Will taking time off to travel ruin my MBA chances?
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03 Nov 2005, 19:59
Hello, longtime lurker, first time poster. And apologies for the cross-post, I wasn't sure where this should go.
Recently wrote GMAT - did very well. Have high GPA, good work and extracurricular experience, can prob get excellent recommendations. Confident about my b-school chances. I'm thinking of applying to an MBA next year (2007).
But here's the thing: I'm totally, completely burnt out at my job. I'm thinking of quitting (on good terms of course) and taking some time - several months, maybe even a year - to travel around the world.
The way I look at it is, after going to business school and then hopefully getting recruited and starting the next stages of my career, I won't have any more opportunities like this one. And hey, you're only young once, right? I love to travel and if I have one regret in life, it's not doing more of it when I was younger (in undergrad and before).
But by doing that, would I totally kill my chances for admission into a top business school? Would adcomms look at this big gap in my resume and dismiss me out of hand?