Jeremy with your permission I want to reply to this post.. Correct me If I am wrong anywhere..
I just want to say few things for you. Don't ever think what b-school admission people want you to write in your post MBA goals. If you are honest to yourself, then you should be honest to them too about your goals.
Admission team are just their to help us out to reach our goals in life. Its just they want to make sure that whatever you want to achieve from your education, their school should be able to provide.. If you believe that MBA can help you in your goals to pursue Music, then you should have that much confidence that you can convince them also about your way to achieve your goals. I will just say be as much passionate about your belief as you are about Music...
There is no particular goal in life which guarantees you seat in B-school.. and the same time there is none which can make admission people reject you.. Its just that you yourself and they should be convinced that path you want to follow to achieve your goal is correct one(whether its MBA or any other path)...
As far as your previous experience, I dont think you should feel negative about it.. there is always something which a person learns when he puts in effort somewhere.. you would have got chance to network with people in your last job so you can highlight that.. Ya you might not have industry exposure where you finally want to go, but there are so many other cases where a person wants to shift from Technology company to Investement Banking Firm.. Just show your passion and clarity in path you are talking...
Adcoms are old or young, they are understanding and intelligent people.. They know different people have different aspirations... If MBA at dere school can help you, then they dont bother about whether you are taking a conventional career or you are rebel...
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Originally Posted by msrrautela
This thread's been tremendously enlightening!
Now,here I go with the questions :
1. Should I be really honest in telling the Adcom about my future goals ? They may mistake me for a guy who's not serious about MBA .They may think that if he wants to eventually pursue music,then why the hell is he coming to a B-school ?On the contrary,they might love me for being a guy who can add a lot of diversity to their school and who has the guts to venture into an altogether different field and face the uncertainty instead of "settling down".Your opinions required .
2.As you'd ve come to know,my future career goals are absolutely different from my pre-MBA job profile.How do I present my case ?I can't even say that I learned so and so at CSC coz it ain't gonna be of any help in the future..
3. Or should I be NOT honest to the Adcoms by NOT telling them the real story for the fear of being interpreted as "no logical connection between the past and future.Not sure why he wants to do MBA,if he wants to pursue music" and take the simple path of telling them that I want to get into consultancy ,say in one of the Big fours ?
4.Do the Adcoms appreciate people who can think differently or will they raise doubt over the unconventional career path one may choose post MBA ?I assume most of them would be in the older age group and might not appreciate a rebel.
I'd be highly obliged if you can pitch in your valuable suggestions.
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