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Will younger applicants get dinged in this next round of admissions? 02 Jun 2020, 19:14
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Hi all,

Wanted to pose a question that's been on my mind...

As we all know by now, after years of declines in volume of applications, schools are now expecting record-breaking applications for the Fall 2021 class. Obviously there are many talented professionals who have recently been laid off from companies like Uber, Airbnb, IBM, etc., many of whom may have considered b-school in the past but pushed it off because of the strong economy.

My question is this: with this influx of talented and potentially "older" applicants, will young applicants suffer the most this upcoming season? I currently have 2 years of pretty solid WE (3 at matriculation); I have been planning for well over a year to apply at this time, knowing that my limited WE would be seen as a negative, but also hoping that schools would be more willing to take a bet on me given the year over year app declines. Now that that's all changed I'm concerned that schools will favor the more experienced applicants who have recently been laid off over myself who could stay at my job a few more years and am wondering if it's even worth it to apply anymore.

This is all very hypothetical of course but I'm interested to hear others' thoughts!
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Will younger applicants get dinged in this next round of admissions? 07 Jun 2020, 17:27
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Hi ms22, it's really hard to say, but I don't think it's fair to assume that younger applicants will be disadvantaged. More than years on the job, the most important thing is what a person has done with them. Have they taken the initiative to leave each role / company / organization better than they found it? Further, adcoms are looking to understand an applicant's future plans and why an MBA will be critical in helping them achieve their goals. It may actually be harder for an older applicant to portray a convincing story line here. That's a long way of saying that it really depends on the individual and their achievements / goals and I don't think any generalizations can be made about how age will impact things. I don't have any data to back this up and it may be unrelated, but, if recollection serves, the average age at the top schools went down after the financial crisis in '08 :)

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Hi all,

Wanted to pose a question that's been on my mind...

As we all know by now, after years of declines in volume of applications, schools are now expecting record-breaking applications for the Fall 2021 class. Obviously there are many talented professionals who have recently been laid off from companies like Uber, Airbnb, IBM, etc., many of whom may have considered b-school in the past but pushed it off because of the strong economy.

My question is this: with this influx of talented and potentially "older" applicants, will young applicants suffer the most this upcoming season? I currently have 2 years of pretty solid WE (3 at matriculation); I have been planning for well over a year to apply at this time, knowing that my limited WE would be seen as a negative, but also hoping that schools would be more willing to take a bet on me given the year over year app declines. Now that that's all changed I'm concerned that schools will favor the more experienced applicants who have recently been laid off over myself who could stay at my job a few more years and am wondering if it's even worth it to apply anymore.

This is all very hypothetical of course but I'm interested to hear others' thoughts!
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