[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by karthik123

my dear aashu


as u rightli pointed that there is there is no wrong time to do a right thing like m.b.a.....(fulltime/parttime course)


but our motive here in this article is to help out our friend who is in dilemma whether to go for part time /full time m.b.a......so let us confine ourselves to that ..n try to give a clear picture to him ...so that he would get benefitted...


as i said there r in fact pros n cons for experienced ppl applyin for mba....like if u cross around 7-8 yrs of work exp n apply to some b-schools then chances r there that he might b turned down frm gettin an admission !!!!!why cos of the silly reason that he could not do it ,when he had 1,2,3 yrs of xp...(could b considered not sincere,inefficient what not)

of course foreign universities hav no constraints whatsoever on the work ex front....but what i understand is our friend is not after those foreign universities

thank u

Karthick..I would like to contradict the above point you have made about 7-8 years work exp people would be turned down..Infact I know a guy who did his MBA at the age of 45yrs from IIMA & this year IIMB has admitted a guy who is 33 years Old with 13 years of Exp... IIMs have never placed an upper cutoff for age & exp..In my case I couldn't do my MBA due to various reason as when I had 3 years of exp, I got married, then I had to look after my family..then I became a father after 1 year, immediately I couldn't do anything..I waited for my daughter to be 2 years that is when I thought my wife alone can handle the kid..Likewise anybody can have their own impediment...Well..the point is ..IIMs too expect al ot from exp guys ie maturity, sharing their field knowledge among the pear group which makes the learning easier..infact today when u consider a fresher & me studying some marketing paper, Iam damn sure I will be better than him with my 7 yrs exp in marketing , conceptually I will be sound than him .So coming back to the actual context of our so called "Work Ex of 3 years ..Is it too late"..I would like to convey one point to Mr.haunted that look at Guys like me, U will never feel late..

[karthik123]

mr prem ravi...

i respect ur feelings n understand whats goes inside u ...cos i'm no different to u..

i'm in no which way against work exp ...dont get offended by my views..
as u rightly said there is no age limit to do an mba...it is right...

when v talk of foreign universities n indian mba colleges there is a vast diff...even at the age of 54 ,,odd ppl study with age group of 25-30 ..abroad n finish their mba..it is quite often abroad...but tell me how many ppl in india do that?
u said is rite that a 45 yr old person has got in to mba collegs but tell me what percent of the students r ppl of that cases?

my point is that as their r positives their r negatives also ...

plzz do not get offended...

[pranayudeshi]

Hi all,
This is a good discussion goin on...and would like to share some of my thoughts as well.I also have around 3 yrs exp. I think all above thoughts are very well said and i wont repeat them.3 or more exp no doubt is gr8.
But I have 2 issues and that i will point here on which i suppose this should b decided
1. Do u really need MBA or what is the need of MBA
2. What or how will MBA make difference to ur life.

Well the thing is no doubt 3 yrs is infact the minimum amount of exp in foreign B schools but if u really c their profiles the key is they have some well defined goals and that is reason for MBA. Wherein a MBA would enhance the knowledge and would place u close to ur goals.Sometimes we Indians have this tendency of giving more importance to the degree rather than the actual knowledge...
so my 1st point is it should b decided as to whether u really need MBA

Now say if growth is concerned and u dont want to change ur field of work and so on then i suppose there must b gr8 no of other courses(including executive MBAs) which should b enough for ur promotions and so on...

Now if MBA - full time or part time....
With 3 or more exp and that too when we are talking about promotions and increased salaries...i think full time MBA should b step to go....
I have gone through all the part time/external MBA courses and have felt that they are not worth...well these courses i have mainly felt depend upon bookish knowledge and no value addition...
Well if all u only want to gain that..u can take those books and refer for urself so why MBA....

instead the full time MBAs which include case studies -projects and other stuffs...(well ofcourse these courses in India still are bookish but atleast have other stuff included) will give that required exposure to the field...

So my personal take on this matter is ...Full Time MBA and now that u have good exp...only from Good B school ....

[studromeo]

i would say you should go for MBA.if you know what u want 2 do in ur life and are completly focused on waht u want, u better give it a try.
as far as ur work exp,the more u have it ,the better.infact many of us who have only 1or2 yrs work exp wish that we could show more of it in our CV.

