Carey School of Business

-The professors were great. I was impressed at how well they got to know all of the students in such limited time. The professors all understood the challenges that we faced as part time students with jobs and families and helped us adapt to this.

-I was disappointed with the lack of stringency in attendance. Several students stopped attending but will still graduate with the same degree. Additionally, the career services center is geared towards the full time students. Part time students were second tier, and afforded fewer opportunities.

-While the core classes are critical to the MBA program, the most value came out of the elective courses. ASU offered such great electives it was hard to pick, and by far the best lessons and best memories came out of those electives. The international elective to China was especially memorable and educational. I was able to apply my skills from Negotiations immediately, and got a great return. The New Ventures course tied together what I didn't fully grasp from accounting and finance, and made it relevant to me like never before. The emphasis on teamwork, case studies and theory were just right. Not everything was done in groups, but we learned to collaborate and work as a team. Not everything was taught by cases, but we had a lot of very important and memorable cases throughout the program. Not everything was taught by theory, but we learned the theory in order to apply it to our team projects, case studies and our experiences.

-Of the programs I was accepted into, this was absolutely the best fit for me, and I received a quality education that I am truly proud of.

-I believe the quality of the program could be improved by rearranging the curriculum to develop and build pertinent skills for working professionals throughout the program. The program could also better screen applicants, as I think the number of students without a career focus was surprisingly high...possibly due to the economy, however.

-Overall, the ASU MBA experience was a positive one and I feel that the MBA will help my career in the long-term.

-The academic program is top-notch, however, I felt like administrative support team, especially the career counseling was stretched a bit thin for the large group of part-time students. I would prefer the class size to be a little smaller to allow more personal attention to the students.

-The faculty and staff were great. When there was a complaint about some faculty member, I feel actions were taken to address the complaints to improve further education.

-I paid $46,000 for my MBA. I would have liked to have some more flexibility on what to focus on studying. Some of the accounting and finance classes I was really uninterested in. I would have liked more leadership and strategy classes. I would have liked more communication and interaction skills. I would have liked some real world application/interaction on the learning front. Would have liked some more creativity in delivering content.

-W.P. Carey has an extensive network of companies and working professionals in the valley and outside of Arizona. ASU's reputation is steadily improving and there are some very bright faculty and students that I have learned a great deal from. I think that the entrance requirements should be more stringent because there are a few people in my program that haven't demonstrated the abilities that I would expect from a W.P. Carey MBA and over time that could devalue the degree for every alumnus.

-Better career services would be helpful. Would also like to see some assistance with receiving materials, etc. as it was not convenient for people who work full time. Program was very expensive and perhaps more than it was worth as it is a part time program. Was shocked that we had to pay extra for summer classes when it was the only good time to take electives.

-ASU should not deceive part-time MBA students about being treated equally to the full-time MBA students. The CMC in many cases would only consider full-timers when many recruiters came on campus. They also presented almost all jobs, companies strictly to the full-timers.

-Getting books for class was a hassle. Our particular program was required to pick up our books ourselves even though the full time MBA program in which the students do not work full time were given their books while in class. The book pick up required us to go out of our way (leave work early etc) to pick up and return our books on multiple occasions and considering the majority of us students in the evening accelerated program work full time, it didn't make sense that we should have to pick up our books yet the full time students without full time jobs that are on campus daily got their books delivered to them.