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24 Aug 2007, 05:38
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I think asking her for 4 reference letters is already a big hassle..... and we all know that all schools want a reference from your direct supervisor. What to do?I am using the same two references for all my applications. I chose my direct supervisor from my previous job, and the CEO of the company I am currently working for. Both have a good understanding of my abilities and why I want an MBA, and I have worked closely with both of them on various projects. That being said, I'll have to get each of them a really nice gift to thank them for all their work after I get admitted to a school. I didn't really understand the amount of work each recommendation needed until I looked at the forms.
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I am using the same references for all my schools (maybe up to 6). I have had the same immediate supervisor for the last 3+ years and the same senior manager incharge of my division has been there for the whole time I have been there. They both have the best idea of my skill sets and that is the real reason I choose them...while typically schools don't want senior management I do a lot of work directly for our division head and am one of the few none supervisors and managers that he interacts with on a near daily basis.
While it seems like a lot to ask of someone to do all the applications I read all the recommendation forms and there is a lot of overlap, they can pretty much write the same stuff for every school. The checklists are also very similar and once you read one or two it wont be hard. They aren't like the essays we answer that are drastically different from school to school. The first one will take the majority of the time and the rest will be copy, paste, and edit for the most part.
I provided them with a guide for writing the recommendations and also my positioning statement (why, why now, why these schools, and what I want to do afterwards). I have also spent a pretty good length of time talking with them and have gotten across the sense of importance in these recommendations and my whole reasoning and goals for an MBA.
Since I come from a field where not many people get MBAs I wanted to give them as much guidance as I can. Both of my division head's brothers have attended top b-schools so he does have a good sense of what it will do for my career and he is very supportive of it. But since this is the one area that adcoms say is constantly overlooked I want maximize the effectiveness of my recommendations and if it means giving them tons of pointers on what schools want then so be it.
While it seems like a lot to ask of someone to do all the applications I read all the recommendation forms and there is a lot of overlap, they can pretty much write the same stuff for every school. The checklists are also very similar and once you read one or two it wont be hard. They aren't like the essays we answer that are drastically different from school to school. The first one will take the majority of the time and the rest will be copy, paste, and edit for the most part.
I provided them with a guide for writing the recommendations and also my positioning statement (why, why now, why these schools, and what I want to do afterwards). I have also spent a pretty good length of time talking with them and have gotten across the sense of importance in these recommendations and my whole reasoning and goals for an MBA.
Since I come from a field where not many people get MBAs I wanted to give them as much guidance as I can. Both of my division head's brothers have attended top b-schools so he does have a good sense of what it will do for my career and he is very supportive of it. But since this is the one area that adcoms say is constantly overlooked I want maximize the effectiveness of my recommendations and if it means giving them tons of pointers on what schools want then so be it.
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I just started a new job 2 weeks ago so I'm not using my current supervisor for a reference. Instead, I'm using all three of my former co-workers at my former job (there were only for of us, I worked there for 5 years). They were all supervisors. Most schools only need 2 so I'm using different combinations of them for the different schools. 2 of them are more quantitative/academic economists so I'm using them for the more quantitative schools references. My other reference is more a project management/team/IT person so I'm using her in those situations.
Her reaction was basically that I should definitely aim for an MBA for attaining the credibility and maturity, but only to part-time programs, and also only when I have a few more years of exp under my belt. If I matriculate next fall I'll have 3 years of exp + another 16 months internship exp, so I don't think I'm really sub-par in that aspect. I think her reaction was due to the fact that no one from our dept has left to pursue a full-time MBA before, so she wasn't so sure what to make of it and whether it's the right thing for me to do. Anyways I didn't mention the reference thing since she didn't seem to be fully-supportive as of yet. I think I have to do more convincing and really ease her into it... 
As for the timing of getting an MBA, I've thought about it long and hard and I know it's definitely the right time, and have very clear short and long term post-MBA goals I want to work towards (Product/brand management on IT side of entertainment/media industry, and then starting my own firm that fuses my tech and music backgrounds). Although I have clear goals and have had quite a bit of leadership exposure, I think my supervisor thinks it's too early because she hasn't dealt with a "career changer" like me before, and everyone she's had contact with used their MBAs to boost their current careers. In particular her husband is a director at a tech firm, who did a part-time MBA when he was 36, and was rapidly promoted within his field thereafter. So it isn't apparent to her how an MBA at my age (27) will help me, but I guess it's me who has to do the convincing!
