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UNC Kenan-Flagler

June 11, 2012 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler 3 Comments

EssaySnark was floored – really truly floored – on Friday when we got the email below.

We have never before been approached by a school about anything. In fact, the times that we have approached the schools ourselves, we haven’t exactly been given the warmest of receptions. You think there’s a stigma for you in  using an admissions consultant? Try BEING an admissions consultant and see how much the adcoms like you. Our opinions on that shortsighted attitude will be reserved for another post.

Back to our new favoritist bschool in the world. We’re gonna just let this one stand on its own, exactly as it came in to us (and boy we hope that the sender doesn’t mind that we’re doing this – we’re guessing not but we’re not usually in the habit of publishing people’s emails verbatim like this).

Here goes:

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:19 PM, some-really-awesome-person-from-UNC wrote:

Hello,
I am the community manager for MBA@UNC, UNC Kenan-Flagler’s online program that you mentioned in your post on May 6th. I came across your blog recently and was very interested in your thoughtful post.
I wanted to address some of your views on online MBA programs through the lens of our program. If nothing else, I hope this information will be beneficial to you and your services towards clients in the future.
Face to face interaction/networking
Our classroom platform is a dynamic, face-to-face experience where our students participate in mandatory live class sessions with their classmates and professors. While they are not physically in the room together, live video and audio allow students and professors engage in a lesson that is taught as it would be in a live classroom.
In addition, the live platform is accessible anytime to students to use for collaborating on group projects as well as for live office hour sessions with their professors. 
We take the in-person element one step further where we host quarterly global immersions in different cities around the world to provide a unique academic experience where the students engage in classes by guest speakers and industry experts, and networking events. Two of these weekends every year are held internationally while the other two are domestic, with one being on campus in Chapel Hill.
As our students have continuously expressed, these weekends feel like reunions between old friends rather than meeting each other for the first time; which is a testament to the community our students build in their online classes. 
Ease of getting into an online program
While this may not be true for other programs, our selection process and criteria are the same as our residential programs, thus creating an equally competitive program with the same quality of faculty, curriculum, and student.
Career Management
We have a dedicated career services team focused on the needs of our global working professionals in this program, providing individualized career management advice, support and tools appropriate to where any individual student is in their career. 
We offer individualized assessments, one-on-one executive coaching, virtual workshops/webinars, and produced curriculum that is designed to support students in managing their careers, as well as support and coaching around internal moves, requests for promotions and salary negotiations. We also provide individualized support for job searches that are more of a switch – across companies, industries, functions, and geographies.
I hope this was helpful and you’ll be able to use this information – I realize you weren’t calling out our program specifically, but I thought it would be a great benefit to us both to explain MBA@UNC’s advantages and features.
If I can ever be more of a resource, please let me know. I would be happy to arrange an opportunity where we can show you our learning platform or arrange a conversation between you and a current student. Thanks in advance for your time and I hope you have a great weekend.
Best regards,
[really awesome person from UNC] 



The only thing that the ‘Snark has to offer here is that the post he’s referring to was from May 6th a year ago (2011) — we haven’t really gathered a lot of new information since then, personally or from our clients, about the online MBA or the specific UNC option, to refute or modify the opinions and concerns that we had in that original post. (We did have a handful of clients accepted to UNC this past season, though they haven’t matriculated yet.)

Regardless, the information that UNC has provided to the ‘Snark is plenty helpful. And, the one big reality that we didn’t acknowledge in last year’s write-up is important to acknowledge now. The very real fact is that more and more of business today is distributed. Workplaces are no longer static, fixed offices where everyone is gathered together in one location. Teams are global, and virtual and that is only going to increase as you continue your careers. So, our complaint that the UNC online program is a disadvantage due to lack of real-time talking to people in 3D experiences… maybe that’s not as big of a drawback as we originally were thinking.

We’re gonna be taking Mr. UNC up on his offer to learn more about the virtual classroom experience and will report back when we do. We make a point of visiting several bschools every year — yes, just like we tell all of you, we go out on campus tours, too. The fact that UNC brings the classroom to you and me is kinda appealing.

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Here's what others have said about this:

  1. ariz says

    June 15, 2012 at 5:31 am

    I would love to hear about your renew perspective on Online MBA. For working professional it makes perfect sense to pursue the MBA via distant learning and not miss a beat at work

    Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    June 24, 2012 at 8:47 am

    what's your opinion about Indiana Kelley's online MBA program? Like UNC, Indiana offers an online program with a lot of in-person communication and “immersion” week when all online students meet together in person on campus to network and perform group activities.

    Reply
    • essaysnark says

      August 4, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      @Anonymous, so sorry that we missed your question from before. EssaySnark is not (yet) an expert in the online programs and we don’t know much about Kelley Direct. We’re starting to investigate these different options more since they seem to be gaining a bit of traction. You should be asking questions like is it the same faculty doing the online courses as who teach in the F/T program, what type of career services support do they have, is it realistic to switch careers through these online programs, etc. The in-person/on-campus sections are critical.

      UNC tends to be higher-ranked than Kelley however both are good schools. As with all educational opportunities, you should seek out the school that has the best reputation in the area that you want to study.

      Remember that bschool is what you make of it – if you’re a slacker then you’re going to likely struggle with an online program since you may find it hard to stay motivated. For many people, the two-year immersive experience is more valuable for a variety of tangible and less-tangible reasons. It’s a very individual choice.

      Hope this helps and also if anyone has more insights from personal experience with any of these programs we hope they’ll speak up and contribute to the conversation!

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