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21 Jul 2020, 09:47
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If say, you had a GMAT score of 750+, an average GPA (3.3 - 3.5) and entry level work experience, how much does your work experience weigh you down?
I am over-generalizing because it is a question I have come across in MANY forms and yet, the answers vary.
What is the point of studying for the GMAT if you are already locked out of your goal (M7)?
I am looking for success stories that include poor work experience, and I have yet to find any.
I am over-generalizing because it is a question I have come across in MANY forms and yet, the answers vary.
What is the point of studying for the GMAT if you are already locked out of your goal (M7)?
I am looking for success stories that include poor work experience, and I have yet to find any.
21 Jul 2020, 10:30
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Thanks for posting. It is a good question that rarely gets asked.
Work experience plays into 3 things:
1. Admissions (duh, obviously)
2. Contribution to the school diversity (e.g. you were a caddy to Tiger Woods or PA to Steve Jobs or athlete or military or something unique such as a prolific DJ)
3. Recruiting
It is best to start from the #3. If you have a weak work experience, recruiting will be challenging. You will be competing with a ton of your classmates and a ton of other mba grads and the only differentiation you will have is your WE. Right? With weak WE (it is possible to mitigage it with a good brand - e.g. Amazon, Coca cola, 3M, Boeing, etc). Anyway, with weak WE, you will struggle.
That makes you unattractive to schools. They want to look at your resume and see someone who will be hired right away. That makes them look good - it is always better to bet on winners. Makes the program look good, makes their salary figures good and recruiting stats great. So the school is less likely to admit you, as the result of you looking less attractive to recruiters.
As to #2, your contribution to class discussion - that's debatable. Potentially you are adding diveristy but I am not sure this is the type they are looking for. Usually schools are looking for a growth trajectory, unless there are reasons why you did not have any. It is not about what you have achieved vs. othes but what you have done with the resources you have had avaialble to you. If you grew up poor, your performance is evaluated difference than if you have attended a private prep school and never faced adversity.
Hope this helps.
BB.
Work experience plays into 3 things:
1. Admissions (duh, obviously)
2. Contribution to the school diversity (e.g. you were a caddy to Tiger Woods or PA to Steve Jobs or athlete or military or something unique such as a prolific DJ)
3. Recruiting
It is best to start from the #3. If you have a weak work experience, recruiting will be challenging. You will be competing with a ton of your classmates and a ton of other mba grads and the only differentiation you will have is your WE. Right? With weak WE (it is possible to mitigage it with a good brand - e.g. Amazon, Coca cola, 3M, Boeing, etc). Anyway, with weak WE, you will struggle.
That makes you unattractive to schools. They want to look at your resume and see someone who will be hired right away. That makes them look good - it is always better to bet on winners. Makes the program look good, makes their salary figures good and recruiting stats great. So the school is less likely to admit you, as the result of you looking less attractive to recruiters.
As to #2, your contribution to class discussion - that's debatable. Potentially you are adding diveristy but I am not sure this is the type they are looking for. Usually schools are looking for a growth trajectory, unless there are reasons why you did not have any. It is not about what you have achieved vs. othes but what you have done with the resources you have had avaialble to you. If you grew up poor, your performance is evaluated difference than if you have attended a private prep school and never faced adversity.
Hope this helps.
BB.
21 Jul 2020, 10:48
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Thank you for your input and your quick reply.
The reality is I am confident I could provide immense value as my experiences, my background, my values, my emotional intelligence, and my hunger to understand have exposed me to situations that ALPHA applications never encounter; however, on paper, there is no value I can possibly add that is not already in the pile of applications. There is no scenario in which a self-taught analyst, with no access to a mentor, can possibly compete against ALPHA applications.
Like you stated, why would you pick the riskier option?
The reality is I am confident I could provide immense value as my experiences, my background, my values, my emotional intelligence, and my hunger to understand have exposed me to situations that ALPHA applications never encounter; however, on paper, there is no value I can possibly add that is not already in the pile of applications. There is no scenario in which a self-taught analyst, with no access to a mentor, can possibly compete against ALPHA applications.
Like you stated, why would you pick the riskier option?
