鈥淚 was really wanting to go back to school, but I was working full time at a job that I love. When I saw the online management program, it was just perfect for me, especially because I live an hour away. It was almost like fate. UL Lafayette had just started the program and that's exactly what I needed.鈥
"It would provide me with the remaining 30 hours that I need to qualify for the exam, and having a graduate degree has a lot of clout and prestige so that if I decided to switch to private accounting it can help leverage me into a position of leadership faster than if I just had a bachelor's degree. It just seemed like a win-win-win to me.鈥
鈥淲hen I spoke with the coordinator, she took a look at all my credits she said, 鈥楢bsolutely you can do this. You'll have your degree in a year.鈥 At that point I'd been trying to finish this degree for 鈥 I'm not even exaggerating 鈥 20 years. I think I cried. It was this this thing that was hanging over my head that I hadn't finished.鈥