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06 Jun 2025, 19:57
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I am debating making a career and geographical shift and would love to hear your advice.
After completing my undergrad in business at a foreign university, I landed a job as an analyst for a globally recognized construction company. I will soon complete two years at the firm during which I got a promotion to sales. To progress further, I want to pursue a MBA most likely in the 2027 intake. Like most other job, I am overworked and have no time to dedicate to application prep. At this point, I want to dedicate my time to study solely for the GMAT and prepare my applications. I am considering moving back to India to focus on the GMAT test, which in my eyes is very crucial to offset my low undergrad GPA. I have also been working on a side project in India. It involves doing some analyst work for a hotel and the second project which is my passion project is working alongside a construction manager on a project to build apartments. I feel if I supplement my 2 years of foreign experience with these side projects, it would be a good direction for my application and I will get time to dedicate to GMAT.
My main question is what is your take on this shift. Is it advisable to leave your foreign work experience and move back to India? Is it viable to take such a big risk? What do admission committees think about such shifts especially since my industry is non-traditional?
After completing my undergrad in business at a foreign university, I landed a job as an analyst for a globally recognized construction company. I will soon complete two years at the firm during which I got a promotion to sales. To progress further, I want to pursue a MBA most likely in the 2027 intake. Like most other job, I am overworked and have no time to dedicate to application prep. At this point, I want to dedicate my time to study solely for the GMAT and prepare my applications. I am considering moving back to India to focus on the GMAT test, which in my eyes is very crucial to offset my low undergrad GPA. I have also been working on a side project in India. It involves doing some analyst work for a hotel and the second project which is my passion project is working alongside a construction manager on a project to build apartments. I feel if I supplement my 2 years of foreign experience with these side projects, it would be a good direction for my application and I will get time to dedicate to GMAT.
My main question is what is your take on this shift. Is it advisable to leave your foreign work experience and move back to India? Is it viable to take such a big risk? What do admission committees think about such shifts especially since my industry is non-traditional?
06 Jun 2025, 20:35
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Hi. Congratulations on your career!
I would strongly recommend against taking a break from work especially if your career is progressing.
It is an extreme idea to quit work to prepare for the gmat. Most people are able to reconfigure their days to study for the test.
Very often, you only have two a maximum three very productive hours per day to study and so quitting your work to only gain two or three hours per day seems to be an overkill.
Quitting the job has many problems including weakening your position as an applicant, weakening your position as a job seeker both after MBA and should the test not work out for you. So it’s a not only a risk but also a move that will not have a win, even if you get a super high GMAT score you will still shoot yourself in the foot because you’ll have a gap on your résumé and issues finding recommendations and so on.
Perhaps a better option if you feel like you absolutely must take a break and your job is super demanding is to take a leave for a month so it doesn’t show up on your resume or switch jobs and work in a month of a break. You don’t need six months to prepare for the gmat. It’s actually kind of productive to take that long, all you need is three months of a couple hours per day but those must be very productive hours perhaps early morning before you go to work.
I would strongly recommend against taking a break from work especially if your career is progressing.
It is an extreme idea to quit work to prepare for the gmat. Most people are able to reconfigure their days to study for the test.
Very often, you only have two a maximum three very productive hours per day to study and so quitting your work to only gain two or three hours per day seems to be an overkill.
Quitting the job has many problems including weakening your position as an applicant, weakening your position as a job seeker both after MBA and should the test not work out for you. So it’s a not only a risk but also a move that will not have a win, even if you get a super high GMAT score you will still shoot yourself in the foot because you’ll have a gap on your résumé and issues finding recommendations and so on.
Perhaps a better option if you feel like you absolutely must take a break and your job is super demanding is to take a leave for a month so it doesn’t show up on your resume or switch jobs and work in a month of a break. You don’t need six months to prepare for the gmat. It’s actually kind of productive to take that long, all you need is three months of a couple hours per day but those must be very productive hours perhaps early morning before you go to work.
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06 Jun 2025, 20:58
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Focus on scoring well on gmat.. rest all other things shall fall in place as time comes.. one step at a time..
