Wow! Congrats chains1910! Great story of persistence, and you deserve to get into CBS just on account of that
What is your post-MBA goal if I may ask?
However - I must point out that we do differ in our demographics first! I am an Indian working in IT.. and as I have repeatedly read and heard - this is the most competitive pool to be in. So realistically I could target only maybe a Fuqua or Darden and I am not sure that these would help me acheive my goals any more than SBS would! Again I may be completely wrong here, so please correct me if I am
I do realise the benefits of a 2 year program - but I have been weighing the pros and cons of waiting another year and then doing a 2 year program - and it really doesn't make sense to me - especially since I am not hell bent on working in the US. And a few MAJOR dents in my savings recently means that I cant even afford a 2 year program without taking on some SERIOUS debt which I don't want to do. My priority is to get a good role - a consultant at a top consulting firm. I need this role just to expand my view - working in IT has narrowed my field of vision of Business operations.
IM gonna throw this out to the readers of this forum for their views : I spoke to the SBS Careers person, and he insisted that when it comes to top tier consulting firms (MBB) a 4 month internship in consulting wont really convince them that you are ready for the career change. Rather, what these firms look for are examples of how your work experience over the last 5 or so years is transferable to the consulting practice. So it is much better if an IT guy pushes for a role more aligned with his consulting aspirations (Such as Solutions consultant), and aligned with the qualities that MBB look for, than for him to do a 4 month internship and expect this to help him into the consulting role. Maybe this is true only for 1 year programs?