{"id":43467,"date":"2018-09-21T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T00:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/showing-that-you-dont-fit-in-can-help-your-app\/"},"modified":"2018-09-21T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T00:26:23","slug":"showing-that-you-dont-fit-in-can-help-your-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/showing-that-you-dont-fit-in-can-help-your-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing That You \u201cDon\u2019t\u201d Fit In Can Help Your App"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We all know the clich\u00e9s. When you think of Stanford<\/a>, you think of the Valley and of entrepreneurs hoping to come up with the next Apple or Google. As for Harvard<\/a>, that\u2019s the school with the billion-dollar brand \u2013 the school that will teach you leadership and then open doors for you to use it.<\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s<\/a> reputation for marketing reigns supreme, and Wharton<\/a> has always been the place for future finance bigwigs to make their marks. As for MIT<\/a>? Think nerdy baby \u2013 because physical science is their forte. But what happens if you apply to these schools \u2013 or any other elite MBA program \u2013 WITHOUT fitting into these stereotypical areas of focus?<\/p>\n

Truth be told, each school offers plenty of opportunities beyond the narrow focus they\u2019re sometimes pigeonholed into. Yes, you\u2019ll find golden opportunities to gain marketing knowledge at Kellogg, but the school isn\u2019t looking for a student body full of future marketing executives! That would be boring (and would leave other classes empty!).\u00a0 If you\u2019re willing to do a bit of legwork and zero in on key entrepreneurship classes you\u2019d like to take or finance professors you\u2019d like to work with there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll catch the admissions committee\u2019s eye considering the deluge of marketing related essays they\u2019ll be reading each year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MIT\u2019s Sloan School of Business has far more going for it than just tech, having\u00a0recently emerged as a leader in team-based MBA learning. Even though that’s huge<\/em> in today\u2019s work environment – one that values soft skills and collaboration as much as quantitative acumen – chances are it won\u2019t be mentioned in the application essays MIT receives \u2013 or at least it won\u2019t be mentioned nearly as much as Stanford\u2019s \u201cTouchy Feely\u201d class<\/a>\u00a0in GSB apps.<\/p>\n

Take advantage of these kinds of opportunities to separate yourself from the pack. Too often, MBA candidates think that researching schools means looking for data to confirm their pre-existing views, data that backs up what they believe a school to be. At its worst, this plays out with the applicant (that\u2019s you) PRAISING the school to the high heavens. All good and well except\u00a0that Wharton\/Stanford\/Harvard already know<\/em> they\u2019re amazing, and they certainly hear enough about their strong suits. If you can uncover something “different”\u00a0and “new” about the school you could pique their interest. Think of it like flirting \u2013 if the guy\/gal of your affection has beautiful eyes, chances are, they\u2019ve heard about it. But if you notice something else about them, their smile or their wit, they just might be impressed enough to give you a date (or interview in this case!).<\/p>\n

Of course, you don\u2019t want to stray\u00a0too<\/em> far from the schools’ strengths. Duke is known to be a particularly soft-skills-centric, team-oriented school for a reason, so you\u2019ll want to make sure they know you\u2019ll fit in. Likewise, if you DO want to be the greatest marketing executive this world has ever seen, you SHOULD apply to Kellogg and take advantage of their resources. By going against the grain, and pinpointing a few left-of-center opportunities, you could show these MBA programs that you WANT to be there, even if you don’t 100% fit their academic focus.<\/p>\n

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