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Internships are internships so they should be considered as such. They will only consider your full-time non-internship work experience towards your work experience. Your internship can be considered as valuable aspects of your work experience but will not count towards your years of work experience
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Hi,

I have a question regarding my MBA application (US).

I graduated from a well-known European business school in August 2015.

-Started a full-time, full-paid internship for 10 months at the beginning of August 2015 (industry where I am currently working) – this internship was part of a „Gap Year Program“, where you switch between positions inside a company
-GMAT preparation for 2 months
-In August 2016 I started another full-time, full-paid internship at a management consultancy for 3 months (I did the internship because I was not 100% sure in which industry I wanted to start my career). Such internships are pretty common in Germany, where I am coming from.
-Then I started my first „real“ job. When I am going to apply for the MBA I would have worked about 1.5 years (R1) or 2 years (R2) at this company.

So, would you say that the admission officer will consider only the 1.5 years / 2 years of my current position, or do they consider the internships as well?

Thanks in advance :)
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Hey there,
Well I think the answer is simpler than you think.

Jobs are jobs. Internships are internships. Anyhow 2 years is still not long enough to apply for a GMAT :)

If you have any other questions, feel free