Graduate Schools - The Full Time MBA Program

I started to do some research on graduate business schools that I might be interested in applying to. I found a good list online at U.S. News and World Report of America's Best Graduate Schools in 2009. For any of you who also might need to do some research on the best graduate schools regardless of your major, this site may be very useful to you. It provides information on not only Business schools, but also Law, Medical, Engineering, Education, The Sciences, Library & Information Studies, Social Sciences & Humanities, Health, Public Affairs, and Fine Arts schools as well.

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Next came another hard part. As I went through the list of the top schools, I had a decision to make. Am I more concerned with quality of my education or my location? While the obvious answer would be the quality of my education, I felt that I could not be truly happy living in a location that I was not comfortable with, regardless of how good of a school I was attending. Since I am from St. Marys, PA, a small town in the country, I have always enjoyed the simple things in life; playing outside as a child, going camping, fishing, boating, swimming, etc. Once I graduated from high school, I moved to Bradford, PA, another small boring town in Pennsylvania. While the Pitt Bradford campus is a wonderful place to be, there are just not enough attractions and events that take place in the town. It is too boring. I did not mind it for most of my life, but now visiting a few places, seeing exciting fun places on tv, I can't help but become curious and want to discover life in a different place. I need to move to a bigger area, with many attractions, entertainment, and fun things to do! I also want to be far enough away from home to do my own thing, but yet close enough to make a trip home if necessary. Then I began to think, what if I move 5 hours away and something bad happens and I have no one? It might be in my best interest to move to an area where I at least know someone in case of an emergency. Since all of my family lives near this area, my list of options ran out quick. However, my older brother is going to Law School at the University of Baltimore in Maryland. This seemed like a great place for me, but I was unable to find any Graduate Business schools that I found appropriate for me. After doing much more research, I came up with a school that seemed like a great choice!