Thanks! I don't have too much in the way of extracurriculars (been working full-time), but I think the fact my sales career has me interfacing with clients and executive management in a number of different $200 million+ organizations will help out my application, and perhaps help differentiate me from pure quant=and-numbers type people (though the engineering side gives me a lot of that too).
Hi,
If you can demonstrate strong leadership capability with good extracurricular activities, you would be competitive at the top schools.
If you decide to stay with the current job, you may want to consider online MBA at UNC as well.
Good luck!
Christine Lin
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ThinkingAboutMBA wrote:
Hey MBA-ers,
I'm currently applying for MBA programs and I'm having a hard time deciding whether I should look at part-time (evening) MBA programs or full-time programs. I'm 28 and have a great gig as a Sales Engineer for IT software, making over $100,000.
I definitely don't want to do this for the rest of my life, as I'm not very interested in IT or engineering. I'd prefer to go into strategic/executive level management and as far as I can tell an MBA is the starting point to getting there.
GMAT: 710
Mid-Tier State School BBA: 3.98 GPA (graduated Summa Cum Laude)
Community college: 3.08 GPA
Overall GPA: 3.46
Financially it'd be difficult to leave this job for a full-time MBA program, but it limits my options to local schools (which aren't bad, but aren't top 10 caliber).
Think it'd be a good idea to shoot for a high-ranked full-time program out of state, and use the local evening schools as a backup? Do I even have a realistic shot at any of the top 10 schools?
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