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28 Jan 2011, 00:42
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Dear Consultants,
I'm currently waiting for Round 2 replies from 4 schools in the American North East. Also, I work in an Asian country at the moment and have never visited the campuses of these schools.
I am in a stressful dilemma whether I should quit my job here in the spring and go back home (to USA), and then hope to attend on-campus interviews with the schools I applied to. I have a similar but temporary job waiting for me in the USA which I can work from spring until September. Currently my contract is set to end in spring indeed, but I can easily extend it as much as I want. On my admissions applications I wrote in fact that my working contract here ends in spring.
My rationale for choosing spring as end time of my current employment was first, I might be able to attend on-campus interviews and make perhaps a more informed decision down the road, and second, since I don't have a business undergrad degree, I might need a few months to take some summer business courses, arrange my financing, and move to the city of the school I'm attending. On the other hand, some have suggested to me that changing or quitting jobs so long before MBA start date might look bad to adcoms. Also, I've been told that quitting job to attend on campus interviews is not worthwhile and may look desperate.
My question is: how should I explain to adcoms if they ask why I'm quitting the job in late spring, as I already wrote? And, should I extend my job contract until August or something, or just stick to my original plan and return home in spring?
Thank you for reading my message and for your valued feedback.
Cheers!
I'm currently waiting for Round 2 replies from 4 schools in the American North East. Also, I work in an Asian country at the moment and have never visited the campuses of these schools.
I am in a stressful dilemma whether I should quit my job here in the spring and go back home (to USA), and then hope to attend on-campus interviews with the schools I applied to. I have a similar but temporary job waiting for me in the USA which I can work from spring until September. Currently my contract is set to end in spring indeed, but I can easily extend it as much as I want. On my admissions applications I wrote in fact that my working contract here ends in spring.
My rationale for choosing spring as end time of my current employment was first, I might be able to attend on-campus interviews and make perhaps a more informed decision down the road, and second, since I don't have a business undergrad degree, I might need a few months to take some summer business courses, arrange my financing, and move to the city of the school I'm attending. On the other hand, some have suggested to me that changing or quitting jobs so long before MBA start date might look bad to adcoms. Also, I've been told that quitting job to attend on campus interviews is not worthwhile and may look desperate.
My question is: how should I explain to adcoms if they ask why I'm quitting the job in late spring, as I already wrote? And, should I extend my job contract until August or something, or just stick to my original plan and return home in spring?
Thank you for reading my message and for your valued feedback.
Cheers!
28 Jan 2011, 09:04
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I wouldn't recommend quitting a job just to interview, but if there's other circumstances that make you want to quit your job you may want to consider them. I've done three off-campus interviews so far and all have gone well and didn't hurt me compared to an on-campus interview. Obviously there's value in visiting a campus at some point prior to enrollment to make sure it's a good fit for you, but I wouldn't plot my life around being able to visit several schools for on-campus interviews.
28 Jan 2011, 17:06
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Thanks for the reply emont,
The thing is I am quitting this job even if I don't get into MBA, its just a matter of time.
I guess I want to stay in this job during interviews.
What I would really like to know is when do Round 2 interviews happen? What would be the latest date for a round 2 interview?
Thanks
The thing is I am quitting this job even if I don't get into MBA, its just a matter of time.
I guess I want to stay in this job during interviews.
What I would really like to know is when do Round 2 interviews happen? What would be the latest date for a round 2 interview?
Thanks
