Why I chose Baruch to go for my MBA

At one time in my undergraduate days I had gone to one of those schools with a fancy name. The tuition was high but I thought I would get a world class education. I stayed there for 2 semesters and was bored out of my mind with having to learn just basic subjects just to get started. I dropped out after that. A couple of years later I met a friend who was going to Brooklyn College at night part time to earn her degree for pre-med. She told me the school was great and the work was challenging and interesting. I decided to inquire for myself and went to one of their open house sessions to hear about what they had to offer. I was sold and I signed up to start in September 1981. Right from the start I loved this school. The assignments were tough, but I was learning things that added value to what I could contribute as an employee in the work place. I had to drop in and out of school over a period of many years due to work and family requirements, but in the year 2000 I decided to give it my all and in June 2005 I graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business.

I had such a great time at Brooklyn College that I decided that for my next school it would be a school within the City University of New York system aka CUNY. For me as a business student that meant Baruch College. Baruch was the only B school I applied to. I sort of knew what I was getting into because from 2004 to 2005 I attended 3 open house sessions to learn about the school. Each time I visited I was impressed by the high level of commitment demonstrated by the faculty and administration at these sessions. I said to myself: These people work here and they love this place, so it has got to be good! So I applied. I had established a good reputation as a hard working student at Brooklyn College, and because of that the Chairman of the Economics Department Professor Robert I. Bell wrote a 2 page letter of recommendation for me to submit to Baruch with my application.

Of course I had to take the GMAT and do a few other things too, but the letter from Brooklyn College was the icing on the cake. I was accepted and started in January of 2006 to study for my MBA degree, and you know what? I fell in love with this school too. The work here is very challenging and because of the team projects I have made so many great new friends here, and the faculty is great! Because of this at the end of the first semester I started doing volunteer work for the school to help out at the new student orientations by working as a student leader to help the new students become acclimated to the school. I did this to try and give back to the school that has given me so much, and I have been doing it every semester since then. You can see photos of those events through the link in the upper right corner on this blog. Just put on your sunglasses first because you will be blinded by all the smiles in pictures.

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