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07 Aug 2010, 18:31
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Do I have any chance to get in a top 20 school?
Male
31
MD graduated 2005 University of crete (Greece) 7.35/10
MSc 2007 University of crete (Biomedical sciences)9/10
PhD 2011 University of Crete expected (molecular medicine) 9.5/10
Worked at Boston University 5 years for my research
TOEFL not taken yet (hopefully I can meet the criteria they ask)
Extracurricular activities nothing worth mentioning.
Top 10% in my class at high school
MENSA member
Volunteered for the Olympics (2004)
Is MBA for me?
If I get in a top 10 school will I be able to get a decent job?
Do I have any chances for Harvard/MIT?
GMAT score
Q50 V40 740
Thank you in advance
Male
31
MD graduated 2005 University of crete (Greece) 7.35/10
MSc 2007 University of crete (Biomedical sciences)9/10
PhD 2011 University of Crete expected (molecular medicine) 9.5/10
Worked at Boston University 5 years for my research
TOEFL not taken yet (hopefully I can meet the criteria they ask)
Extracurricular activities nothing worth mentioning.
Top 10% in my class at high school
MENSA member
Volunteered for the Olympics (2004)
Is MBA for me?
If I get in a top 10 school will I be able to get a decent job?
Do I have any chances for Harvard/MIT?
GMAT score
Q50 V40 740
Thank you in advance
08 Aug 2010, 00:16
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Hi ankateif:
the question you ask is extremely broad and would be very hard to answer given the cursory information you provided. I have written a lot about my MBA acceptance equation here on the GMAT club postings. in understanding what additional information I need, you need to provide more background about your personal experiences, passions and philanthropic pursuits. You also need to provide me more information on your professional career. So I know that you work at Boston University for five years, but what does this mean? What did you do? Did you lead a team? What types of projects did you work on? Did you have any managerial responsibilities as well as leadership responsibilities? What levels of the organization did you work with? What were your results? Of these results, while were the most significant quantitative results? What were the most significant qualitative results? How did these accomplishments own it your view of leadership?
You can see that there are a lot of unanswered questions in your original post. Answering these questions will allow me to understand what it is that you've been doing and what it is that you have a passion for. Understanding your work experience and passions allows me to understand if your short and longer-term professional goals are logical so you ask me "is an MBA for me?" As weird as it sounds, only you can answer that question. I can help you think about the factors that you need to consider, but you really need to decide upon logical goals by doing the homework in understanding what it is that you really want to do. the risk you run is looking like a life long academic the admissions committee may think that you could have very little experience in the "real world." They could then extrapolate and think that an MBA would represent another opportunity to stay in the academic world. I called this "Peter Pan Syndrome."
however, the process of thinking critically about your own candidacy gets even better so once you figure out why you need an MBA -- as represented through your goals -- you need to explain why this is the right year, the MBA is the right degree and why the school in question is the right program.
All of the above is just for starters. Of course answering these questions requires research and requires that you think critically about your actual goals. If you have any other questions, please let me know by posting in the "ask Paul Lanzillotti" thread.
Respectfully,
Paul Lanzillotti
the question you ask is extremely broad and would be very hard to answer given the cursory information you provided. I have written a lot about my MBA acceptance equation here on the GMAT club postings. in understanding what additional information I need, you need to provide more background about your personal experiences, passions and philanthropic pursuits. You also need to provide me more information on your professional career. So I know that you work at Boston University for five years, but what does this mean? What did you do? Did you lead a team? What types of projects did you work on? Did you have any managerial responsibilities as well as leadership responsibilities? What levels of the organization did you work with? What were your results? Of these results, while were the most significant quantitative results? What were the most significant qualitative results? How did these accomplishments own it your view of leadership?
You can see that there are a lot of unanswered questions in your original post. Answering these questions will allow me to understand what it is that you've been doing and what it is that you have a passion for. Understanding your work experience and passions allows me to understand if your short and longer-term professional goals are logical so you ask me "is an MBA for me?" As weird as it sounds, only you can answer that question. I can help you think about the factors that you need to consider, but you really need to decide upon logical goals by doing the homework in understanding what it is that you really want to do. the risk you run is looking like a life long academic the admissions committee may think that you could have very little experience in the "real world." They could then extrapolate and think that an MBA would represent another opportunity to stay in the academic world. I called this "Peter Pan Syndrome."
however, the process of thinking critically about your own candidacy gets even better so once you figure out why you need an MBA -- as represented through your goals -- you need to explain why this is the right year, the MBA is the right degree and why the school in question is the right program.
All of the above is just for starters. Of course answering these questions requires research and requires that you think critically about your actual goals. If you have any other questions, please let me know by posting in the "ask Paul Lanzillotti" thread.
Respectfully,
Paul Lanzillotti
ankateif
