纠结中：part time还是full time mba?

icyjeannelij

我在美国已经5年，工作4年，在纽约有律师牌，但是苦于一直找不到律师的工作，于是决定读MBA。现在做债券交易。

part time：由于要留在纽约工作，只有一个选择：NYU。但是基本能够支持自己的学费和生活费。cons在于转行转公司比较难。而这个是我最终的目的。

full time：留在美国东北部，选择比较多。但是就得背债过日。

请问前辈们有何意见呼？非常感谢。

P.S.我不是大牛，奖学金估计没有我的份儿。但是我的target是前20的学校。专业希望选择破产法/证券法之类的，或者和fund of funds有关的。

icyjeannelij

不是。我在国内有master in law，然后在UT Austin读了LLM，然后考了纽约牌。

icyjeannelij

Yes my friend, we know your problem here well.  Switching careers is very tricky in MBA apps—especially switching from Law into Business.  We have been successful making this sell, but it is tough.  To be successful, you need to somehow find a way to show that your background in the law is actually related to business.  You are using the same skills as a lawyer that you would use as a business guy. Can you prove that?  If yes, you are in good shape.  There are plenty of great part time programs in the northeast by the way, and NYU is among the best.  Why don’t you do their part time program?  It seems to suit your background perfectly.  lay up the “bond” thing in your app also, it will be helpful for ya…  GOOD LUCK IN NYC DUDE!

Jon Frank

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2012/5/25 9:11:48)

Thanks, Jon. That's very helpful. I've talked to many of my friends w MBAs, and most of them actually recommended the full time program, esp. if for career switching. So my plan now is to apply for full time first then if I don't get accepted, I'll try the spring of 14' part time. I'll worry about $$ after I get admitted. I'll probably jump start my own business on my spare time soon so that I can partially support myself. My focus was international commercial law and international commercial arbitration. I'd say it has some contract content involved but that's about it. My previous job was serving as the business development specialist for a Chinese city here in the US though. I'm all over the place.

holdieliel

弱弱问一句 楼主是jd吗？

JonFrank

Yes my friend, we know your problem here well.  Switching careers is very tricky in MBA apps—especially switching from Law into Business.  We have been successful making this sell, but it is tough.  To be successful, you need to somehow find a way to show that your background in the law is actually related to business.  You are using the same skills as a lawyer that you would use as a business guy. Can you prove that?  If yes, you are in good shape.  There are plenty of great part time programs in the northeast by the way, and NYU is among the best.  Why don’t you do their part time program?  It seems to suit your background perfectly.  lay up the “bond” thing in your app also, it will be helpful for ya…  GOOD LUCK IN NYC DUDE!

Jon Frank

icyjeannelij

> 专业希望选择破产法/证券法之类的，或者和fund of funds有关的。

MBA还有这专业？ --> 叫方向吧。NYU的网站上面用specialization一词。

> NYU不准同时申请两个program的

没让你同时申NYU，PT NYU, FT other schools，拿到offer再纠结。。。。-->这个有道理！！

-- by 会员 windmaple (2012/5/22 13:28:33)

TTK

转行还是Full time比较好

windmaple

> 专业希望选择破产法/证券法之类的，或者和fund of funds有关的。

MBA还有这专业？

> NYU不准同时申请两个program的

没让你同时申NYU，PT NYU, FT other schools，拿到offer再纠结。。。。

gastank

I think PT is much safer and switching to a different industry is difficult but really depends on individuals.

icyjeannelij

NYU不准同时申请两个program的