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22 Sep 2007, 06:35
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rhyme, I am sure you will be a great brand manager
24 Sep 2007, 22:02
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Hi Guys,
After much thought I am back into a dilema.
Although I would like to pursue Marketing, my experience suggests I take IT.
I think all my experience favours a MBA in IT. I have enrolled myself in a Admissions Counseling Service (which is tooo darn expensive!). The only strengths I have which are applicable in Marketing are my good communications skills, influencing skills and analytical skills.
However, if you assess me in terms of a MBA in IT, I think I have better chances:
I graduated with a bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. I went on to take a job in the IT industry (communications domain).
1. I have represented my manager in PRB-Project Review Board(conference call with managers from multiple client locations) meetings. Meetings in which number of FR's(fault reports), blocking issues, further actions to be taken, co-ordination with other sites was required.
Basically, my job requires that I analyze and fix bugs as directed by the manager. So in the above case I have done more.
2. I am a part of the LEAN management team (4 member team in which I am the only engineer), involved in streamlining the project cycle by removing unnecessary processes.
3. Our hardware lab was disorganised. I was part of a team that was responsible for re-structuring and re-organizing the lab. We made an inventory of all the equipment , tested each equipment and seperated the faulty from the working equipment. We labeled the working equipment and divided it among the domain teams. We then sent the faulty equipment for repair. After the lab revamp, the FR(fault report) turn-around time was significantly reduced as the engineer had ready access to the lab hardware.
4. Every quarter we have a team building activity in the form of a team lunch at a resort. I was actively involved in organizing this. My responsibility was finalizing the location, keeping the restricted budget in mind. I spoke to the resort managers to enquire about the rates. I negotiated to get a discount and was able to do so. This was highly appreciated by the managers.
6. I have also mentored a new recruit and trained him.
From the above, I think I can justify a "Why management in IT?" rather than a "Why Marketing?".
Also, I have heard that it is possible to switch majors after joining the programme. Is this correct?
Your valuable comments are much appreciated.
Here are a few more details:
GMAT: 700 (Quant:46, Verb: 40)
GPA: 3.6
Work Ex: 2years(IT). will be 3 at the time of joining.
After much thought I am back into a dilema.
Although I would like to pursue Marketing, my experience suggests I take IT.
I think all my experience favours a MBA in IT. I have enrolled myself in a Admissions Counseling Service (which is tooo darn expensive!). The only strengths I have which are applicable in Marketing are my good communications skills, influencing skills and analytical skills.
However, if you assess me in terms of a MBA in IT, I think I have better chances:
I graduated with a bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. I went on to take a job in the IT industry (communications domain).
1. I have represented my manager in PRB-Project Review Board(conference call with managers from multiple client locations) meetings. Meetings in which number of FR's(fault reports), blocking issues, further actions to be taken, co-ordination with other sites was required.
Basically, my job requires that I analyze and fix bugs as directed by the manager. So in the above case I have done more.
2. I am a part of the LEAN management team (4 member team in which I am the only engineer), involved in streamlining the project cycle by removing unnecessary processes.
3. Our hardware lab was disorganised. I was part of a team that was responsible for re-structuring and re-organizing the lab. We made an inventory of all the equipment , tested each equipment and seperated the faulty from the working equipment. We labeled the working equipment and divided it among the domain teams. We then sent the faulty equipment for repair. After the lab revamp, the FR(fault report) turn-around time was significantly reduced as the engineer had ready access to the lab hardware.
4. Every quarter we have a team building activity in the form of a team lunch at a resort. I was actively involved in organizing this. My responsibility was finalizing the location, keeping the restricted budget in mind. I spoke to the resort managers to enquire about the rates. I negotiated to get a discount and was able to do so. This was highly appreciated by the managers.
6. I have also mentored a new recruit and trained him.
From the above, I think I can justify a "Why management in IT?" rather than a "Why Marketing?".
Also, I have heard that it is possible to switch majors after joining the programme. Is this correct?
Your valuable comments are much appreciated.
Here are a few more details:
GMAT: 700 (Quant:46, Verb: 40)
GPA: 3.6
Work Ex: 2years(IT). will be 3 at the time of joining.
25 Sep 2007, 05:28
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sachinzeus
You are looking at this from the wrong perspective. What you did before and what you want to do don't matter from the perspective of admissions. The adcoms are not assessing your ability to work in industry X or Y - after all, they are not experts in those industries - you can say you want to become an astronaut if you want to, as long as it sounds passionate and you have some good reason for wanting to do it. In other words, write about what you really want to write about, not what you think might be the path of least resistance.
The only thing I guess you cant say you want to become is something that requires specialized skills that an MBA does not provide - say, a cardio surgeon or an olympic runner.
If marketing is what you want to do, then write about that - I actually think it will be far more interesting to read about a male IT person who wants to go into marketing than a male IT who wants to stay in IT.
Just describe why you want to do marketing, sound passionate and you will be fine.
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While an exception might exist somewhere, I don't know of any program that actually requires you to define a major before you get there. Some programs (quite a few even) let you define your major as you go along - you can change it as often as you'd like - and some don't even require you to define one until a few months before graduation (Chicago GSB for instance lets you never define one and then at the end, you just see which ones you happen to have fulfilled).
