I always tell the kids I coach that its OK if you want to get into the workforce, but you have to get an education. Whether its online, on campus, I dont care. Just get an education.
The classes were very informational. Id be able to pull up what I was doing with our clients at work and understand exactly what we were doing and why were doing it because of the classes I took.
"There are not many things you get to do as big as this. Enjoy the experience, take it slow, and ask questions when they come up because UL Lafayette has a huge support system. Thats one of the reasons I decided to go back.
"Whatever your situation is, online learning will make it easier; you just have to keep working hard. The best part about it all is that no matter where you live, youll get to be a Ragin Cajun."
Youre going to get as much out of the MBA program as you put into it. If youre putting in the bare minimum, youre going to get the bare minimum in return. But if you engage and get into the discussion forums and be involved with the people in your classes, you will have a network of people that youll be able to connect with even after you finish.
Online worked so much better for me, because I can sit in a classroom and not get anything from it. But put me in a curriculum, tell me to go do the work for myself and do the reading, and I can pick up on it. But compared to in-person classes, you have to be a go getter, or it's just not going to come to you.
You think that online, youre not going to have those interactions, but I actually had great interactions with all of my professors and other students as well. Ive made connections with people that I still talk to today that Ive never met in person.
