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I called the San Diego State business school office and they told me that the Sports MBA program's numbers were not included in the dire statistics I saw on the US News and World Report's website regarding the full-time MBA program. 33%! Though I must admit I flubbed the avg. salary number (it's $51,000 a year, not $35,000). I've also written a draft of the message I'm considering sending to the director. I could PM it to you if you'd be alright with that, and perhaps you can give me some pointers on how to make it a bit more tactful/less backtrack-y? Any help would be appreciated.

No This particular cohort only starts in Spring semester each year (18-month program).

Hey all, I'm new around here (first post) but I'm in an almost identical situation to the other two fine posters of this thread. I was accepted into San Diego State's Sports Management MBA program a couple of weeks ago, and hastily accepted their offer of admission, not thinking I'd get in anywhere else and feeling a little pressure from that program. Well, fast forward to yesterday, when Oregon's Warsaw Center for Sports Business (which I believe is the oldest and most well-established/connected program of its ilk in the nation, of which there aren't many) scheduled two short-notice interviews with me and showed interest, but didn't put forth a decision. You can probably see my dilemma. I like the program at San Diego State, but I really like how established and innovative the program at Oregon is. Both would be good fits for me, but I'm put off by the graduate employment/earnings stats I came across recently from SDSU's general full-time MBA program (a ghastly 33% earning something like $35,000/yr). Here are the details: San Diego State's program starts January 19, 2016, and the tuition deposit deadline is on November 30 (Monday). I've accepted the offer over email, but I have yet to sign any documentation/letter or send in the deposit. Oregon's program, on the other hand, starts in late September 2016, and though the director of the program (who interviewed me just earlier this afternoon via Skype) understands the situation I'm in, he told me that it's extremely unlikely they'll have made their decision by next Monday. He even suggested that I ask San Diego State's program director to extend my deadline to officially accept admission, saying that if an applicant did something similar to his program, he'd understand entirely. Of course, I didn't tell the Oregon director that I had already accepted the position at San Diego State, so I'm worried that that throws a bit of a wrench into things. I let the director of SDSU's program know that I had applied to other schools during our interview two weeks ago, but I didn't tell him that I was still waiting on other schools when I accepted the offer via email. Would it be rude/tactless of me to pull back my commitment a little, or should I just go for it and ask for a deadline extension? I am truly at a loss and would greatly appreciate any feedback/advice. Thanks!