First Term Free at Walden!

[allvia]

For those of you who did enroll in the MBA & are getting it "free" were you told you would be financially responsible for anything? I.e. fees, books, etc? I am admittedly still slightly tempted. I think I would also fo the MBA in Healthcare.

Alternatively, I am tempted to see if WGU would price match the free tuition for a term. Granted, I would really like the other concentration from Walden, but that would cost an extra $12-$15k either way, and I am more confident about moving through WGU's MBA faster because so many ithers have already done it.

What I know is that the first term (3 months) is Free. We all jumped on this pretty quickly, and competency based education generally includes the materials.  I don't expect to finish in the 3 months, although I am going to give it a great effort to see how far I can get in that time.  I look at this as a "Try It Risk Free" offer - because if after the 3 months I don't like it, it's not a good fit, there are unplanned for expenses, etc - I just won't continue.

Walden is RA and the MBA is ACBSP accredited, all that I am looking for - the fact they offer a concentration that aligns well with my professional goals made it a no brainier for me.  They are however a for-profit school and this December sign up is not just a way for them to increase enrollment, but I have little doubt that they will be taking these "Free Tuition for a Term" grants as a write-off for the 2018 year.  That is a win for me enrolling now, and no different than when Study.com offered the Guardian Scholarship in example (either SDC or Guardian took that credit)

WGU does offer scholarships for their master programs, but a free term would be highly unlikely as there is no benefit to a non-profit giving such a thing away.  Plus WGU tuition is extremely affordable, and if this Walden MBA does not work out as I hope it will - they will be my next school.  With that said, I am very hopeful that it will work out and the type of self-driven learning, and credit earning methods I have learned with the help of this forum will move me forward to completely this MBA within the time and budget I have set aside beyond the free term.  It would be great to have others on this forum join us!