laythesmack23 wrote:
Yes, go for it. Don't listen to any of these idiots guiding you the other way.
I normally try to be positive and helpful on these boards and not to attack specific posts but there is so much wrong with this response that I can't help it. It might also have something to do with the fact that a person who is clearly still an undergrad and has no experience with work or applying to business schools comes into a thread calling those of us with actual experience idiots.
laythesmack23 wrote:
If Stanford's business school encourages college undergrads to apply without prior experience, what makes you any different than the students who are getting accepted into these Ivy League schools. Harvard's Admission has a program specifically for undergrads without experience, specifically for juniors and seniors.
I'm assuming you are referring to the Harvard 2+2 here which requires you to get 2 years of work experience before attending business school. You apply while an undergrad but then go out to work for a few years because Harvard, like us idiots on the forum, understands that work experience is an essentially prerequisite to a strong MBA experience. So that actually doesn't help your case it hurts it.
laythesmack23 wrote:
Future leaders can be molded easier into leaders opposed to people who are older, and have established stubborn patterns that can be changed. The best thing you can do is get your MBA while you are young. MS in finance or accounting wont be as helpful down the stretch of your life. Wo cares if you can't add input based on work experience, I'm sure you can problem solve other issues on a different note such as impact on culture and business, can you write code, do you have experience in building websites, most kids know HTML for basic code writing, old people don't know what HTML is. See my point, go for it, you could bring a lot into any classroom. MBA is golden, period. I wouldn't trade it for the CFA, MS degree, or any professional designation. MBA is highly favorable in any country, around the world.
The fact that you think of those of us who are 27-28 years old, the normal age to attend b-school, are dinosaurs who don't know HTML just further shows how clueless you are. Not to mention HTML is worthless. If you believe that when people talk about needing to understand programming to be competitive today they are referring to HTML you are very off the mark. You should be learning Java and C++, learning about databases, things that actually matter.
And if you don't believe me just look at the class profiles of any decent school. You will be lucky to find more than 1% of students have no work experience. Maybe if you want to go to some Cal State branch nobody outside of 20 miles has heard of then you might be ok. But most people come to GMAT Club because they want advice getting into top programs. I suggest the OP and anybody else who reads this to take advice from people who have actually been through the process.