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11 Nov 2006, 23:54
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Would I be too old for a career change?
Here is the situation. I graduated from college back in 2000, and was hoping to go back for my MBA in a couple of years. However, after working for a couple of years, I had a number of major family issues starting back in 2003. I am an only child and my parents are divorced so I had to take alot of the burden. My mother became severely depressed and wouldn't seek help. She was not taking care of herself, got into significant tax debt, almost lost the house ( I had to save it for her). She is doing better now.. My uncle became paralyzed (he and I were very close). I had to visit him, and take my grandmother to visit him. He was single so there was no one else to do it.. I also had to handle his affairs. My dad then got prostate cancer and that put going back for my MBA another year. There were also a few other deaths, and illnesses within my family that caused problems.
I am not trying to whine or anything like that, but it would have been difficult for me to focus on school with all of that going on at one time so I kept on putting it off. ..
I will be 29 if I go back to school next fall. My profile is I graduated from a large university with a 3.8 (Political Science/Econ), and my GMAT score is a 690. How would schools view my application? Am I too old? I really want to go back, but maybe it won't be worth it:(
Here is the situation. I graduated from college back in 2000, and was hoping to go back for my MBA in a couple of years. However, after working for a couple of years, I had a number of major family issues starting back in 2003. I am an only child and my parents are divorced so I had to take alot of the burden. My mother became severely depressed and wouldn't seek help. She was not taking care of herself, got into significant tax debt, almost lost the house ( I had to save it for her). She is doing better now.. My uncle became paralyzed (he and I were very close). I had to visit him, and take my grandmother to visit him. He was single so there was no one else to do it.. I also had to handle his affairs. My dad then got prostate cancer and that put going back for my MBA another year. There were also a few other deaths, and illnesses within my family that caused problems.
I am not trying to whine or anything like that, but it would have been difficult for me to focus on school with all of that going on at one time so I kept on putting it off. ..
I will be 29 if I go back to school next fall. My profile is I graduated from a large university with a 3.8 (Political Science/Econ), and my GMAT score is a 690. How would schools view my application? Am I too old? I really want to go back, but maybe it won't be worth it:(
12 Nov 2006, 11:41
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"I will be 29 if I go back to school next fall."
You will be 29 regardless.
. Please take this in a lighter vein.
Buddy, 29 is just 2 years more than the average First year MBA student's age. Besides age should never be a factor to question career change. Typically most big stories donot need more than 10 years to occur. You have a lot of time on your hands. Kirk Kerkorian is around 85 and he is still thinking of taking GM management on.
You just need to want it bad.
The only problem with being more than 30 years is that you need to have three years worth of progressive achievement in all areas profession, EQ, maturity, community work etc.
Read what MIT Sloan has to say about age on their website.
"Come to us when you are ready"
You will be 29 regardless.
. Please take this in a lighter vein.
Buddy, 29 is just 2 years more than the average First year MBA student's age. Besides age should never be a factor to question career change. Typically most big stories donot need more than 10 years to occur. You have a lot of time on your hands. Kirk Kerkorian is around 85 and he is still thinking of taking GM management on.
You just need to want it bad.
The only problem with being more than 30 years is that you need to have three years worth of progressive achievement in all areas profession, EQ, maturity, community work etc.
Read what MIT Sloan has to say about age on their website.
"Come to us when you are ready"
