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Seek General Mgmt skills,NOT a new career.Will HBS MBA help? 21 Nov 2006, 23:50
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Folks,

Essentials:
GMAT 750 (50Q,42V), GPAs 4.0/3.96 (BE in India/MS in UMass Amherst)
AGE: 30 yrs OLD!!
Title: Principal DSP Engineer

Yada Yada:
A highly valued (atleast in my current company) engineer for 5 years now. Job description involves being a technical lead/architect, many international trips and customer interaction as well as people managment since last year. But I have no other powers vested in me and it doesnt look I shall rise vertically within the current comany any time soon...and my hope is that MBA from a good school with emphasis on general managment will help me rise vertically in my current career path at a much faster pace, maybe even help me in my long term aspirations of being an enterprenur (by first helping me learning to spell it)

I am willing to invest only in the top schools for full time (HBS). Not many choices for part time (maybe Stern or Babsons).

Do I really need a full time MBA? If so, what are my chances for HBS (it is too darn expensive, even with my savings of 6 yrs). Part time should be piece of cake I presume

PLease if you have any words of advice or even random thoughts, please express them.....thanks, great forum

-kk
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Seek General Mgmt skills,NOT a new career.Will HBS MBA help? 26 Nov 2006, 16:37
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km_kamath
Folks,

Essentials:
GMAT 750 (50Q,42V), GPAs 4.0/3.96 (BE in India/MS in UMass Amherst)
AGE: 30 yrs OLD!!
Title: Principal DSP Engineer

Yada Yada:
A highly valued (atleast in my current company) engineer for 5 years now. Job description involves being a technical lead/architect, many international trips and customer interaction as well as people managment since last year. But I have no other powers vested in me and it doesnt look I shall rise vertically within the current comany any time soon...and my hope is that MBA from a good school with emphasis on general managment will help me rise vertically in my current career path at a much faster pace, maybe even help me in my long term aspirations of being an enterprenur (by first helping me learning to spell it)

I am willing to invest only in the top schools for full time (HBS). Not many choices for part time (maybe Stern or Babsons).

Do I really need a full time MBA? If so, what are my chances for HBS (it is too darn expensive, even with my savings of 6 yrs). Part time should be piece of cake I presume

PLease if you have any words of advice or even random thoughts, please express them.....thanks, great forum

-kk
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kk,

Though your GMAT score is great and you would be a strong candidate at any number of top 30 schools, I don't think, based on what you told me, that HBS is realistic for you. Your technology background and career track is a common one, and your age and lack of formal managerial authority are additional negatives. Given your entrepreneurial goals I would recommend aiming for schools like USC, MIT, Michigan, Texas, and Haas. Speaking of Babson, you might want to check out Linda Abraham's interview with Babson's dean Mark Rice.

Good luck,