Marc Massicotte says he was nervous about going back to school after 20 years: Would he be able to balance it all, he wondered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe students and teachers created an environment that made it easy to acclimate and succeed in the classroom,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
And after plugging away in the School of Business Flex MBA Program, he\u2019s graduating, and planning – perhaps ironically – to continue on in law school.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may have concerns about your background or experience being different from the norm in the program you choose,\u201d he says, talking to the next generation of students. \u201cYou will quickly find that those qualities will actually help you in your experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why did you choose UConn?<\/strong> What\u2019s your major or field of study, and what drew you to it?<\/strong> Did you have a favorite professor or class?<\/strong> What activities were you involved in as a student?<\/strong> What\u2019s one thing that surprised you about UConn?<\/strong> What are your plans after graduation\/receiving your degree?<\/strong> How has UConn prepared you for the next chapter in life?<\/strong> Any advice for incoming students?<\/strong> What\u2019s one thing everyone should do during their time at UConn?<\/strong> Massicotte reflects on his time at UConn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":228103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-227824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 13:03:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227824"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229602,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227824\/revisions\/229602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/228103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227824"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=227824"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=227824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe MBA program was exactly what I was looking for with its course offerings, reputation, and flexibility for students with careers and families.<\/p>\n
\nMy concentration is general business. Although I mainly focused on the area of management, as I approached the completion of the program, I decided to change to general business. This allowed me to take courses throughout all areas without restriction.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough I have enjoyed all my classes, I would have to say my very first course, Managing Organizations, was the one that reinforced my decision to pursue an MBA in the first place. It covered a wide range of topics that laid a foundation for all the courses taken after.<\/p>\n
\nI am a student ambassador for the Flex MBA Program for the 2024-25 academic year.<\/p>\n
\nPrior to attending, I did have reservations about whether returning to school after 20 years would be a difficult transition as a non-traditional student. I quickly learned that \u201cnon-traditional\u201d is an irrelevant term. The students and teachers created an environment that made it easy to acclimate and succeed in the classroom.<\/p>\n
\nThis fall, I will be continuing my education in law school. I will continue as a police officer and hope to expand my responsibilities with UConn ARMS. In the long term, I plan to combine my MBA and JD education by starting a private practice or law-related business.<\/p>\n
\nThe Business School\u2019s focus on the importance of networking has elevated my ability to make connections outside of my immediate circle. This has created a network of professional and personal connections I will hold onto indefinitely.<\/p>\n
\nYou may have concerns about your background or experience being different from the norm in the program you choose. You will quickly find that those qualities will actually help you in your experience and every student has the same thoughts in some way. I would assume it would be boring if every student in your cohort came from the exact same place in life.<\/p>\n
\nAs an MBA student, I would say networking. I feel that you will never have the ability to make so many contacts in so little time as you will now. Take advantage, so you can build upon it after graduation. I would say this is true for all programs in the school, graduate and undergraduate alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"