Career Choice Decision : End goal MBA
Hi WSO Members,
Wanted your opinion on a career choice I am in the process of making.
A little background, state school grad, UTC rotational program grad. Planning to apply to MBA school Aug 2013.
I have the option of joining the UTC internal audit program and just interviewed at a small consulting group, E&Y(advisory), Fannie Mae (Finance Analyst), and Dell (Finance Analyst).
Just based 100% on my job selection - which one do you think would be the best path to a top 5 MBA school ?
1) Should I just stick with the UTC internal Audit group
or
2) Should I jump ship and get another company/ experience under my belt? and if so, would E&Y advisory, or a Financial analyst position at FM or Dell be best?
ALSO, i know an MBA application is much more than Jobs had, but still I am asking for your opinion to make the best next step decision - that will aid in my ST goal of MBA school.
Thanks,
Depends what your goal is after your MBA.
have a few not 100% sure...... but i have heard the best strategy is to make a solid entrance application, and worry about the rest once youre in.
I would wholly disagree...in fact, the adcoms at any good school will too. I actually had one from a Top 15 program tell people to lie about what they want to do if they are unsure. He basically said pick something and writing a convincing essay/answer to the short term goals question and then recruit wherever you want once you get in...but don't tell people in your application/essay that you are unsure.
I was visiting Darden recently and one of the prospective students also visiting flat out told one of the current students that he wants to get into business school and then figure out what he wants to do. I thought the guy's jaw was going to hit the floor.
If you have good scores and interview well and write good applications, then yeah, you can get in without a real plan, but I would caution you against it. After all, why even go to business school to begin with? And that's literally a question you have to answer for practically every business school.
Honestly though, you need to do some soul searching and figure out why/how b-school would even be useful. Granted you don't have to go just because you applied, but choosing a career path based on what school you might be able to get into though have no clue why you would even need/want to go back to school is just a silly exercise in futility.
You need to figure out what the end game is and then walk back through the best choices and employers and schools that can be used to get there.
Regards
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