Duke Weekend Executive MBA Student Blog

When I started my MBA journey, I was nervous about affording the program, as well as having the self-confidence and ability to balance pursuing higher education while fulfilling family and work obligations.

Fuqua's team format has been an incredibly unique experiment for learning, leading, and organizing the workload we face as students.   

Once a month, I get to switch gears from professional to student, and I do that on the drive to Durham for residencies.

So, you want to know what it’s like getting an Executive MBA from a top business school, navigating a career pivot, juggling family and friends, all while growing an entire human being in one’s belly?

The ability to work and study together on campus was an experience that was invaluable to my time in the program.

When it comes to going back to school, the monster of imperfect timing rears its head and then offers many excuses.

Everyone’s journey to the MBA is different. There are dozens of factors each candidate should consider.

A consistent piece of advice that you hear when pursuing an Executive MBA is to try to avoid major life-changing events during the program. But what about something beyond your control—like a global pandemic?

How I can balance a job promotion or job change in the middle of an MBA? Should I? Can I?