (Jack Welch Management Institute). It makes an otherwise expensive program affordable.  I am about 40% through it but I am only taking courses every other semester so that I don’t get burnt out.  So far I have finished every course with honors.  The basic flow of all the courses that I have taken so far is one discussion post with two responses every week and an assignment every other week or so.  At the end of the course, there’s usually a video power point presentation that is basically pulling together all of the assignments from the class.  By taking one course at a time, I am not feeling too stressed out.  Monday and Tuesday I read/watch materials.  Wednesday I make my discussion post, I take a break on Thursday.  Fri-Sun I make my responses and do the assignments when we have them.   I have never had a group project.  I haven’t heard of one being required in the program, but I still have a ways to go.

As you are comparing programs, some things to consider is how much time is expected for each class and how long is each term.  My courses are 10 weeks long (which is a little longer than most) and I think that could be why the workload is only 10-15 hours a week.  Shorter terms might require just a little more time.  

There are a lot of great options out there.  I considered quite a few, including the ones mentioned above.   JWMI was a good fit for me because of the workload and the amazing support they offer.  They have a “Learn today, apply tomorrow” approach.  Since I began, I have had two promotions and two significant pay increases.  I have been able to apply what I have learned so far, and it has paid off.

Thanks for your perspective.  You sound like you are doing quite well- something for me to aspire to.  I am going to try to whittle down the list to about 10 schools and then reach out, maybe have a zoom call and see what each school offers.  I need to figure out a list of questions to ask each and see what the answers are.  I hope I can find a program that checks the boxes I am looking for- maybe a needle in the haystack, hope I find the one which fits my needs.