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04 Feb 2021, 12:55
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I would like to apply to a MIM in Europe but have a spedific problem with my profile.
I had a life threatening disease in high school which delayed my graduation by two years. So I will already be 25 years old when I finish my bachelors degree. I am from Germany where you generally gradutate a little bit later compared to the US, but 25 is still pretty late. Some of the MIM programs I looked at like NOVA SBE for example explicitly state that they prefer young applicants. In that case they even set 25 years of age as an official limit.
In a perfectly fair world getting life threateningly ill would count as an "excuse" and I would thus be treated as if I were 23 years old. However I dont know if admissions officers would see it that way.
I am not even sure if I should tell them that I had health problems. I was advised by friends to keep this as secret as possible in the business world because I might be perceived as weak or less resielient. I dont know though if this would also be true for B-School. If I dont have to keep it a secreat I could just openly ask how my case would be treated in the admissions process.
I would relly prefer to apply not for the fall intake in September but rather for the spring intake in February. This would allow me to enter the admissions proces with a much better profile. I have another good internship coming up, I can get better LORs and I could add a good GMAT. However for the Spring Intake I will be 26 years old which is over their official age limit.
Do you have any advice how to deal with this situation. There seems to be no help on the internet for cases like this.
Best wishes and thanks in advance,
Max
I had a life threatening disease in high school which delayed my graduation by two years. So I will already be 25 years old when I finish my bachelors degree. I am from Germany where you generally gradutate a little bit later compared to the US, but 25 is still pretty late. Some of the MIM programs I looked at like NOVA SBE for example explicitly state that they prefer young applicants. In that case they even set 25 years of age as an official limit.
In a perfectly fair world getting life threateningly ill would count as an "excuse" and I would thus be treated as if I were 23 years old. However I dont know if admissions officers would see it that way.
I am not even sure if I should tell them that I had health problems. I was advised by friends to keep this as secret as possible in the business world because I might be perceived as weak or less resielient. I dont know though if this would also be true for B-School. If I dont have to keep it a secreat I could just openly ask how my case would be treated in the admissions process.
I would relly prefer to apply not for the fall intake in September but rather for the spring intake in February. This would allow me to enter the admissions proces with a much better profile. I have another good internship coming up, I can get better LORs and I could add a good GMAT. However for the Spring Intake I will be 26 years old which is over their official age limit.
Do you have any advice how to deal with this situation. There seems to be no help on the internet for cases like this.
Best wishes and thanks in advance,
Max
04 Feb 2021, 16:29
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Hi Max/Frusciantenated:
I am so sorry to hear that you experienced this terrible situation, but pleased to learn you have endured!
There are few things to consider:
One, this idea that you might look weak or less resilient is absurd. In fact, it's the exact opposite. You survived and are enduring. Isn't that the definition of resiliency?
Two, you may want to reach out to the admissions office for the program to see if they make exceptions for truly unusual circumstances such as your own. My guess is they do, but it's best hearing it from the horse's mouth.
Three, if you do speak to the admissions office and find out that 25 is a hard limit regardless of your circumstances, you should absolutely pursue the fall intake. Any profile enhancements would be rendered irrelevant!
I strongly suggest you reach out to us at Admissionado if you need consulting services around strategy and/or the application itself. This type of unique set of issues can best be dealt if we et to know you better and can assist you in an iterative fashion along the way.
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
Have faith and keep pushing,
Seth
I am so sorry to hear that you experienced this terrible situation, but pleased to learn you have endured!
There are few things to consider:
One, this idea that you might look weak or less resilient is absurd. In fact, it's the exact opposite. You survived and are enduring. Isn't that the definition of resiliency?
Two, you may want to reach out to the admissions office for the program to see if they make exceptions for truly unusual circumstances such as your own. My guess is they do, but it's best hearing it from the horse's mouth.
Three, if you do speak to the admissions office and find out that 25 is a hard limit regardless of your circumstances, you should absolutely pursue the fall intake. Any profile enhancements would be rendered irrelevant!
I strongly suggest you reach out to us at Admissionado if you need consulting services around strategy and/or the application itself. This type of unique set of issues can best be dealt if we et to know you better and can assist you in an iterative fashion along the way.
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
Have faith and keep pushing,
Seth
05 Feb 2021, 08:55
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Hey Seth,
first of all thank you very much for your encouraging words. I really appreciate that!
I wrote an email and they said that I should just hand in my CV and they will evaluate my eligibility.
I know there is a difference in the US between a Resume (just the most important aspects, usaually on one page) and a CV (everything you ever did, usually reqired for academic programs like a P.hd). However I have heard that the words are also used interchangeably sometimes and that usually for B-School e.g for an MBA you apply with a resume. Im my home country there are only CVs and leaving something out ("a gap") is considered really problematic. I am now unsure which one will be correct.
What would be your guess what I best hand in?
The required documentation section for the MIM asks for a CV.
Thank you very much for your kind help so far,
Max
first of all thank you very much for your encouraging words. I really appreciate that!
I wrote an email and they said that I should just hand in my CV and they will evaluate my eligibility.
I know there is a difference in the US between a Resume (just the most important aspects, usaually on one page) and a CV (everything you ever did, usually reqired for academic programs like a P.hd). However I have heard that the words are also used interchangeably sometimes and that usually for B-School e.g for an MBA you apply with a resume. Im my home country there are only CVs and leaving something out ("a gap") is considered really problematic. I am now unsure which one will be correct.
What would be your guess what I best hand in?
The required documentation section for the MIM asks for a CV.
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I have thought about it and really think that a consultation might be helpful in my case. I will first see if they generally consider me eligible. If they dont even consider my application due to my age no admissions consultant will be able to change that. So I will first talk to them about my CV/Resume and find out if they consider my application before I pay for consulting.
Thank you very much for your kind help so far,
Max
