UIUC (Illinois) iMBA - is there a gotcha?

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I'm not ready to apply for an MBA or master's yet, but hope to get there soon. I've been looking at options, and I notice that the University of Illinois has an iMBA program that is fully online, with a total price of around $25K.

More importantly for me, they do what I would love to see more schools do: They offer a path to admission for people who might not meet their normal criteria. They have a performance-based admissions program that allows you to enter without meeting their usual requirements, and take three classes. If you have good grades in those classes, you can be admitted to the full MBA program.

More info:
https://giesonline.illinois.edu/explore-...ions-track

Since I would anticipate applying as a BLS grad/Management minor from a less competitive RA university (UMPI), this stands out to me. I don't know if they waive all other requirements. For example, I don't know if they require a certain number of qualitative courses as an undergrad even via this program. But I am hopeful that I might qualify for it.

I don't know a lot about the University of Illinois system, but I think this is the flagship school of the system, the Illini. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Are there any drawbacks to this program relative to others of similar cost? It's not the cheapest MBA you can get, and probably not the easiest, but comparing with peer universities, it seems to offer a lot in terms of cost and accessibility.

UIUC also has the iMSM for 12.5k which is fully transferrable to the iMBA.

UIUC is ranked 35th by USNews and is the top college that has a reasonably priced MBA.