riverripper wrote:
I think Kellogg is a great school for both your career and also lifestyle wise since you have a family...would you be applying to MMM at Kellogg? I would suggest Ross over Duke for SCM. Since you are married with kids I would suggest schools that have reputations of being family friendly too. So Tuck maybe a better fit than Yale, and is also older applicant friendly.
Obviously your age and demographics will be what you need to overcome, why now and career goals are definitely, along with why a FT MBA not EMBA or something like that.
As for applying to all 6 in R1...dont try it. I would say 4 would be max and thats if you select four schools with a spread of due dates.
Thanks River.
For choosing Duke over Ross, my thought was the image of Duke in South, and having lived in South carolina for 5 years and visited North carolina many times, I don't want to leave this area and Duke for Ross.
I agree with you on replacing Yale with Tuck, actually Tuck never came to my mind. Since I haven't done much towards applying to Yale, I can make this switch.
I should have mentioned to you before that I had Praet change my id to this. You already suggested MMM to me and I am learning about MMM. My top priority is still Kellogg or Chicago. In fact, unless there is something urgent at work, I plan to visit Chicago this coming Friday, when I will visit Kellogg (Class visit, info session and student lunch) and join Chicago GSB student hosted event.
As of EMBA, I have done research about Duke EMBA and talked to admission people as well as students. It seems EMBA is a not a good option if your job already includes late night and weekend work. Even otherwise, EMBA takes away almost all of the personal time. I need plenty of time for kids and do not want to compromise with raising them well.