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Hi,
I have just graduated from college. I had applied for the fall 2011 session for the full time MBA program at schools (Yale Silver Scholars, Booth Early Career, UCLA Anderson, Darden and NYU Stern). This was on the basis of three years of work experience at my family business firm. With this backed up by a 710 in GMAT, I applied knowing fully well that my chances, due to my age constraint, were dim.
Now that I have been rejected admission, I have decided to re-apply two years from now. I wanted to know this: will two years of work experience at my family business jewelry firm be a better option, or working at an MNC or a bank or at a reputed firm in the industry choice be a better option?
I ask you this as my brother, who is 5 years elder to me, also applied to b-schools, getting interview calls from Cornell and Manchester, only to be denied admission. Now he had 4 years of work experience and a degree from the Gemological Institute of America for being a qualified gemologist. His application wouldve been at par if not better than mine. So i was wondering whether the kind of work expereince these b-schools are looking for, is met through a family business or through a job of somekind.
Bottomline: What should i focus on from now onwards, to ensure that when i do apply, say 2 years from now, I could increase my chances of getting admitted a good b-school?
I sincerely thank you for reading my long mail. I would be highly obliged if you could help me out here.
Thank you so much.
With warm regards,
rb90
I have just graduated from college. I had applied for the fall 2011 session for the full time MBA program at schools (Yale Silver Scholars, Booth Early Career, UCLA Anderson, Darden and NYU Stern). This was on the basis of three years of work experience at my family business firm. With this backed up by a 710 in GMAT, I applied knowing fully well that my chances, due to my age constraint, were dim.
Now that I have been rejected admission, I have decided to re-apply two years from now. I wanted to know this: will two years of work experience at my family business jewelry firm be a better option, or working at an MNC or a bank or at a reputed firm in the industry choice be a better option?
I ask you this as my brother, who is 5 years elder to me, also applied to b-schools, getting interview calls from Cornell and Manchester, only to be denied admission. Now he had 4 years of work experience and a degree from the Gemological Institute of America for being a qualified gemologist. His application wouldve been at par if not better than mine. So i was wondering whether the kind of work expereince these b-schools are looking for, is met through a family business or through a job of somekind.
Bottomline: What should i focus on from now onwards, to ensure that when i do apply, say 2 years from now, I could increase my chances of getting admitted a good b-school?
I sincerely thank you for reading my long mail. I would be highly obliged if you could help me out here.
Thank you so much.
With warm regards,
rb90
28 Apr 2011, 12:18
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Hi there, in order to protect your own information, I'd highly recommend you deleting the resume and simply copy/paste the important part of it on this forum (less any identifiable information about who you are).
Your questions will probably take a super long time to answer, but here's the gist. Work experience is absolutely crucial for any top business schools. Working for a family firm is fine; however, you have to put yourself in the AdCom's shoes. How would AdCom be able to benchmark your performance against others if you had only family firm's experience? The answer is there's really no way to benchmark you. So the real question for the adcom is, should they take a chance and admit you? Well, when you got so many other people applying to top b-schools, it's aomost too easy for AdComs to turn a blind eye when reviewing your application and admit the next person applying from Goldman Sachs. Why? Well, AdComs know that the person who got into Goldman Sachs probably had really good grades in college, had good interview skills, and have the ability to succeed. I'm not saying that you can't succeed in business school, but again, it goes back to how and why AdComs should take a chance and admit you when they can do the easier thing and accept the next Sachs guy. So given that perspective, it'll be a bit harder for you to get in to b-school. If I were you, and I had a chance to join a good corporate firm, I'd do it to buff up your resume.
Your questions will probably take a super long time to answer, but here's the gist. Work experience is absolutely crucial for any top business schools. Working for a family firm is fine; however, you have to put yourself in the AdCom's shoes. How would AdCom be able to benchmark your performance against others if you had only family firm's experience? The answer is there's really no way to benchmark you. So the real question for the adcom is, should they take a chance and admit you? Well, when you got so many other people applying to top b-schools, it's aomost too easy for AdComs to turn a blind eye when reviewing your application and admit the next person applying from Goldman Sachs. Why? Well, AdComs know that the person who got into Goldman Sachs probably had really good grades in college, had good interview skills, and have the ability to succeed. I'm not saying that you can't succeed in business school, but again, it goes back to how and why AdComs should take a chance and admit you when they can do the easier thing and accept the next Sachs guy. So given that perspective, it'll be a bit harder for you to get in to b-school. If I were you, and I had a chance to join a good corporate firm, I'd do it to buff up your resume.
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Hi,
It would be better for you to do a job for 2 years in another firm, preferably not in the same sector as your family business. This is because work experience at family business is being ill-used these days and lots of people show this even though they haven't done much. Also, this will not only help you to showcase diverse work experience in your profile but would also not come in eyes of adcom as a person with only family business background.
Please feel free to reach out to us in case of any questions.
Cheers
Aman
Apphelp Team
It would be better for you to do a job for 2 years in another firm, preferably not in the same sector as your family business. This is because work experience at family business is being ill-used these days and lots of people show this even though they haven't done much. Also, this will not only help you to showcase diverse work experience in your profile but would also not come in eyes of adcom as a person with only family business background.
Please feel free to reach out to us in case of any questions.
Cheers
Aman
Apphelp Team