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by karthik123

mr prem ravi...

i respect ur feelings n understand whats goes inside u ...cos i'm no different to u..

i'm in no which way against work exp ...dont get offended by my views..
as u rightly said there is no age limit to do an mba...it is right...

when v talk of foreign universities n indian mba colleges there is a vast diff...even at the age of 54 ,,odd ppl study with age group of 25-30 ..abroad n finish their mba..it is quite often abroad...but tell me how many ppl in india do that?
u said is rite that a 45 yr old person has got in to mba collegs but tell me what percent of the students r ppl of that cases?

my point is that as their r positives their r negatives also ...

plzz do not get offended...

Hi Karthick..Sorry if I had sounded a bit hard in my last post..Iam not offended..We r just sharing our thought , nothing more..You are 100% right..The percentage of oldies like me in a good B school may be 1 or 2 % only..But we guys would also love to be a part of a young budding Managerial team...The problem here in India is after 29,30 years people loose their interest on studies rather they would prefer to marry a working girl wherin the family income increase..ha..ha..Well this is more getting into a GD mode rather than suggestions..What say.......

[shivanQ]

Originally Posted by haunted

Hi All


I have been working for past 3 yrs now . I am planning to appear in CAT , this time (FULl TIME COURSE) . Is it too late for me to join a full time course at this point . I'll have roughly 4 yrs , by the time actual MBA courses start ( just in case i manage to sneak in .......) . Is it worth giving a try or should i lend preference to PART time .



-haunted

Well buddy if you think that you are late to apply for CAT then i must tell ya that here at IMI we have students with an average of around 3 years of work exp..
they have work ex from 1 to 10 years..
This work-ex actually broadens your mind set about the industry and also 3 years is not very late ..from the recruiters point of view also..!!
Bye,
God Bless

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by shivanQ

Well buddy if you think that you are late to apply for CAT then i must tell ya that here at IMI we have students with an average of around 3 years of work exp..
they have work ex from 1 to 10 years..
This work-ex actually broadens your mind set about the industry and also 3 years is not very late ..from the recruiters point of view also..!!
Bye,
God Bless

With 10 years at IMI..Interesting....

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by prem_ravi

With 10 years at IMI..Interesting....

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But Friends..Where is Mr.Haunted..He wanted some clarity & its only we who are debating..Mr.Haunted seems to be absconding....

[Kaushy]

3 yrs in fact 4 yrs by the time the MBA program starts, is certainly not late to go in for full time MBA.

What is more important is the standard of the B-school you are gonna join.
Giving in 2 yrs at this juncture of your career along with a sum of 4-5 lakhs should be worth the expenditure and so, one must aim for the Best B-Schools in the Country.

Having said that, in India, unfortunately, it is not so easy to get a high quality of education even if you desperately need it and then sometimes you start believing more on your fate than your capabilities in order to get past those 2 lakh ppl who are competing with you.
Believe me, cracking a CAT is tough and it becomes all the more difficult when you have the work responsibilities which become more critical when you have such an experience. If you need to score 99+ %ile, you sure will need to keep work aside and work really hard towards CAT.
Actually I am also in the same boat having 3yrs of experience and giving CAT this time again. I appeared for CAT 2005 (scored 96.4%ile without any success) and the preparation of last one and a half yr has sure costed me something. I feel, I am lagging behind in my technical knowledge and a little underconfident as compared to my peers... :(

So, make up your mind and get into the competition.. Wish u luck..

Also, you have an option to go in for those 1 yrs Full time courses being offered by instis like SPJAIN/MDI/Great Lakes...
Hope, I perform better in CAT 2006...

[shivanQ]

Originally Posted by prem_ravi

With 10 years at IMI..Interesting....

Well this guy at our campus has 10 years of work experience at Proctor & Gamble,and this guy is more than willing to learn here .
Actually the experience of people here is mostly around 4-5 years with exeptions like a few people in PGP program who have experiences of 8-10 years.
In the PGPIM programme we have guys with more than 20 years of work experience and actually are general managers at HAL.