{"id":2731,"date":"2010-03-25T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2010-03-26T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T21:29:54","slug":"mba-program-selection-9-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-program-selection-9-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Program Selection #9: Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE<\/em><\/strong>: This is #9 in a series of blog posts on the topic, \u201cHow to Select the Right MBA Programs.\u201d To see previous segments, link to the following: <\/em><\/p>\n

Post #1, Introducing the Series<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Post #8, Putting It All Together \u2013 Your Initial List<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

To see how this school selection process works out in actuality, here are two examples.<\/p>\n

Example 1<\/span><\/p>\n

A 25-year-old male (American of Korean ethnic background) in finance, with 2 years as an investment banking<\/a> analyst followed by one year in private equity; the advancement and leadership are solid, not amazing.\u00a0 GMAT 710, GPA from good school 3.45.\u00a0 Extracurriculars adequate but not great.\u00a0 Goals: return to PE at higher level.\u00a0\u00a0 Brand is important to him, but he accepts that it may not be Wharton or Columbia.\u00a0 Given his age, he would rather reapply than attend a program that is less than exciting to him, and since no safeties do, he selects only reaches and on-pars<\/a>.\u00a0 Still, he\u2019d love to get in this year, so he decides to apply to eight programs over rounds 1 and 2.\u00a0 During his research he was surprised to find a few on-pars that interested him, and he puts all three on his list: Georgetown<\/a> (he was unexpectedly thrilled when he visited by the extensive campus resources overall and the high caliber of students), USC Marshall<\/a> (a lot more intense than he\u2019d believed, and he was invigorated by the Asia focus), and Cornell<\/a> (where his PE experience will be a slight differentiating factor, and Cornell actually straddles reach level).\u00a0 The five reaches contain some variation in competitiveness: Columbia<\/a>, Wharton<\/a>, Chicago<\/a>, NYU<\/a>, LBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Example 2<\/span><\/p>\n

A 30-year-old female in manufacturing operations, with solid advancement and leadership.\u00a0 GMAT 680, undergrad GPA 3.3 from second-tier state school and grad (supply chain and IT) 3.65 from same school.\u00a0 Extracurriculars include significant leadership in her church.\u00a0 Goals: higher level operations management including global leading to general management within food industry.\u00a0 She needs to get in this year because of age<\/a>, as each year after 30 can make it significantly harder.\u00a0 Her work experience is a strength, in part because females in operations are relatively few, the food industry and manufacturing related experience aren\u2019t highly represented, and while not extraordinary she has still created a track record of leadership.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t have the time, resources, or, in fact, the desire to apply to more than six schools<\/a>, and she feels she should be able to gain acceptance to an exciting program it she approaches her list carefully.\u00a0 She targets two reaches \u2013 Michigan<\/a> and MIT<\/a> (women are even a smaller percentage at MIT than most US b-schools), two on-pars \u2013 Kelley<\/a> and Tepper<\/a>, and two safeties \u2013 Schulich in Canada and Krannert (Purdue University).<\/p>\n

For both of the above hypothetical applicants, objective assessment of their profiles, thoughtful examination of their needs and wants, extensive school research, and consideration of number of schools it\u2019s feasible to apply to have yielded promising lists of targeted MBA programs.<\/p>\n

By Cindy Tokumitsu<\/a>, co-author of The Finance Professional\u2019s Guide to MBA Success<\/a>, The Consultants\u2019 Guide to MBA Admission<\/a>, T<\/span><\/em>he EMBA Edge<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0and author of several articles and the free, email mini-course,<\/em><\/span><\/em> \"Ace the EMBA.\"<\/em><\/a>
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