{"id":43447,"date":"2018-09-19T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/mba-requirements-advice-for-non-traditional-applicants\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:15:50","slug":"mba-requirements-advice-for-non-traditional-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-requirements-advice-for-non-traditional-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Requirements: Advice for Non-traditional Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gone are the days when the serious MBA contender had to possess a certain academic and career pedigree.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4210 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunaadmissions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/achieve-1822503_1280.jpeg\" alt=\"FortunaAdmissions.com\" width=\"475\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a time when business schools are aggressively seeking diversity in their candidates, key MBA requirements include your leadership experience and potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to have studied economics or statistics as an undergrad, or taken a job with an invest bank or consulting firm after college,\u201d says\u00a0Fortuna Admissions Director Judith Silverman Hodara, former head of MBA Admissions at Wharton. \u201cSure, quant skills are a must, but these can be acquired in many contexts. What can really set you apart is pursuing a path you\u2019re deeply passionate about and growing your personal and professional ability to imagine, act, and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a guest article for College Coach, Judith examines the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.getintocollege.com\/non-traditional-paths-to-the-mba\/\">Non-traditional Path to the MBA<\/a>, along with top tips for candidates to consider for best positioning a coherent and compelling profile.<\/p>\n<p>Read Judith&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.getintocollege.com\/non-traditional-paths-to-the-mba\/\">full article on the College Coach blog<\/a> for invaluable tips and advice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fortuna Admissions Co-Founder and Director <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fortunaadmissions.com\/team-member\/judith-hodara\/\"><em>Judith Silverman Hodara<\/em><\/a> <em>served as Wharton\u2019s head of MBA Admissions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone are the days when the serious MBA contender had to possess a certain academic and career pedigree. At a time when business schools are aggressively seeking diversity in their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1831,775,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-fortuna-admissions","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}