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03 Jul 2010, 05:50
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hi folks,
i am planning to apply for the class of 2011. while i am preparing for my gmat i am looking for some help on chosing the schools.
31/Indian male/10 yrs exp (8.5 yrs in team management)/hospitality+ITES/progressive career/lead a team of 120 people across 4 countries/snr mgr-operations. plenty of examples with which i can differentiate my candidature (for eg - handled a strike in my hotel, celeb visits etc)
honestly speaking the only reason i want to do an mba now is to put a structure to my learnings over the last 10 yrs. and also experience a cross cultural environment.
why i didnt do it earlier is because i kept on getting promoted and was given key responsibilities at a fairly young age. didnt want to miss that experience. but now i feel that my learning has slowed down so i feel its the right time to push the peddle.
though my core area is operations, i have done fairly well in a solutions/sales kind of role. also my background in operations gives me that added insight into designing a solution for my client.
currently i am looking at
1) moving to Operations/Strategy consulting
or
2) sticking to operations post my mba
the above is also after doing research that one should have long term/short term goals ready. to be honest, i have a clue or a basic idea of where i want to be. but i have never been a sort of a person who has planned my future. though most schools require this clarity i find it a bit absurd.
if you ask my long term goal, i want to be an amaterur golfer. but i dont think its a good answer from an employability perspective.
so at this moment i dont have any pref between US/Europe, 1yr/2yr. aim is to get into a top 20 school, rest will follow.
so if anyone can suggest the target schools (or a priority list) for my kind of a background it will help. cos honestly to me all top schools seem the same specially when i see their website. i would like to join all of them.
thanks for reading and thanks for your responses.
i am planning to apply for the class of 2011. while i am preparing for my gmat i am looking for some help on chosing the schools.
31/Indian male/10 yrs exp (8.5 yrs in team management)/hospitality+ITES/progressive career/lead a team of 120 people across 4 countries/snr mgr-operations. plenty of examples with which i can differentiate my candidature (for eg - handled a strike in my hotel, celeb visits etc)
honestly speaking the only reason i want to do an mba now is to put a structure to my learnings over the last 10 yrs. and also experience a cross cultural environment.
why i didnt do it earlier is because i kept on getting promoted and was given key responsibilities at a fairly young age. didnt want to miss that experience. but now i feel that my learning has slowed down so i feel its the right time to push the peddle.
though my core area is operations, i have done fairly well in a solutions/sales kind of role. also my background in operations gives me that added insight into designing a solution for my client.
currently i am looking at
1) moving to Operations/Strategy consulting
or
2) sticking to operations post my mba
the above is also after doing research that one should have long term/short term goals ready. to be honest, i have a clue or a basic idea of where i want to be. but i have never been a sort of a person who has planned my future. though most schools require this clarity i find it a bit absurd.
if you ask my long term goal, i want to be an amaterur golfer. but i dont think its a good answer from an employability perspective.
so at this moment i dont have any pref between US/Europe, 1yr/2yr. aim is to get into a top 20 school, rest will follow.
so if anyone can suggest the target schools (or a priority list) for my kind of a background it will help. cos honestly to me all top schools seem the same specially when i see their website. i would like to join all of them.
thanks for reading and thanks for your responses.
BigRedEnvEng
03 Jul 2010, 10:14
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I'm still trying to choose schools as well, but based on the research I've done thus far, here are my suggestions:
1) Read the entire website. Flip through every page. Get a feel for the core and elective courses offered, areas of concentration, projects, extracurricular activities, and the area where the school is located. I have found that there are some schools I was really excited about, but after reading through the entire website, I realized wasn't a good fit for me.
2) Look at the rankings and figure out what statistics are most important to you. Some show employment rate within 3 months or salary increase or alumni participation.
3) Browse through this forum. There are some good threads about different schools that often give you some opinions about the different programs. Just remember to take everything with a grain of salt since these are all personal opinions and each person is unique
Once you've pared down your schools based on this, see if you can speak with alumni and current students and get some feedback from them.
I take notes in a Word document and make comparisons in an Excel spreadsheet. This way you don't have to try to remember what the first school offered after browsing through the 15th school's website!
I hope this helps, especially since this is the approach I plan on taking
1) Read the entire website. Flip through every page. Get a feel for the core and elective courses offered, areas of concentration, projects, extracurricular activities, and the area where the school is located. I have found that there are some schools I was really excited about, but after reading through the entire website, I realized wasn't a good fit for me.
2) Look at the rankings and figure out what statistics are most important to you. Some show employment rate within 3 months or salary increase or alumni participation.
3) Browse through this forum. There are some good threads about different schools that often give you some opinions about the different programs. Just remember to take everything with a grain of salt since these are all personal opinions and each person is unique
Once you've pared down your schools based on this, see if you can speak with alumni and current students and get some feedback from them.
I take notes in a Word document and make comparisons in an Excel spreadsheet. This way you don't have to try to remember what the first school offered after browsing through the 15th school's website!
I hope this helps, especially since this is the approach I plan on taking
03 Jul 2010, 10:50
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As you have significant team leadership experience (120 people), you might find it difficult to get into regular MBA aimed at younger people. Go for an executive MBA.
