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13 Jul 2020, 14:14
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Hello,
I didn't see an "introduce yourself" area so decided to ask a few things here and say hello.
I have been an engineer in the offshore oil and gas industry that covid recently crushed in a rather spectacular fashion, and as a result am currently unemployed. While looking for possible avenues of escape from my industry I was looking into either getting a masters in computer science related fields, or perhaps electrical engineering. Unfortunately the more I looked into these the more daunting the task looked. While I am good with technical information and dealing with certain engineering problems, the amount of calculus and programing languages I would need to learn for computer science would be rather intense, and quite frankly electricity to me still seems like a bit of witchcraft.
I then started looking into online masters programs in general and MBA schools kept popping up in the corner of my eye. While reading about them I discovered the GMAT was a sort of entrance exam and decided to take a practice one, just to see how it went. While I am sure it was not a complete test it indicated I would have scored in the 650-680 range. I looked that up and was pleasantly surprised that it was fairly good, especially considering I was just goofing around.
I then began to think about the last ten years, starting as a grunt and working my way up as an engineer on offshore vessels. I got to thinking that in many ways I was running a small business out there. managing supplies, generating procedures, overseeing operations, always producing paperwork for safety and book keeping reasons. I thought that perhaps an MBA would be far more versatile and fit me better than a more technical type of degree.
So here I am. and I have a few questions.
1. Online schools. do you think there is really much of a difference between online vs brick and mortar schools? I think either way I need to do online since I will be needing a part time job and some flexibility, I just want to know how that may effect future job searches. I suppose with covid still around all schools may be online for awhile anyway.
2. Considering I got a decent score right off the bat, with a few months of practice what do you think I could get my GMAT score up to?
3. With a 700+ GMAT score (I am assuming some fair to good improvement on my initial score), a GPA from my bachelors at 2.78 (not fantastic I know), and lets say 3-4 years of management level work history in my offshore career. would I be a good candidate for an MBA program?
thanks. I have a lot of questions but am sure I will find them all here eventually.
If this is in the wrong section feel free to give me a spanking and move it/delete it.
I didn't see an "introduce yourself" area so decided to ask a few things here and say hello.
I have been an engineer in the offshore oil and gas industry that covid recently crushed in a rather spectacular fashion, and as a result am currently unemployed. While looking for possible avenues of escape from my industry I was looking into either getting a masters in computer science related fields, or perhaps electrical engineering. Unfortunately the more I looked into these the more daunting the task looked. While I am good with technical information and dealing with certain engineering problems, the amount of calculus and programing languages I would need to learn for computer science would be rather intense, and quite frankly electricity to me still seems like a bit of witchcraft.
I then started looking into online masters programs in general and MBA schools kept popping up in the corner of my eye. While reading about them I discovered the GMAT was a sort of entrance exam and decided to take a practice one, just to see how it went. While I am sure it was not a complete test it indicated I would have scored in the 650-680 range. I looked that up and was pleasantly surprised that it was fairly good, especially considering I was just goofing around.
I then began to think about the last ten years, starting as a grunt and working my way up as an engineer on offshore vessels. I got to thinking that in many ways I was running a small business out there. managing supplies, generating procedures, overseeing operations, always producing paperwork for safety and book keeping reasons. I thought that perhaps an MBA would be far more versatile and fit me better than a more technical type of degree.
So here I am. and I have a few questions.
1. Online schools. do you think there is really much of a difference between online vs brick and mortar schools? I think either way I need to do online since I will be needing a part time job and some flexibility, I just want to know how that may effect future job searches. I suppose with covid still around all schools may be online for awhile anyway.
2. Considering I got a decent score right off the bat, with a few months of practice what do you think I could get my GMAT score up to?
3. With a 700+ GMAT score (I am assuming some fair to good improvement on my initial score), a GPA from my bachelors at 2.78 (not fantastic I know), and lets say 3-4 years of management level work history in my offshore career. would I be a good candidate for an MBA program?
thanks. I have a lot of questions but am sure I will find them all here eventually.
If this is in the wrong section feel free to give me a spanking and move it/delete it.
13 Jul 2020, 15:02
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1. Online schools. do you think there is really much of a difference between online vs brick and mortar schools? I think either way I need to do online since I will be needing a part time job and some flexibility, I just want to know how that may effect future job searches. I suppose with covid still around all schools may be online for awhile anyway.
Yes, Online MBA only gives you the knowledge. The in-person MBA gives you experential learning.
You want the latter if you are looking for an MBA. Also, given your experience, you might wanna look into European B-schools. I am seeing 10 years of work ex, correct me if I am wrong.
2. Considering I got a decent score right off the bat, with a few months of practice what do you think I could get my GMAT score up to?
GMAT score depends on the average GMAT produced in the school's class profile. You need to check the school you're targetting and get a GMAT 10-20 POINTS higher than the school's average to be safe. If you are from an over represented pool, i.e.India, China, White male, you need to make sure that you get 30-40 points higher to be safe
3. With a 700+ GMAT score (I am assuming some fair to good improvement on my initial score), a GPA from my bachelors at 2.78 (not fantastic I know), and lets say 3-4 years of management level work history in my offshore career. would I be a good candidate for an MBA program?
Yes
Yes, Online MBA only gives you the knowledge. The in-person MBA gives you experential learning.
You want the latter if you are looking for an MBA. Also, given your experience, you might wanna look into European B-schools. I am seeing 10 years of work ex, correct me if I am wrong.
2. Considering I got a decent score right off the bat, with a few months of practice what do you think I could get my GMAT score up to?
GMAT score depends on the average GMAT produced in the school's class profile. You need to check the school you're targetting and get a GMAT 10-20 POINTS higher than the school's average to be safe. If you are from an over represented pool, i.e.India, China, White male, you need to make sure that you get 30-40 points higher to be safe
3. With a 700+ GMAT score (I am assuming some fair to good improvement on my initial score), a GPA from my bachelors at 2.78 (not fantastic I know), and lets say 3-4 years of management level work history in my offshore career. would I be a good candidate for an MBA program?
Yes
