Switching into Business from Science

hey there buddy, I know this process can be quite daunting for those who don't have a business degree (or engineering). Let me assure you that a business school looks for a very well rounded population to fill its class up, so don't worry if you have no business background. First off, you'll have to find a job (preferably a corporate job). It matters less when it comes to the actual learning of the job than the job title. When you speak of entry-level jobs, you have to understand that most corporate jobs require you to have a college degree. Now whether or not a high school grad can perform the job is irrelevant, because the nature of the beast is that a high school grad will not be able to get into the company in the first place. Even if you work at an investment banking firm after you graduate from college, you're still not going to be making 100 million dollar decision that the senior executives make. You'll be sitting in front of a computer, analyzing data, put it in an excel sheet, and hand it off to a more senior person. This certainly also sounds like something a high school grad can do, but again, going back to the point that a high school grad is not going to make it into the firm in the first place simply because he/she doesn't have a college degree. I hope that makes some sense to you.

What you need to do now is try to figure out what you want to do post-MBA. Why do you want an MBA? One misconception is that MBA is this golden ticket that will get you millions of dollars, but it's not. Most MBA applicants know exactly why they want this degree and why they want it now. Granted you're not looking until a few years later, you should think about why you need an MBA to achieve your goal, whichever that is. However, the absolutely most important thing for you to do now is to land a gig. It doesn't matter what you do, but what you can achieve and bring to the company. You can be a researcher (seeing how you graduated with a Biology degree) at a pharmaceutical company and that can help you achieve your MBA dream later on. Craiglist has a ton of jobs listed, and of course, not all are suitable, but from time to time you'll be able to see an opportunity.

Lastly, to put a bit more "life" in this response, rather than just a very generic answer that I've probably wrote - I graduated with a biology degree as well. I was lucky enough to find a job at a large pharma doing operations work and have now been accepted to UVA Darden and interviewed for Duke Fuqua. It can be done, trust me.