Dedicated Blogger Goes Back to School

Wow. It has been like exactly 9 months since I last blogged. Let's just pretend like I have been the most excellent blogger ever and my life is well chronicled. Great--now we can move forward.

Graduate school. I always had some inkling I would go to grad school, but after 4 rough undergraduate years, I anticipated it would be awhile before I got the itch. Apparently, I was mistaken! After 6 (*ahem* read 3) grueling weeks of working full time and spending every waking moment studying for the GMAT... I'm well on my way to starting school in this fall. I am going back to school to get my MBA.

Let's pause for a moment and talk about this. I find the many different reactions people have regarding MBAs intriguing. Those with higher education insist it is beneficial while those without undergraduate degrees from a 4-yr university find it trivial. I don't think there really is a right or wrong way to view an MBA. As long as your conclusion is determined by logical reasoning, I can respect any side. I just find it quite interesting to poll people from different backgrounds (aka--people in my workplace) to get their response on the matter.

My reasons for going back to school to get my MBA:

• My company will pay a good portion of my tuition
• I enjoy sleep deprivation and am masochistic
  
• Graduate School = Deferred undergrad loans = ZERO undergrad loans quicker!
  
• My 4 years of undergrad at UT were hard*
  
• I crave the intellectual stimulation

*Let's talk about the 4 years at UT. I loved college. Truly, I did. But it was rough ROUGH rough 4 years for me. Working 25 hours, in school full time, living with at least 3 other girls in close quarters, walking through the healing process of long-lived struggles, being active in a church and community, showering... It was 4 years of, not to be cliche... but, finding myself. I'll talk about that another time, but those 4 years were difficult and my previously perfect academic record was beaten into the ground.

I want to learn again--not "study" (*read* cramming as much information in my head to pass the test as possible) and purge information.

I want to participate in class because my intellect is challenged not because I am earning participation points.

So, I am going back to school.