I am interested in enrolling in the HW MBA program, however I am a bit concerned about the difficulty of the program as I do not have a bachelors degree. Does anyone have any information on this program? Anyone enrolled in the program who does not have a bachelors degree?? Any feedback is greatly apreciated.
I've written a fair amount about it, both during the 7 years I was involved in marketing the Heriot-Watt MBA in North America (1991-98) and subsequently. During my involvement, about 40% of 5,000+ American students did not have a Bachelor's, and the university told us that they could see no noticeable exam performance difference between those that did and those that didn't. By 1998, it had become the largest MBA of any kind in America, with students at more than 70 of the 100 largest companies. The company that bought our marketing business (Financial Times Knowledge) was located in the World Trade Center. I've heard that the people all survived, but haven't heard what is to become of the business. But since FTK is a part of the multi-billion dollar Pearson empire, it is certain to carry on. (And even if it didn't, the university has been going strong for 180 years, and doubtless will keep on.)
The program is quite difficult. I started it a bit back and find it gruelling, not being a great memorizer. But go check out the HWMBA Watercooler website (run by students) and login as "Guest". That will give you a sense of the program. Here's the URL below, Earon http://login.prospero.com/dir-login/index.asp?webtag=hwmba&lgnDST=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edelphi%2Ecom%2Fn%2Fmain%2Easp%3Fwebtag%3Dhwmba%26nav%3Dstart
Yes--the program is difficult--but certainly doable. (I am a 1998 HW MBA graduate). The key to success in this program is to "get into a rhythm". Adopt a consistent approach for learning each course. In my case--I read each chapter and did the excersizes, then I created my own outline/study guide, then I did the practive exams, corrected them and included this info in my study guides, and then proceeded to take a couple extra practice exams. I passed each one with plenty of margin using this method--and even passed Finance, and Quantitative methods on the same day. Jim Marion
