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I got accepted into a Masters program!

May 26, 2007
By Cleverdude
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Just wanted to disclose that I got a letter from Johns Hopkins University’s Engineering school stating that I’ve been accepted for admission into the Fall 2007 semester for one of their Masters programs. I won’t say which program though (privacy reasons), but I’ll be doing it part-time.

The overall program costs about $28,000 (give or take a couple grand), but my employer reimburses about $5200 per year. I’ll spread out the program to 3 years, so that will be $15,600 covered by my employer. At best, that leaves me paying about $13,000 out of pocket (mostly in 2008), assuming I take 2 classes each semester (fall, spring, summer).

The next step is to work out my program with my assigned advisor and get it approved.

FYI, I also applied to University of Maryland, which would be much cheaper, but my application was late and I was moved to Spring 2008. I didn’t want to wait for that long to get started, and UMD’s campus is a pain to commute to, so I decided to choose Hopkins. Hopkins has a campus about 5 miles away, and in lesser traffic corridors.

Thanks for all your well-wishes when I announced that I was applying! I’ll keep you all up to date on the process as things get moving.

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Mike founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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  1. realist says

    May 26, 2007 at 10:07 am

    congrats bud…but if you went to UMD, you could have resold those basketball tickets

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  2. Andrew says

    May 26, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    Just wanted to say that congratulations on the acceptance. I’ve been a fan for a while now and it’s really great to see good things happen to you.

    Good luck and study hard!

    Reply
  3. Dan says

    May 26, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Congrats! I know that my employer offers about the same reimbursement value for for furthering education each year. They have an agreement with the MBA program at JH also. I think once I meet the 2 years out of school qualification I’ll apply for that program.

    Good luck and congrats again. Can’t do better then John Hopkins

    Just wondering, did you use any of your blogging experience in your application?

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  4. Clever Dude says

    May 26, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Thanks guys!

    Dan, I mentioned my site (not the URL) in my UMD app, but not for Hopkins. However, I don’t think I actually want them matching up my site with me. It’s bad enough my bosses know about my site!

    Reply
  5. KMull says

    May 26, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Congrats! I’m trying to start my MBA this fall…

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  6. Save Money says

    May 26, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Congrats Clever Dude!!!! Go on and get that ‘ed-joo-ma-kay-shun’ on! Then when you graduate and you are making the big bucks you can adopt us all! And then change the name of the blog to CleverRichDude!!!!! 🙂

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  7. Shawn says

    May 27, 2007 at 10:38 am

    Hey, congrats!

    2 classes over the summer…that’s pretty ambitious. I did that once and I barely made it through.

    Reply

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