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Executive MBA programs ... require an intense amount of commitment, intelligence and time management. ... 
Traditional MBAs have the luxury of ONLY being focused on their education.[/quote]

This solipsism is embarrassing.  Younger full-time students are more intensely committed to their educations, and less committed to jobs, family, etc.  [b]Older executive students have a higher opportunity cost of attendance,[/b] and are limited by other commitments.  Executives appreciate their education more, because it is so expensive.

Executive students are weaker technically, but more mature at applications.  For example, I assigned a Harvard case about investing in gold.  Full-time students did a good statistical analysis showing that gold had low historical returns with high risk, and was not a useful hedge.  They abruptly concluded by recommending gold investments because "there is nothing else like gold!"  Confused, I retorted "What about silver?"  They looked at me like deer in headlights, as though I had asked a trick question.  Executives would not be so flummoxed.[/quote]

Unusual take on "opportunity costs" with which I disagree.

Young full-time MBA students endure a much higher opportunity cost to attend an MBA program than do EMBA students. EMBA students continue to work full-time while enrolled in an EMBA program and are being groomed for promotion. Young full-time MBA students sacrifice almost 2 years of earnings and are not eligible for promotion during their time in the MBA program because they are not working.[/quote]

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