"Enjoy your life till you have one, because while there you life is gone"Lifestyle change is the least topic that one candidate might envision during the decision process, but you should be convince that is the major issue that come along during the MBA experience. Let me tell you that the content learnt at business school is at most interesting, but never difficult. If you consider yourself as a poet, don’t panic, you will be able to master the 2 equations I barely saw at the corner of the blackboard one day when I came late in class. And if you still don’t want to see number, give it to your finance guru teammate to do. He or she will be happy to crack down a financial model like in the old days.
No the major concern you will have to face is the lifestyle change from post ex-undergraduate, almost debt free, settle down life with maybe a house and car, eating at restaurants and party like tomorrow will never end, to a strange graduate life.
Expect to sleep where you can in the middle of the day, mastering your newly acquired power nap skill; or work a lot on topic you never heard before and you will never hear again; or eating pizza at crazy hours, and chasing the best coupon deal in town.
Your healthy lifestyle is gone, and you will have to make sure that balancing your life while pursuing an MBA program is on top of your priority list otherwise you are not going to enjoy your life for 2 years. Here is a compilation of testimonies from Mc Combs graduate students if you don’t believe me.
Impact on your Lifestyle
- Will I be able to balance work and studying?
- Will I have to give up my job?
- How will a particular course affect my family life?
- What will be the impact on my family and friends?
You won’t be able to see your old friends, and maybe your family if you are oversees for quite sometime. This could be very overwhelming if you are not prepare for it. Beware, and make sure you are up for the challenge.