MOGuy, the important thing is whatever you do make it because you wanted to do it. Not for DAL, not for any job. If you are interested in the area you will study in the masters program and you see personal benefit, then do it. If you are getting a pay to play online degree to impress DAL, skip it. If you volunteer with an organization because it is a cause dear to you then devote more time. If you are calling around to see which volunteer organization fits best in your schedule so you can log the hours don’t bother. If you like the place you work and feel like your skills and leadership will help the company and give you job satisfaction, then apply for an open management position. If you get hired into a management position and are working 60-80 hours a week at a job you hate then it will not benefit your application to DAL. There are things that look good on an app but in the end if you get the interview and have nothing good to say about those experience then they won’t matter. Good on you for putting your family first in your decisions, keep that up and you will get where you want, and are suppose, to be.