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    How do you afford it? Graduate or continuing ed... financial aide?

    I used employer tuition reimbursement for my masters degree. 8500 per year so I spread the classes over 4 calendar years to avoid paying a...
    Post by: mark74, Mar 17, 2012 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Gmat

    I was thinking about taking the GMAT at one point and found the forum below. Degreeinfo is a great resource for distance education programs, but...
    Post by: mark74, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Brandeis MS ITM vs CMU MS ITM

    Surfdoctor, While their undergrad programs may be similarly ranked similarly overall by US News, I think Carnegie Mellon has a much better...
    Post by: mark74, Jan 20, 2012 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Which institution for an online MBA?

    Since this is an online MBA, I believe he is referring to Texas A&M Commerce, not College Station, so going there would actually make him a Lion,...
    Post by: mark74, Dec 23, 2011 in forum: Business and MBA degrees
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    Is Boston University a prestigious school?

    Jude, While BU certainly offers many opportunities to those who seek them out (as do most comparable schools, I would imagine), I don't know...
    Post by: mark74, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Is Boston University a prestigious school?

    I have a BS from BU's School of Management done the traditional brick and mortar, on campus route and a MS from BU's Metropolitan College done...
    Post by: mark74, Dec 12, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Is Boston University a prestigious school?

    SurfDoctor, To back up you statement on the degree not indicating it was done online. (in particular, the PM one he is looking at) Is this...
    Post by: mark74, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Online Masters to Brick and Mortar PhD, is it possible?

    Before worrying about a Master's degree, I think you should focus all of your efforts on improving your GRE scores. There are a couple of reasons...
    Post by: mark74, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: Online & DL Teaching
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    Online graduate certificate in financial engineering or portfolio management

    I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the program, but Stevens Institute of Technology offers a grad cert in Financial Engineering online. It...
    Post by: mark74, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: Business and MBA degrees
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    MSCIS From Boston Univ (Metro College)

    Regarding international students, I distinctly remember a student who lived in Africa (if I remember correctly Nigeria), because I remember him...
    Post by: mark74, Oct 20, 2011 in forum: IT and Computer-Related Degrees
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    MSCIS From Boston Univ (Metro College)

    I recently graduated from the BU CIS program. I agree with the other posts that admissions are probably not very competitive. The GRE is not...
    Post by: mark74, Aug 31, 2011 in forum: IT and Computer-Related Degrees
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    Seeking Advice on Online Options

    Shawn's advice sounds really perfect. I clicked his link and searched around and Columbus State has an Associate of Applied Science in Business...
    Post by: mark74, Aug 8, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Top ten DL universities- for real this time!

    To whatever other criteria are in the ranking system, I would add points to schools who have won Sloan C awards (link to past recipients below)....
    Post by: mark74, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    10 Best On-Line Universities

    As a BU alum, I am actually pretty unhappy to have them make this particular top ten list!
    Post by: mark74, Jul 19, 2011 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    "A" is the most common grade given - do you agree?

    I did my undergrad and master's at Boston University. The article below says, "BU's student body complains mightily about grades and how hard it...
    Post by: mark74, Jul 17, 2011 in forum: Online & DL Teaching