asimov wrote:
I will concur with kingfalcon’s advice; do the adventure after your admittance.
Think from a logistic stand point. If you do a 3-6 months trip, you will likely be either unemployed or seeking employment at time of application. B-school application is a time-consuming process, compounding it with learning a new job or job hunting may lower your application quality.
If you can, try to stay at the same start up. If not, move to a different job that makes logical sense.
I have a situation on somewhat similar grounds, I will be leaving my current company in the last week of May(after over 7 years at the same company). Since I am targeting the June round of applications I would be still working when these applications go in. Now some of the business schools I am applying for (if I get through) start in September so I think searching for a new job/or even joining for 3 months would be unfair to the employer.However some of my target schools start in Jan 2014 (though applications are in June) and here again if I dont consider joining a new employer for the previous reason, then I may not be able to justify it for a 6 month gap. I am not very concerned about the effort required along with application prep to get myself another job however I am concerned about the short term I would end up working with my next employer (if accepted). And if I do decide that I should perhaps just take the break, how can I justify it to the adcom for January 14 intakes?Any suggestions for making this break tangible(please note I can only indicate a plan to adcom for June - Dec as the applications go in June)?
Any recommendations on what I should do?Any thoughts would be most appreciated!