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What an MBA has cost us

December 12th, 2008 · 14 Comments · tuition

Last night I decided to put together a spreadsheet of what it has cost financiallly for my DH to do his MBA. Unfortunately where we live there are no part-time programs at a public university. I’m a firm advocate and believer in a public education system. My DH and I both went [...]

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Payment Plan for MBA?

August 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Financial Mistakes, stupid tax, tuition

Right now I’m sitting here deciding whether to do a payment plan on DH’s tuition. We are given the option of paying 25% upfront and 75% in Feburary 2008. The amount of money is about $10k. So it’s $2500 now and $7500 later.
However there is a fee associated with this, $50 to do this payment [...]

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Picking an MBA school?

July 2nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · tuition

Is it worth picking a top program for an MBA? I think it is. But I’m biased. DH didn’t go to the best school possible because he wanted to work. For him (us), our situation made it necessary financially for him to work, and he felt it necessary to get more [...]

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Tuition Reimbursement or lower salary?

May 28th, 2007 · No Comments · career, tuition

I guess I should be more clear about DH’s salary. In some ways he is making less because we are leaving guaranteed money on the table. Every year he gets $x, on his anniversary, then two annual bonuses which vest in July and February. So we are leaving right now $40k on the table, potentially [...]

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