Question about work experience
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22 Sep 2012, 19:31
Hello!
I am in the infant stages of reviewing business schools for an MBA. I have a question about work experience, and exactly what the Adcom considers as work experience?
I am a senior at the University of Cincinnati, and throughout my undergrad career I have also congruently worked full-time for a Fortune 100 company in a supervisory position, with 8-10 associates to be lead on my team, at any given time. I have been in the supervisory position for 3 years (my role is one level under Executive Operations Management).
Is this considered reasonable experience to apply for an MBA (specifically at Duke).
I know the entire application is taken into consideration, but I would be grateful if anyone could shed light on how my work experience would be interpreted by the Adcom.
I'm a bit of a go-getter and would prefer to go straight from undergrad to MBA, but of course, that may not be a reasonable hope.
Any thoughts, opinions, experiences you can share would be very helpful.
Thank you.
PS:
I have a 2.9 GPA, but my final year to definitely break 3.0.
I haven't taken the GMAT yet, but I am devoting much time to study.
I work for Macy's Inc, in the .com center, and lead not only associates here in our center, but also act as a liason/trainer for our partners in the Philippines! Definitely have some interesting problems that have been overcome, a lot of them cultural and geographic. (And some really cool stories, too) I majored in Anthropology so I have a strong foundation to interpret these experiences, and I also am fluent in German and learning Arabic.
Due to an unsafe home life, I had to move out and live on my own before I even graduated high school. That is why I have this work experience, because, well I had no choice but to become 100% independent.
I also did contract work for Procter & Gamble B2B sales for about 5 months, but Macy's made me quit because they said it was a conflict of interest when they found out.
I just feel like I have too much experience for Duke's MMS and too little for their MBA, and at this point I'm really, really itching to move up in my career.