re: Part-Time Atlanta MBA Programs

I went through the Emory (Goizueta) Modular Executive MBA program from 04-06, 12 years after finishing my undergrad. The Modular program includes 3-4 residencies a year where the entire class comes into town for a week for 7 days classroom lectures. IMO, it's the best option as you get the flexibility of on-line group projects combined with the networking and lecture format of a traditional program, along with a 2 week international trip at the end of the program. Emory has a huge endowment and has been using that $$ to upgrade facilities and bring in top notch faculty from the likes of Wharton, Harvard, etc.

I would suggest that you go out and work for a few years before the MBA for a couple of reasons. You will be much better prepared for the discussions with experience. You will be able to apply lessons learned to your career immediately. The networking possibilities in an exec. program of Emory's caliber are outstanding; I have classmates/friends with senior director level positions in Dupont, Siemens, Coca Cola, Home Depot, Fedex, UPS, McKinsey etc. and that wouldn't happen if you were in a typical MBA program. Finally, the MBA in general has become too common and doesn't do for you what it did 20 years ago, so the connections you make in the program are more important than ever.

(I think I had ~7 engineers in my program by the way)

As with all education, you'll get out of it what you put into it. Good Luck.