University of Washington

I completed my interview at the University of Washington. We talked for one hour and twenty minutes. The questions were like a typical job interview, but with a why a MBA now slant. Afterwards, I got the opportunity to talk to three UW students about the program. They reinforced my impression that the program has a strong focus on entrepreneurship and the student body has that focus as well. The students appear very nice and laid back, which sorta fits my mold. Overall, it was a good visit and the program appears to be as advertised. There is a lot going on in Seattle and the UW MBA is a great means to play a big part in it.

The UW campus reminds me of Western's, but it is more condensed. Buildings look to be the same age as Western's. It's location on the waterfront gives it a great look.

We got on the road at around 3pm and headed south to sunny California. After driving on Washington State's highways on Saturday and Sunday, it reminds me a lot like Ontario. Not in geography, but in the fact there always seems to be some yahoo driving 110km/h in the far left lane of a 3 lane highway and he will not move over to the right lane unless there is a one kilometer open stretch. A big rain storm is hitting the west coast and it really slowed us down on Monday night. We had to stop at the Oregon/California border. After that disappointing result, we hope that we can make better time on Tuesday.