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I did do a comparison and the crazy part is essentially the MBA has a lot of the same courses but twice as many (so like a 2 part series), thus twice the length. The MSCM has a lot of managerial courses and supply chain courses, as expected, but also stats, competitive strategy, marketing, finance, econ etc. I don't know if companies will see or understand that right off the bat though, so that's definitely still a drawback as opposed to the MBA.

Thank you for your response! I have, but no email back yet from the admin, and I also plan on attending an informational session, but know those can be a bit biased so I was just trying a new avenue as I'm getting antsy for an answer from them, haha. I do think you're right...I know I'd like to have my career in supply chain (down the road as I'm currently in the public sector) so this is more appealing (plus the shorter duration) but my biggest fear is it's just laughed at on a resume or like disregarded as a throwaway degree and I'd be wasting my time. I honestly thought I was done with school after getting my first Masters and literally saw this program by chance and it made me rethink my plan, but I know so little that I want to be sure.

I was just curious if anyone has thoughts on the validity of a 1 year Masters in Supply Chain Management vs a 2 year MBA program, offered at the same top 20 business school? I'm interested in the MSCM because of the shortened duration (I've already got an MPA and BA and this is just to help with a career move), but didn't see any sort of statistics for jobs after graduation, class size, and most importantly, the differences in an MBA vs the MSCM - besides the obvious focused topic. Why would the offer both (just for more $$$?) when you could obtain an MBA with a focus in supply chain? And how do companies view this degree as opposed to an MBA?

I'll be working full time and am going to school part time (8 credits a quarter year round, as opposed to 12 credits a quarter fall/winter/spring with summer's off). I worked 3 jobs during my 4 years of undergrad and interned in my department, and my grades weren't the best, but the work experience was quite beneficial in the long run. Plus I enjoy being busy. At this point I'll have been out of college a good 6+ years and couldn't imagine not working - but that's mostly because of my personal situation - getting close to buying a house and starting a family and need to keep my job and steady income. In addition, it does help that I'm already in the field of my degree program and working my way up - I think it would be worse for me professionally to quit for school and have a 2 year gap in employment rather than having the 3 years of work AND having a masters at the same time.

I have no idea as to how the job market is in CA, but I do know it's quite good here in Seattle, especially for techie things. Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks are headquartered here, and Google is rumored to be adding a 3rd campus in the city, and all are constantly hiring (less Starbucks than the other three), especially in the CS field. I also believe Facebook is expanding here into bigger office spaces and we are this hub for startups...lots and lots of small companies are popping up, backed by massive investors. It's crazy how many people I know know who are coming straight out of their undergrad CS degrees with no experience and jobs starting in the 6 figures. Makes me wish I could rewind the clock and start again haha! I work right by the Amazon campuses in Seattle and not only have they just spent close to 1 billion dollars on building/leasing in this area over the last 5 or so years (adding something like 2 million square feet of office space), but are expected to keep on growing (and I can attest to at least one other huge campus coming in as it's quite literally across the street from my building and we are watching them demolish the current space and begin construction now). I think if you come to town to visit the school, you should definitely try to tour some of these companies and get a feel to see if it's a culture you could see yourself in.

Anybody hear anything regarding awards? Also this last bit of your email is what I'm kind of interested in: in this context, what does supersede mean? So like if you were awarded a TA position, that money would be used *first* and this would only be allotted if you still had a balance, or would it deny you the use of the $5k award?

Have you visited the campuses yet? UW Bothell is much, much smaller than UW Seattle and feels like a community college (and actually is joined right next to one: Cascadia CC). Here is a link to Bothell's campus map: http://www.bothell.washington.edu/getattachment/visitors/directions/uwb-constructionroute-campusmap-updatenovember.pdf and an aerial shot: http://www.djc.com/news/enviro/11123747.html (old photo) and Seattle's campus map: http://www.washington.edu/maps/ (you can click the building icons and see actual photos) and an aerial shot (again, old photo but you can see the size...the ring of trees in the middle of the photo circles the main campus with the hospitals at the bottom left and Husky Stadium on the bottom right): http://staff.washington.edu/gabegms/UW_airshot.gif. The Bothell campus is about 30-40 minutes further away from downtown on the 'east side' of the city and is kind of in the middle of nowhere. It definitely feels more rural: you look out windows and see marsh and trees and land and I know a lot of people love it for that reason, as well as it's a more tight-knit community because of the smaller size. I did a quick search and it looks like student body-wise, Bothell is at about 4,000 vs UW Seattle at 43,000 and UCSD 30,000.

Ahhhh, thank you so much for your help!! That makes total sense, and is much simpler than I had envisioned.

I work 45 hours a week and will be attending school part time. I'm a project coordinator.

I've never taken out a student loan before and was curious about what they can be used for, exactly. Does it have to go towards tuition if I work full time during school? For example I will likely only be in school part time (8 credits/quarter) and paying for 2 credits per quarter out of pocket (the other 6 will be covered by the school in tuition reimbursement because I'm a state employee). So I can use a loan for those 2 credits, but what if in a quarter I only decide to take 6 credits because of a heavy workload around that time - what happens to the loaned money that is essentially 'unused' for those 2 credits?

I wonder if the initial funding letter had to do with the priority application deadline. I remember that there was a Dec. 15th and Jan. 15th deadline with the former giving applicants priority funding.

And on that note, it seems that only acceptances have gone out at Evans as well - I searched the results and hadn't seen any rejections.