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Hello everyone,

I have been a long-time follower of gmatclub forums and extremely thankful to the consultants who help the MBA applicants.

I am myself in a dilemma regarding school choice. I would really appreciate your wisdom nuggets regarding the same.

So here goes my situation:-

I got accepted to McCombs(without any scholarship). I recently informed my organization that I will be quitting to pursue my MBA. To my delight, my company extended an offer to partially sponsor my MBA if I intend to return back. The HR is even fine if I want to join some other company after MBA (I just have to pay back the sponsored money). Now that's a sweet deal.

Now this changes things.

I had applied to Columbia in 2014 but got dinged.(I applied too late in the rolling admissions cycle - That's DOA for CBS)
However, given the sponsorship offer from my company, I am thinking of applying to CBS J-term. [Learning from my past mistake I want to apply as early as possible]

My post-MBA goal is to work in Consulting/Marketing/Entrepreneurship.(not looking into Finance)

Now regarding my goals, this is what my research tells me:-

1)Consulting - I know that J-term students can switch to MBB without a need for internship.

2)Marketing/Gen. Mgmt - Marketing is very difficult to switch for international students even with an internship(2 yr MBA).

3)Entrepreneurship - J-term is ideal for entrepreneurs according to my chats with current J-termers.

Lastly, I have the option of coming back to my company. Also, a backup job frees me to pursue entrepreneurship.


Now, a lot of CBS students that I talked to mentioned that lots of students do school year internship. So I was wondering that maybe I can leverage that opportunity for career switching.
Moreover, I have a decent network in NYC(in IB & MBB).

What I see is that traditional Finance recruiting requires internship. However, I am not interested in Finance.

Given the HR offer of sponsorship, what do you guys suggest ? (I guess I should apply ASAP so that I can get CBS result before starting at McCombs)

Thank you in advance for your time.