bryantmichaels wrote:
Age is irrelevant when it comes to b-school. I had people in my class who were 22 and one guy who was 58. I was 30 when I went back. It's not about your age, but about what you have done with your time. Sometimes being older can be an advantage (maturity, perspective, experience). This applies to any school.
hope this encourages you.
I'm sure you know your stuff, but there appear to be many people who disagree with you on this, including other well respected admissions consultants. Why do you disagree with these people?
Don't get me wrong, I know people of all ages GET INTO all schools, but that isn't the same thing as "age makes no difference," so I'm curious about the disagreement.
I mean, after all there is this graph, taken from Harvard's admissions blog:
It's possible that there were very few people who applied as older applicants, but that's a little hard to believe given that (a) it's harvard (b) no emba and (c) it's hard to believe that THAT few older people applied.