It started with an idea back in june 2006. I was looking for an MBA course in France. I had to study for the GMAT, I had to write covering letters, fill out application forms, ask Charles Le Bosquet and Didier Gaultier to write recommendations for me. Then last saturday when Laurence and I were spending the weekend with my family in Dublin when I got word of the decision. The Reims Management School has accepted my application into the Executive MBA programme beginning this spring.
I've been hoping to get accepted into this school since I first heard about it back in June. The course consists of 15 intense weekends in Reims and 3 1-week seminars in foreign universities in Madrid (edit, Madrid has been replaced by Cape Town, South Africa !!), New York and Beijing.
Sorting out holidays, work and studies is going to be my biggest challenge for the next 18 months. And I'm going to have to watch the budget carefully too. My photography budget is now officially frozen until january 2009!
I feel kind of excited and nervous at the same time. I hope that I'll be up to the task. I would have like to do a full-time mba but right now I can't afford to 'stop' working for 18 months unless my company pays for my fees and expenses. Right now I'm still trying to negotiate time off over the legal minimum accorded by the state. French law has some nice perks sometimes.
Laurence has been a tower of strength and patience for me. She's had to put up with my late nights of preparation and the course hasn't even begun yet. She deserves a medal. But she's very happy for me and fully supports me. The outcome of the course will be hers every bit as it will be mine.
I've been hoping to get accepted into this school since I first heard about it back in June. The course consists of 15 intense weekends in Reims and 3 1-week seminars in foreign universities in Madrid (edit, Madrid has been replaced by Cape Town, South Africa !!), New York and Beijing.
Sorting out holidays, work and studies is going to be my biggest challenge for the next 18 months. And I'm going to have to watch the budget carefully too. My photography budget is now officially frozen until january 2009!
I feel kind of excited and nervous at the same time. I hope that I'll be up to the task. I would have like to do a full-time mba but right now I can't afford to 'stop' working for 18 months unless my company pays for my fees and expenses. Right now I'm still trying to negotiate time off over the legal minimum accorded by the state. French law has some nice perks sometimes.
Laurence has been a tower of strength and patience for me. She's had to put up with my late nights of preparation and the course hasn't even begun yet. She deserves a medal. But she's very happy for me and fully supports me. The outcome of the course will be hers every bit as it will be mine.
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