[inblue]

Yes if you are planning for only a 1 year MBA then it would make sense to add work ex.
It should give you enough time to thoroughly analyse and christen your Post MBA goals and get into the desired job post MBA. Targetting IMD is it ?

[fromIndia]

Originally Posted by inblue

Yes if you are planning for only a 1 year MBA then it would make sense to add work ex.
It should give you enough time to thoroughly analyse and christen your Post MBA goals and get into the desired job post MBA. Targetting IMD is it ?

I havent decided on the institute yet as i still have a year.
But my plan is as follows:
next 2-3 months
1. research on institute and their admission process
2. vocab
3. writing skills

Target GMAT date will dec 2007.

[geoffrey]

bim gd/pi started on the 5th...n we got just one guy who is willing to share his experienced....well common guys... be a sport...

[hareshmandani]

Originally Posted by geoffrey

bim gd/pi started on the 5th...n we got just one guy who is willing to share his experienced....well common guys... be a sport...

This is not the thread to put such query. Use SEARCH to find what you want.

[fromIndia]

Originally Posted by fromIndia

I havent decided on the institute yet as i still have a year.
But my plan is as follows:
next 2-3 months
1. research on institute and their admission process
2. vocab
3. writing skills

Target GMAT date will dec 2007.

Invites your comments

[deba_s56]

Originally Posted by fromIndia

Invites your comments

As you know, there are many admits with 3.5 years of experience in top schools. However, if you are not sure about the quality of your work experience, you may follow the strategy of applying to only 1-2 schools this year.

- Research your schools and short list 4-5.
- Choose 1-2 of them that you will be more than happy to join, if selected
- Apply to them with your current experience and profile. As you will be applying to only 1-2, you can give more time and focus to them. If everything goes well, you may well matriculate in 2008.
- If nothing works out, apply this year's learnings and reapply to the same schools again. Apply also to the other 2-3 schools in the list.
- This way, you can get the best of the both worlds.

You may consider this tactics. But then, if you give your GMAT in Dec, you will be able to apply only in R2.

Deba

[fromIndia]

Originally Posted by deba_s56

As you know, there are many admits with 3.5 years of experience in top schools. However, if you are not sure about the quality of your work experience, you may follow the strategy of applying to only 1-2 schools this year.

- Research your schools and short list 4-5.
- Choose 1-2 of them that you will be more than happy to join, if selected
- Apply to them with your current experience and profile. As you will be applying to only 1-2, you can give more time and focus to them. If everything goes well, you may well matriculate in 2008.
- If nothing works out, apply this year's learnings and reapply to the same schools again. Apply also to the other 2-3 schools in the list.
- This way, you can get the best of the both worlds.

You may consider this tactics. But then, if you give your GMAT in Dec, you will be able to apply only in R2.

Deba

Thanks Deba. but rather than applying to 1-2, i think it will be better to prepare well and do some research and then apply to any college..

[fromIndia]

For an experienced person ( say 4-5 years of experience with 1-1.5 years of international exposure), which are the good institutes.

[Arcotskydreams]

Hello All,

Am in a great dilemma. Hope thru this thread i could get my way thru.

I am a s/w engineer with 1.5 years exp. i gave cat 07 and my score is 94 %. Now i am pretty confident of cracking cat 08. But i have a onsite oppurtunity of 1 to 1.5 years duration from now.

MBA is something in my nerves. I want to crack it either in -08 or 09. But the real problem is shud i go for the onsite and come back and give cat 09 ( with 3 years exp) or forget onsite and go for cat 08( with 2 years exp).

I have a feeling as 2 is the rte exp level for a mba aspirant. I may be wrong. any experts can enlighten me please...... will 3 years exp will lower my chances of being called for call.

[togafoot]

I`ll give my input from someone who has 11 years work exp, admitted into 3 schools so far and interviewed at 2 more of the 7 i applied to (still awaiting decisions- no dings yet)

1) a glass ceiling in itself is not a good enough reason for an MBA. You need to know what you want to do AFTER an MBA and show how the MBA will help you to achieve this goal. The MBA is NOT a goal, it is a tool to help you achieve your goals.

2) Your goal needs to be specific. If its not specific, then it doesn`t present a clear case for the reason of doing an MBA. Research the types of jobs that you want to do. Understand what skills are required for those jobs and relate them to the skills you learn in the MBA

3) Work experience is important. A key component of the MBA is learning from fellow students. Being stuck in a class with students with less quality experience, or limited experience will result in a lower level of knowlege gained. The student body is one of the most important sources for learning things. For people who get rejected due to lack of work experience. This is the key reason. How can YOU add to the discussion, what perspectives can YOU bring to the table?

4) Quality work experience is better than quantity. Someone who has diversity in either their extra-curriculars or work exp. will be able to offer alternative perspectives for any topic being discussed. This is the reason for extra curriculars, they are supposed to add to a more holistic perspective. Doing the same thing for many years will not add to your diversity, this is why increasing responsibilities in your work role is important. It will give you the perspectives of working as a junior through to leading projects or people. From being motivated to being the motivator. From contributing to the project to being responsible for the project. From talking to technical experts about requirements to talking to stakeholders about requirements. These give you different perspectives

5) lastly, when thinking about why this school, if you write something general (e.g. you can cut and past the school name out and it still applies) then it is a poorly written essay.