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Duke Cross Continent - Need some perspective [#permalink] New post 25 Jan 2013, 07:06
Hello Everyone,
So I am going to keep this short.
Last year I applied to a few schools - I was dinged by all of them - primarily I believe due to my GPA ( UG) of a 2.48.
I took the GMAT twice got 690 both the times and took 2 courses from UCLA and got A+ and B+ to create an alternate transcript with a GPA of 3.65.
On the EC front - I co-founded a record label, produce music, captained a soccer team in the county league, founded a chapter of a multicultural fraternity in collge, served as a resident advisor etc..
And on the professional front last year- at the time of the applications- I WORKED for a consulting firm-global force in IT (French company)- in the US with international projects got promoted to a senior consultant and worked at this firm for about 5.5 years.
And culturally my background is : Born in India- Lived most of my life in Dubai UAE, Moved to states for College in 2002 - been here ever since.

So long story short - I applied to Kellogg, Duke, Berkeley, UVA and got dinged by all of them.

NOW
I accepted a job offer in the midwest /major city/ this January- with benefits both monetary and professional - def.worth it ( atleast so far).

I got an email a day before I joined from the assistant director of admissions at Duke stating that - I will be a great fit for the cross continent MBA.
Now I am intigued by this - I know that at the moment - Id rather do a part time than a full time simply because the new job is decent/challenging and pays well and given that this program is an executive - part time - distance learning- residency based - 16 month stint - I am really interested in it.
Any suggestions about the program?
It is pricey and given the fact that I am new to this company - I am not sure how to create a business case for the company to not only support me - atleast a bit - financially but also to provide me the flexibility to travel to these residencies.....
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Re: Duke Cross Continent - Need some perspective [#permalink] New post 25 Jan 2013, 07:19
I would reach out to some alums of the program. I met a few current students at an informational event last year, and they all seems pretty candid about their experience, and more then willing to talk 1on1. I have no clue if it is worth the cost, but if I were in a situation where I was looking at distance learning, Duke's Cross Continent would be at the top of my list.
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Re: Duke Cross Continent - Need some perspective [#permalink] New post 07 Mar 2013, 12:50
So, were you automatically accepted to the CC program? How many years of WE do you have?
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Re: Duke Cross Continent - Need some perspective [#permalink] New post 16 May 2013, 19:32
Like OP above, I received an email about Cross Continent program being a good fit for me after being waitlisted and eventually dinged from the Daytime MBA.

I've not researched Cross Continent before because I don't think I can handle the load of working full time + studying part-time. But I read that Fuqua awards the same degree to all its MBA programme, so in that sense, there is no difference from a Daytime MBA. But I'll be finding more about this and reaching out to current student or alumnus of the program.

Does anyone else have a POV on this program? Would like to hear GCers' opinion! :)
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