As many of you may know, I've recently been entertaining the thought of going to graduate school and getting a Masters of Business Administration. Well. Long story short, I went onto the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business website to see if their admissions requirements or information had changed from last year to this year and saw a little blurp that said "Still accepting applications for Fall 2012." I jumped on the opportunity and have been accepted to the University of Georgia's Professional MBA program!!! I was really looking for information to start getting ready to apply for next year, but when I saw that little gem of a sentence, I couldn't put it off. I HAD to talk to someone about applying this year!
So I emailed the program to ask if they accept GMAT waivers (for anyone who doesn't know what the GMAT is, it's a beast of an exam to test your quantitative and verbal reasoning skills as they would apply in the business world- well that's the intention...). I received a phone call from the admissions assistant the following day to say no, they do not accept waivers, but would accept the GRE which is supposed to be a little bit easier than the GMAT. All in all, they're both 2 very hard exams, just different formats. I decided I'd take the GRE in 2 weeks and then go from there. During that day's run, I received a phone from the Admissions Director of the Professional MBA programs. On her voicemail, she indicated that based on my work experience and undergrad performance alone, I'd be an ideal candidate for the program and just needed to submit a GRE score as soon as possible! I returned her phone call the following day and we briefly chatted and next thing I knew, I'd received a $1000 scholarship from UGA and would be taking the GRE less than a week later! I studied. I took the test. I got scores a little above average (decent for the amount of time I studied, but not my greatest performance by any means). I submitted my application. The following day, I got my acceptance email from the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia- I was about to start grad school!!!!!
Fast forward a few weeks. Class starts next Monday. I already have assignments due on Day 1. This program is about to be intense but I.Can't.WAIT!!!! I attended new student orientation last week at the Gwinnett campus (I'll be in Buckhead). I learned a lot of info (including the fact that I'll be able to buy UGA football tickets next season as a student!) and I'm even more thrilled about starting the program! I know this is not going to be an easy feat by any means, but I look forward to the challenge and the day that I graduate from The University of Georgia with a Masters of Business Administration (I've not yet selected a focus or concentration as that happens about a year and a half from now). This progressed so quickly that I still cannot believe it's happening, still can't believe I start grad school next week, but I could not be more excited or anxious about it! As I said, this is going to be a busy and difficult 2 years, but I look forward to all of it! It will open so many professional doors and I will meet great friends and colleagues along the way. The UGA network is huge and I am thrilled to now be a part of it!!! So on that note,
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!! SIC' EM!!!
IT'S GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!!!!
XOXOXO,
Britt!
