请问我这种情况可以申请MBA么？

国内top10名校EE博士，GPA>3.5，500强IT外企2年工作经验，考虑到对于技术工作逐渐失去兴趣，也想突破职业发展的瓶颈，打算申请美国的MBA。性格外向，擅长与人打交道，英文口语较流利。不知道这种条件能够申请MBA么？主要是考虑到自己的博士学位，另外从事的也是技术方面的工作，不知道会不会对申请产生影响，所以想请大N鉴定一下，谢谢！

另外在读博期间也有若干年较为正规的通讯企业工作经验，不知道会不会对申请有些许帮助？

Of course you can apply for MBA.

Everything/every piece of experience will cast influence on your application.

Thin ice, if I may say.

For a doctor, you lack academic achievement--which is usually true in China.

For a man in your age (I presume), you lack career achievement.

You spent about ten years focusing EE in campus, yet after two years' working, you lost your interest, which is hard to explain.

From what you said, I see nothing really challenging against your younger competitors for MBA.

You can always try, but I wouldn't suggest so.

Besides, in your case, I can hardly imagine you are facing a bottleneck. The second year is just the beginning for your company to discover and appreciate your value. There is no point to feel desperate.

You're "性格外向，擅长与人打交道，英文口语较流利", so it'll be much easier and more practical for you to switch career inside the company.

Few years later, with successful working experience, you can consider EMBA, if you want.

agree with Pumpkin but disagree (partially) with starbird

career change is a sufficient excuse for MBA and I see quite a few samples who graduate from Ph.D. program and work for 2-3 years before they go to b-schools.

having said that, 2nd year is still the early stage of your career. LZ might want to make sure MBA is really something you would like to pursue.

thank you all guys, I have to say I was somewhat conservative before in choosing my career path and later I gradually realized technology is not the area where I can challenging against other competitors, I have to do something that can leverage my advantages. That's why I planned to through my doctor's degree away and do something challenging for me. Of course, I will think over it before final decision, hope I can get more suggestions from you guys in future.

blackdancer, my recommendation to you is: "be fearless".  Go ahead and do something exciting.  I am in a similar situation as you are: BS in EE (1991-1994), MS in EE (1994-1995), and Ph.D. in EE (1995-1998), all from a university in New York.  I worked in the hi-tech industry for 10 years (1998-2007): 7 years in several high-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley and 3 years in a large technology company with 80,000 employees worldwide.  I consider myself in the innovation business where the greatest minds come together to make this world a bit better everyday.  In my work environment, there are always pieces and bits of interesting ideas floating around and plenty of creative activities undergoing.  However, I feel there needs to be a gravitational force that puts all ingredients together and turn creativity into useful product that people will actually use, not to mention those products that change people's lives.  If you look at Apple, you know what I mean.  For this particular reason and from my experiences in different corporate environment, I know I "need" a MBA degree to further my current career in the innovation business.  This is different from the case if a person "wants" a MBA degree.  If you think about these two words carefully, you know what will be the best goal for you to pursue.

In my case, I will apply for part-time MBA or EMBA programs.  The part-time programs are getting increasingly popular because the foregone cost is too great to bear.  For example, one-year budget at Stanford GSB is $70,000.  If we include the salary of typical Ph.D. EE in Silicon Valley, which is about 2.5 times of this figure, then the cost is equivalent to 250,000.  That's half a million for two years!  If I were you, I will continue to work in the hi-tech industry and leverage your skill to find a high-tech job in a city where you want to pursue your B-school.  Not only your employer will reimburse the tuition for your B-school but also you can keep your wages and continue to gain more experience.  Because you have a Ph.D. in EE, you are entitled to this great advantage if you choose the right path to get to there.

thank you fyeung06, to be fearless is something difficult for me before, but not in the future. I think I understand what you mean in your statement, "why MBA" is perhaps the most important and even the only question I should ask myself before I make decision.

As for the plan for applying MBA, I'm afraid I have to apply full-time MBA since I currently work in China, after all, there are always something that you have to give up on the way to success.