对再申请者来说，被拒的经历会影响录取机会吗？FOR THE MBA REAPPLICANT, DOES A DING HURT YOUR CHANCES

JonFrank

Hey guys, I know that some of you got questions about re-applicant strategy. So I would like to share my opinions about it. As always, if you have a question about your applications, feel free to leave a comment here or send me a private message here or on Wechat. I'm happy to help!

Question:

I am working for 18 months in the IT industry and wish to shift to finance. Another year of IT experience will not take me anywhere in that direction. Just wanted to give it a shot this time and see where I stand. If I don’t get in, I am planning to try again next year.

I’m just wondering: If I apply this year and don’t get accepted, will it hamper my chances of applying again next year?

Answer:

I feel your pain, man!  Why stick it out at a job you don’t like that is taking you no place?

Here’s the catch, though. To answer your question: YES, if you get dinged the first time around, it will make it harder to get in later as an MBA reapplicant. Your odds go down after you’ve been rejected. Also, you will be hard-pressed to prove that you’ve changed and become a better candidate.

After you’ve been dinged, that’s what they’re looking for: how has this person changed his candidacy, and become a much stronger MBA reapplicant? It’s tough to prove.

Here’s what I think you should do. Keep at it at work (as hard as that may be), but do your best to PROVE yourself. Get promoted. Take on RESPONSIBILITY. 18 months is still a preeeeetty short period of time to work at a job. Take one more year and make it SING, dude!

Now,also try to dig into other aspects of your life – extra-curriculars, extra projects on the side, sparking up new committees, etc.  Could you make your job more palatable?  Maybe and maybe not. But it will set you on a path for improvement and give you more to work with when it’s time to apply next year.

At the end of the day, if applying now is something you HAVE to do, yes, you have a shot. But if you can wait, I’d focus on making yourself the best candidate you can be right now…and apply only when you’re absolutely sure you’re putting your best foot forward for the adcoms. Why take a risk when you can play it (and play it WELL) safe?

I want to maximize your options here, friend.

Hope that helps,

— Jon Frank

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小咪惑

If it is very imoprtant of  continously job experience for applying a MBA program? Because I have changed my job for three times, all different position and industry. Through all these experiences, I learned more about a compny from different respects, could it be one of my advantage for applying?

JonFrank

Hello,
Good question! Job changes in of themselves are not bad at all. The question is how you will present these changes. And the only way to present them is to show how each job change is an IMPROVEMENT, and an ADVANCEMENT. Because that’s how we want to show you.

I hope this helps!
Jon

JonFrank

小咪惑 发表于 2015-10-10 22:07
If it is very imoprtant of  continously job experience for applying a MBA program? Because I have ch ...

Hello,
Good question! Job changes in of themselves are not bad at all. The question is how you will present these changes. And the only way to present them is to show how each job change is an IMPROVEMENT, and an ADVANCEMENT. Because that’s how we want to show you.

I hope this helps!
Jon

小咪惑

JonFrank 发表于 2015-10-14 11:48
Hello,
Good question! Job changes in of themselves are not bad at all. The question is how you wil ...

It helps a lot. Thank you!
For recent, I quit my job, and totally in the GMAT exam.
I don't believe the two years full time job experience can bring me great advantage for the Top MBA application.
Also a little bit confusing.