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Re: Am I too young, too inexperienced for an MBA?? [#permalink]
I agree with everything that Jerz has mentioned. You can find out what percentage of the incoming class at top bschools have no work experience by looking at the student demographic distribution on their respective websites. I think most are in the low single digits. So yes, there are people who get in with no work experience, but they usually have had very good internship experience and worked during the school year or have started a business while in college. In addition, they probably graduated with really stellar GPAs, very high GMAT scores and impressive ECs during their undergrad years. Most people don't fall into this category.

If you're really interested in bschool, you might want to take a look at some of the combined programs. If admitted to these programs, you'll have to work for a couple of years and then matriculate. The most well known is Harvard's 2+2, but I think some other schools have it as well.

You could also just suck it up and get a job for a few years, as Jerz mentioned. It's great that you're starting to think about going to bschool so early. When the time comes you'll definitely be ahead of most of your peers.
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Re: Am I too young, too inexperienced for an MBA?? [#permalink]
it's a matter of how you can contribute to the class too. if you have no work experience, then what real value are you adding to your class? i personally wouldn't want someone who's never worked in the real world to tell me how to run a presentation or do an interview.

so while you may have all the other great attributes for an mba (smart, hard working, international, etc.), the work experience is something that's really irreplaceable and you have to just do it for a few yrs (and do well in it for good references) before you'll be considered valuable to an mba class.
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Re: Am I too young, too inexperienced for an MBA?? [#permalink]
The top US programs see 2 years of work experience at a top caliber firm as a must nowadays. It also depends on what type of b-school experience you want and what you want to get out of it. Most people get an MBA to get a boost in income. The top MBA programs do this for the most part, but it will be hard to get in.
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Re: Am I too young, too inexperienced for an MBA?? [#permalink]
Almost all top US MBA programs look for solid work experience. I say wait a few years and get some experience before applying. Also, keep in mind some schools recommend only applying once.
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Re: Am I too young, too inexperienced for an MBA?? [#permalink]
techandconsulting wrote:
Most people get an MBA to get a boost in income.


Most people actually do it to switch careers, though the boost in income helps facilitate that possibility.
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