【求教】毕业生计划工作两三年后申请MBA求建议

chqjessie · 发表于 2017-12-23 17:53:59

时隔两年又来chasedream发帖啦。
我在美国念的本科+研究生，18年研究生毕业，是传媒方向。在念研究生的时候接触到了咨询行业，了解到了consulting和IB都有专门的TMT组，然后也跟四大某个TMT advisory组做过项目，非常喜欢也就有了做consulting的规划。在最后一年求职的时候也申请了MBB、四大以及一些boutique consulting 公司，但是既不是mba也不是本科生在申请的时候有很大劣势（面试过程中被告知非tech岗位只招top mba和本科生）。于是想到先工作几年再去读mba转行做咨询。现在我还在求职阶段，想听一下各位大神们对职业规划和申请准备方面有什么建议或者经验。比如什么样的career path比较受top mba青睐？工作中有哪些经验会有加分？

现在的背景-
top30 美本+ top 30 美国研究生
美国六大电影公司之一的实习
美国top传媒集团实习
美国tech startup实习
国内券商+银行实习（楼主本科商科的）
TOEFL免考
GMAT两年前考710 申mba前会再考争取考到750+
GPA本科有点低研究生还好

打算明年考CFA
毕业可能会留在美国的一家tech startup做business development，也还打算再找找，希望找到能帮助mba申请的工作。如果回国可能会去做finance相关的吧。。。

目标 or 理想希望去HBS，CBS或者是stern这样的top tier mba…请问从现在到两年后申请有什么需要特别准备和规划的？

目标其实有点远大和不切实际…

chqjessie · 发表于 2017-12-23 17:56:45

真心希望各位大神或者过来人提供一些建议！！感谢！！

JonFrank · 发表于 2017-12-26 17:25:34

Dear sir,
Well it looks like you have a good understanding of what you need to do and that you are off to a great start! Let me answer you with some suggestions in general:

What can you do to improve your profile over the next years???

I would like to present you with a list of ideas, which should help you:

- Definitely do at least one if not real real volunteer works while you are working. The BEST possible volunteer work is anything that has to do with leadership or fundraising, so if you see those opportunities, jump on them!

- Make sure you do the best possible at work, taking any opportunities to lead, to get involved in social events, to advance at work, and remain at the top.

- Likewise try and keep up your life! What I mean is that schools LOVE candidates who have a broad range of activities and interests. So sports, culture, whatever. As always, if it is leadership roles you are taking on they are better than non-leadership roles.

- If you have any interest in entrepreneurship as a side project, it can be good to have that in your profile.

- If you have any interest in politics as a side project, it can be good to have that in your profile.

There are probably more things that I am not yet thinking about, but this is a very good place to start!

Overall things look promising. Right now we are too early to start getting into actual school evaluation, but this is a good start.

While you are at it, I would also suggest trying to visit the target schools, to attend events, and to learn about them as much as possible. This long-term work will pay off greatly when it comes time for you to apply.

I hope this helps!
Best,
Jon Frank

chqjessie · 发表于 2017-12-27 17:18:45

JonFrank 发表于 2017-12-26 17:25
Dear sir,
Well it looks like you have a good understanding of what you need to do and that you are o ...

Hi Jon,

Thank you so much for your advice. In terms of work experience , is 2 years enough for MBA application?

Thanks!

Benny66 · 发表于 2017-12-27 19:40:50

chqjessie 发表于 2017-12-27 17:18
Hi Jon,

Thank you so much for your advice. In terms of timeline, how many years of work experienc ...

你这个英文有点困难啊

JonFrank · 发表于 2017-12-29 10:19:32

chqjessie 发表于 2017-12-27 17:18
Hi Jon,

Thank you so much for your advice. In terms of work experience , is 2 years enough for MBA ...

To be honest it is a bit on the low side if you are not in management consulting or finance (where people do tend to attend B-school younger). Keep in mind that the average work experience is about 5 years, and even more for international applicants (closer to seven), the reason being that the schools want you to have proven yourself already.

So technically its enough. Will it be enough for YOU? That’s a question that requires deeper digging.

Hope this helps!
Best,
Jon Frank

chqjessie · 发表于 2017-12-29 18:14:21

JonFrank 发表于 2017-12-29 10:19
To be honest it is a bit on the low side if you are not in management consulting or finance (where ...

Gotcha! Thank you very much.

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