Dropping out of Part time MBA for Full time program

Hello, I was attending a part-time MBA program (20-30 ranked) last fall, and after a semester decided to stop going due that the recruitng and fact I could not make a majority of the networking events with my work obligations. I was footing the bill myself and did not think it'd be worth it. I do plan on going back and getting my MBA fulltime at a higher ranked school, but was just curious if this would be frowned upon when applying elsewhere. For what its worth I got an A in all of my classes.

Thanks

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Drop out and cut your losses. No FT MBA program will find out unless you tell them. Perhaps they would frown on dropping out, but they don’t have to know.

 

If you're confident that you can make it to a top school for full time, then drop it. Part-time MBA takes so long, and I don't see how it helps in finding a job. Most of the recruiters will ask you which year you are in. If you tell them part-time, then forget it.

How do I know? I'm an MBA student and I have spoken with PT student.

 

Add to this question: will starting a part time program give better leverage to get into a better full time program? For example: if I start a top 20 program part time, can I use the fact that I'm a student there to leverage into a top 7 program?

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