Hello everyone!

I am curious what many of you may think, so feel free to chime in.

I am an American living in Germany. I have a pretty strong desire to continue working overseas, and possibly settling here in the EU or somewhere else. I was recalled to military service to come to Germany, and I have options to remain in Germany or elsewhere with my current civilian employer after completion.

I have a MBA from a decent school in the US, but I feel like the education was a bit of an extension on my BBA and set me up to me more of a functional to mid-level manager. While there are several senior and executive level professionals who have come out of my school, I still feel like I need more development and that will not happen in my current role with the military here. At my age, I am trying to work to accelerate my career a bit over the next few years to play catch up.

I had looked into many programs. Most are eliminated due to costs, time, or inability to use my educational benefits at them. For example: HEC Paris was too expensive for any of their programs or required more time than I could take away from work. Mannheim's EMBA schedule and costs were very workable but they informed me that I would not be eligible because German law would not permit me to to pursue a MBA at a public university because I already held a MBA.

So, after looking into my options that do not require too much time away from work, can use my education benefits and seem to have to enough of a curriculum difference from my previous MBA, I landed on the Frankfurt School's EMBA.

This is what I see as positives for the program:
- Curriculum is considerably different and seems to have a solid focus on executive skills
- I can do it with minimal out of pocket costs (mostly driving to Frankfurt...an hour away)
- The culture seems to be very strong and friendly while still trying to drive success. I can't put my finger on it, but it seems like they are working harder to be the best that they can in all facets.
- Alumni network seems highly engaged, but I will concede that they do not seem to have as many senior leaders in place as Mannheim or WHU.

I know that this is an unorthodox path, but I feel like it could be solid development and help me network better...not to mention help me understand more about business and even maybe find out what I do know. With my goals, I need to be willing to do what it takes to achieve them and if I can do them in the EMEA region, I would be even more happy.

Please, feel free to give me your opinion, criticism, or alternative ideas. I feel comfortable with this plan, but I may be missing something.