One Person's Experience: Was an MBA worth it Financially?
We have a great guest post today! Brennen Ricks (Class of 2015) wrote a 4-part series on his blog, 1personsexperience.blogspot.com, to answer the question: “Was... Read More
What was your favorite elective, and why?
Here at Foster, we have a variety of elective classes that we can take, but there’s not enough time for them all! However, there are... Read More
18 Pieces of Advice to First-Year MBAs from Two Seattle Entrepreneurs
On Friday September 12th, 106 first year MBA students headed across Lake Washington to the headquarters of Microsoft where they had their Career Management Orientation.... Read More
Helpful Advice for Incoming MBA Students
If you are an incoming first year student, we may have already met. I’m looking forward to seeing you again in September! Here are some... Read More
So Your Sweetheart wants an MBA… Advice from a Foster Blue Dot
Hi Future blue-dots, fellow blue dots and maybe you Foster MBA’s that read this blog! I’m not totally sure about the term blue dot[1], but... Read More
First Year Highlights: Advice from an MBA Mentor
The Foster MBA program provides so many opportunities to meet with and talk to people in business, from meet-the-firms to happy hours to career fairs sponsored... Read More
Being an MBA Means Being Right, Right?
By Gwyn Gaubatz, Full-time Class of 2013. Gwyn graduated from Smith College with a double-major in Computer Science and American Studies. After teaching two years... Read More
Does it get easier? Five stories from 2nd Years
The myth of business school is that life gets easier in your second year. While life may not necessarily get easier, it definitely changes, mostly... Read More
A Message from the MBAA President: The Airport Test
Back when I was working in management consulting (wait, was that only a year ago?), when we were hiring someone one of our main criteria... Read More
"Yes, it was totally worth it."
For the last four months, my family, friends and colleagues have all been asking me the same question: Was it worth it? For my personal... Read More