jamaggie06 said:
Other than the two week long "immersion" sessions at the start of each year, the Rice program won't require me to miss any work. Like the A&M program, Rice offers a weekends program that is every other weekend.
I don't know anything for certain though at the A&M informational session they had some former and some current students there to talk about the program and I don't recall them saying that they missed much work bc of the program. Again, other than A&Ms week long versions of the same thing at the start of each year.
How did you like the UT program? Did you do a professional MBA or full time? And did you attend the Houston satellite or the main campus?
I did the professional program in Dallas. It is run hand in hand with the Houston program. We have the same intensive sessions on the main campus. Skipping work for a total of 2-4 weeks is significant for some companies. You will also end up not working as late because you have accounting homework to do.
My company didn't require me to use vacation for the intensives or for the half days I worked on theFriday of class weekends. But then again that was the only thing they convered.
I was really happy with the program but I wish I could have done the full time program. I had great recruiting opportunities but there was still a big difference between our opportunities and those of the full time students.