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    Hey guys,

    I was just wondering if anybody else will be beginning their MBA (evening program) this coming September? I wouldn't mind to meet up with you sometime, say hi, and grab a beer.

    I've wrestled with myself over when to start school and which stream (daytime vs. evening) for the past 2 years. Initially, I was planning on completing the daytime program, as I was told I could complete the program in two years; one year of which would be full time (10 months) and the other year would be in the evenings. Recently U of C told me it would be one year of full-time classes, followed by two years in the evening; yielding 3 years from start to finish.

    Taking two years off work to complete two full-time years just isn't feasible, nor justifiable to me anyway.

    The evening program takes 3 years; however, it doesn't involve me taking 10 months off of work. My scholarship will drop from $15,000 (daytime) to $5,000 (evening), but my employer is paying for half. In the end, tuition will cost me ~$11,000 instead of ~$1,000, but I'll also have 10 extra months of pay.

    A bit of background...I switched out of a field position/project management role about a year ago; since then, I have been program managing, as well as completing large-scale database management implementation & maintenance projects for various O & G companies in Calgary. I do the back-end designing and building (manipulation) of the database software based on their needs, as well as work with them to improve reporting techniques, management improvements, business processing, etc. I absolutely love it because there are a few handfuls of people in Calgary who understand this software completely, but even fewer who understand the software and the industry in/outs as well.

    Looking forward to it!
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    I've been thinking about doing an MBA, but felt like it was too early in my career up till now. I always found it odd that some people do an MBA 2-3 years out of university. If you don't mind me asking, how many years of experience do you have?

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    I will have 4 years of full-time work since moving to Calgary (all with the same company). I worked for the same company every summer for the 4 years before that, as well as for another consulting firm in downtown Edmonton part-time (2 days per week) during my last year of university. Definitely not right out of school and I've had a couple years of experience with estimating, project management, cost tracking, business development, business processes, software implementation, etc. - if you have ambition and want to try new things where I work, the owners will give you the opportunities.

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    Check your pm's
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    I saw it earlier, but I had a very late night last night and couldn't muster the mental strength to respond. Sent you a PM a few minutes ago.

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