Forum: General Forum (3 Comments)
Master's In Management even after 3 years of Work Experience
Posted by - ads1388 - on 10 January 2013 - 12:08pm
Hi Experts,
I require your opinions on a small problem.
I have worked for 2 years in high-tech research at a industrial center. I have some entrepreneurial aspirations in the field of image processing and I aim to achieve those. I quit my job and started a venture which failed to take off and hence I am working independantly with some projects right now ( Thus 3 years on matriculation).
I aim to have a formal education in management to pursue my dreams and correct my failures.
With this objective in mind , I have applied for MBA schools. However I have worked with a very small team in research with no opportunities to experience any other things except technology.
Hence I feel my inadequate management experiences would not make a right MBA candidate at this time and I want to pursue a formal degree in management and work for some time to gain the experiences in leadership and management.
Now my problem is that with 3 years of experience , would I be automatically rejected as too old by MiM courses or can I convince them in my essays that I have zero knowledge of the management field and thus equivalent to a fresh grad.
My current profile is GMAT(720) GPA (equivalent to 3.8 in engineering, Prominent Indian University) . I am planning to apply to LBS MiM course only.
I would highly appreciate your opinions and alternative solutions if any to my problems
Thanks and Regards
AdiPosted by - ads1388 - on 10 January 2013 - 4:39pm
Thanks for ur opinions Thomas.
I would surely check out the statistics :)
Posted by - Thomas Graf - on 10 January 2013 - 1:49pm
Hi Adi,
thank you for your post. I guess that your work experience is sufficient for most MBA programs. I am not saying that you have a place guaranteed as this depends on other factors such as GMAT score, interviews, or essays as well. But many schools in general would recommend you to apply in my opinion.
As for the Master in Management (MIM) I am not sure if they would reject you. Some may but you may also find schools that wouldn't care about your professional experience. I recomend you to check the statistics - average work experience of the MIM students - at those schools that are interesting for you. If you screen the websites (or ask them via email or phone) regarding this statistic you will easily see that there are differences among schools. Then you can apply for those MIM programs where the average exp is higher.
Best wishes
Thomas
