So, this was my first week in the Acton MBA program. Actually, class starts in late August, but the deluge of "pre-matriculation" readings and assignments has already begun. I had considered applying to the MBA program at the University of Texas and even spent a semester in the MBA program at St. Edward's, but the Acton program was really the one that had captured my imagination and the one that I set my sights on. I was interested in Acton for a few reasons:

*A real world focus on the work. Class is taught by practitioners who are actually in business.
*The curriculum is built on business, but there is also an emphasis on "a life of meaning."
*Timeline. The program is designed to compress the standard two year MBA into less than one year of full-time study, although the pace is a grueling 80 hour per week program.

I will elaborate more on the program, how I got to it and my experiences in it over the next year. But first I need to get caught up on my assignments! That's a story in itself.