The UF MBA or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

It’s official, I’m going back to school and hitting the books this fall. After giving it a lot of thought over the past couple of years I’ve finally decided to take the plunge and earn an MBA. It wasn’t an easy decision to make but it was the right one and it has pushed me into a new and exciting phase of my life.

I picked the University of Florida for a variety of reasons. It’s home to one of the top public programs in the Southeast and is the number one MBA program in Florida. It also has a strong presence in Latin America and a respected marketing department. The University of Florida has shot up the MBA Rankings the last couple of years and was recently granted a $30 million dollar gift by one of it’s first graduates. The school is also expected to begin construction on a state of the art business building by the end of the summer. UF is clearly one of the fastest rising programs in the country and it’s exciting to sit astride this rocket ride to the top.

I’ve decided to blog about my trials and tribulations while earning a UF MBA because I think it could be a great resource for prospective applicants to get an insider’s view of the program.  Plus it’s a great creative outlet.  I also think there needs to be another voice in blogland to balance out the preponderance of MBA bloggers from top-tier programs. I think it’s fantastic that they are blogging about their MBA experiences and I know their voices are important, but where are the bloggers from the second and third tier programs? Those voices are important too. I think the stories and experiences that come out of those programs are more relevant to most MBA students and applicants. Hopefully Chompblast will be able to supply one of those voices. Stick around and let’s find out.