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Dinged in Foster also!!
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Just out of pure curiosity, did anyone get admitted interviewed with Megan Lewis
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Congratulations everyone! Is there any WhatsApp group for the admits?
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Hi everyone!

I am new to the MBA application cycle. I am looking at Foster as a potential B-school. However, I am having a tough time calculating the total cost of attendance from their website. Could someone help me gauge an estimate?

Thanks in advance :)
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I am new to the MBA application cycle. I am looking at Foster as a potential B-school. However, I am having a tough time calculating the total cost of attendance from their website. Could someone help me gauge an estimate?

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Just consider tuition and other mandatory fees, rest is variable
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Hi guys

Hope to seek some advice here. I’m considering pivoting into the tech industry (without engineering background) and deciding between Foster and Kellogg for my MBA. Kellogg, without a scholarship, would cost me an extra $100K, but it offers more resources, and I’ve heard that some core roles only recruit from M7 schools. The overall experience also seems stronger. I’m slightly leaning toward Foster since it would ease financial pressure, though I feel like passing on Kellogg might be a missed opportunity...

Would love to hear your thoughts🙂
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I had shared a short video on GMAT Club about the real cost of attendance where I am sure that the cost of attendance for Kellogg is gonna be higher than just $100k, here’s the link- real-cost-of-an-mba-444082.html

But Kellogg and Foster have a big difference in brand value. I still recommend negotiating with Kellogg though, if you can. Even if you get a $30k out, it will be a relief. Here’s an article on scholarship negotiation to get started- never-settle-for-less-scholarship-negotiation-strategies-442843.html

Foster is cheaper overall as even the tuition cost is low. But still don’t let go without negotiating first
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Do not consider UW MBA anymore. It now has a strange participation policy. Even if you're sick (or for whatever reasons), missing more than two sessions will cause 0.1 GPA decrease for each missing session (this is a policy for the entire Foster MBA) Honestly we don't care about GPA that much, But this is just one sign of leadership failure and dictatorship.


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Hi guys

Hope to seek some advice here. I’m considering pivoting into the tech industry (without engineering background) and deciding between Foster and Kellogg for my MBA. Kellogg, without a scholarship, would cost me an extra $100K, but it offers more resources, and I’ve heard that some core roles only recruit from M7 schools. The overall experience also seems stronger. I’m slightly leaning toward Foster since it would ease financial pressure, though I feel like passing on Kellogg might be a missed opportunity...

Would love to hear your thoughts🙂
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Do not consider UW MBA anymore. It now has a strange participation policy. Even if you're sick (or for whatever reasons), missing more than two sessions will cause 0.1 GPA decrease for each missing session (this is a policy for the entire Foster MBA) Honestly we don't care about GPA that much, But this is just one sign of leadership failure and dictatorship.


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Hi guys

Hope to seek some advice here. I’m considering pivoting into the tech industry (without engineering background) and deciding between Foster and Kellogg for my MBA. Kellogg, without a scholarship, would cost me an extra $100K, but it offers more resources, and I’ve heard that some core roles only recruit from M7 schools. The overall experience also seems stronger. I’m slightly leaning toward Foster since it would ease financial pressure, though I feel like passing on Kellogg might be a missed opportunity...

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Class attendance really differs based on school and down to each professor. I had very strict professors for some classes and then others who couldn’t care less.

I know some of the top programs classes don’t matter much and you can skip a lot but I feel as you go lower and down and rankings, they try to enforce class policies a lot more such as foster...

I’m not really sure I have a strong take on it. Your GPA doesn’t matter a whole lot unless you have a scholarship in that case if your GPA goes below three, you may lose your scholarship... this seems like an odd policy. I wonder if this is a policy for the entire university and driven by the undergrad or is this business school only?
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This does not vary across classes anymore. I'm unsure about how undergraduate programs work, but all the courses at full time MBA has this weird policy now.


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Do not consider UW MBA anymore. It now has a strange participation policy. Even if you're sick (or for whatever reasons), missing more than two sessions will cause 0.1 GPA decrease for each missing session (this is a policy for the entire Foster MBA) Honestly we don't care about GPA that much, But this is just one sign of leadership failure and dictatorship.


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Hi guys

Hope to seek some advice here. I’m considering pivoting into the tech industry (without engineering background) and deciding between Foster and Kellogg for my MBA. Kellogg, without a scholarship, would cost me an extra $100K, but it offers more resources, and I’ve heard that some core roles only recruit from M7 schools. The overall experience also seems stronger. I’m slightly leaning toward Foster since it would ease financial pressure, though I feel like passing on Kellogg might be a missed opportunity...

Would love to hear your thoughts🙂

Class attendance really differs based on school and down to each professor. I had very strict professors for some classes and then others who couldn’t care less.

I know some of the top programs classes don’t matter much and you can skip a lot but I feel as you go lower and down and rankings, they try to enforce class policies a lot more such as foster...

I’m not really sure I have a strong take on it. Your GPA doesn’t matter a whole lot unless you have a scholarship in that case if your GPA goes below three, you may lose your scholarship... this seems like an odd policy. I wonder if this is a policy for the entire university and driven by the undergrad or is this business school only?
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Ugh. Seems like an odd decision... perhaps going to score optional was a mistake that brought folks who are not committed? And that screw everyone else
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And we didn't know it before getting admitted and deciding to come. Even worse for such new policies


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Ugh. Seems like an odd decision... perhaps going to score optional was a mistake that brought folks who are not committed? And that screw everyone else
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And we didn't know it before getting admitted and deciding to come. Even worse for such new policies


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Ugh. Seems like an odd decision... perhaps going to score optional was a mistake that brought folks who are not committed? And that screw everyone else
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Got it.

PS. Since this is a quarter base system, each class is probably seven weeks or eight weeks and it’s once per week? Or is it twice per week?

I’ve had it both ways and I could skip one class out of eight.
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10 weeks per quarter but the schedule for one course might be squeezed into several weeks. Some have 10 sessions and 2 missings are allowed. Some have 20 sessions and 3 missings are allowed.


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And we didn't know it before getting admitted and deciding to come. Even worse for such new policies


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Ugh. Seems like an odd decision... perhaps going to score optional was a mistake that brought folks who are not committed? And that screw everyone else

Got it.

PS. Since this is a quarter base system, each class is probably seven weeks or eight weeks and it’s once per week? Or is it twice per week?

I’ve had it both ways and I could skip one class out of eight.
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Anyone have any success negotiating with Foster in R2 or everyone got asked to wait for later?

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Asked for wait for later. They last they would only know if they have any leftover scholarship money closer to the 1 May deadline.
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Yeah, that is what’s going on with others that I’m helping with negotiations too. My best guess is that Foster wants to ascertain that the ones they pay are the ones that wish to join while collecting enough data to know what other admits they have for a possibility of an admit.

Thanks so much for letting me know, appreciate it!
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