BYU MBA Program 2008

I know, I am a student at BYU, and granted, I have NEVER lived in or been to Kansas, but since I was 11 years old and thought that Jayhawk logo was cool I have been a huge fan. It has been some rough years, and my friends have constantly made fun of me year after year as my Jayhawks have lost in the tourney but now I have the last laugh. Man, it was great to get calls and emails of congratulations instead of harassment because the Jayhawks got knocked out of the tourney. My time has come.

 

As far as school it is getting pretty hard to stay focused, and that is for almost everyone. What a lot of people do not understand is that when you are getting ready to finish school you are not only worried about graduation and how you are going to handle all your family coming into town. A big problem is moving, and moving can be a pain, especially if you are buying a home. I have been talking to my friends who also have bought a home and it is a pain. You have to go and find a home, which causes you to miss school, and then once you find the home you need to negotiate the price, then if you get the home you need to get insurance, the inspection done, appraisal, figuring out gas, electricity, internet, cable and etc. You get the idea, it can be a pain, and take up a lot of your time your last couple of weeks here at school. My wife actually wrote what we went through, so if you are planning on buying a home our experience might be able to help you out: http://searching4myself.blogspot.com/2008/04/part-1-whats-with-all-research.html, http://searching4myself.blogspot.com/2008/04/tools-that-made-my-life-easier.html, http://searching4myself.blogspot.com/2008/04/part-2-show-me-money.html

 

 

 

I am kind of lucky though because I do not currently own a home here. Some of my buddies in the programs with homes are scrambling to get their homes sold, because a lot of the homes they are going to buy are contingent on selling their current home. One of my buddies is lucky because his company, ConAgra, will buy his home from him if he doesn’t sell it. That is a nice hook up.

 

On top of that not only are you dealing with moving and houses but your start date and vacations. Before you start your job you need to decide when you are going to begin, as well as get all the paperwork and drug tests out of the way. The most pressing concern though might be that big vacation that many of the students promised their spouses before they headed back to work. After 2 years of school this might be your last chance to go nuts, so many people are taking advantage of the break and going to places like Hawaii, Europe, Alaska and Florida. Me on the other hand I have a 4 month old son so I am just going to work, there is really no use taking the kid anywhere.

 

Things are pretty crazy trying to finish up school as well as everything else before we move on, and the construction on the Tanner is completing as well, which almost makes me angry because I know I will never get to use the building. The last two weeks of your MBA are insane, but the one goal I have though is to make sure I go to lunch and hang out with my friends as much as I can. I know we will all say we will write and see each other, but let’s be serious, this is probably the last time I have to be around as many cool and awesome people as I am right now, so I need to be sure to take advantage of it.