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Ferihere,

I think it's true that there are certain industries that the B-schools are not as enthusiastic about, such as tobacco companies, alcohol, etc. But I think this is a minor negative since above all schools want *diverse* classes and that includes people who work in industries that have reputation problems. Finally, if you tell them that, yes, I work in the tobacco industry because it's an interesting, challenging industry for reason X, Y, and Z and offered me a great opportunity, but I've discovered it's not where my heart lies (because you're not a smoker and feel ambivalent about tobacco's negative impacts) and so you want an MBA to help you make a career switch. If you give them this argument your industry background can probably only help you, not hurt you.

As applicants from Big 4 firms, yes, they have the advantage of coming from companies that the adcoms know and respect, but again B-schools want diverse classes above all and so will only admit a certain number of Big 4 applicants per year.

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Ferihere,

I think it's true that there are certain industries that the B-schools are not as enthusiastic about, such as tobacco companies, alcohol, etc. But I think this is a minor negative since above all schools want *diverse* classes and that includes people who work in industries that have reputation problems. Finally, if you tell them that, yes, I work in the tobacco industry because it's an interesting, challenging industry for reason X, Y, and Z and offered me a great opportunity, but I've discovered it's not where my heart lies (because you're not a smoker and feel ambivalent about tobacco's negative impacts) and so you want an MBA to help you make a career switch. If you give them this argument your industry background can probably only help you, not hurt you.

As applicants from Big 4 firms, yes, they have the advantage of coming from companies that the adcoms know and respect, but again B-schools want diverse classes above all and so will only admit a certain number of Big 4 applicants per year.

Hope this helps,

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your quick respond and priceless advise, i will definitely take into account your recommendations!!!

Keep it up!!!
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You're welcome.