大家看我有戏吗？

merrylili

大家看我有戏吗？

G：750， T should be able to be waived although I got 653 4 years ago. undergraduate-GPA is 3.4-3.5 from a 2-tier University in China. I have already got a Chemistry Master from a US 2-tier University, and GPA is 3.4.  Only 1 year w/e in an international manufacturing company, which is not famous to all but is well known in our field. Position is the lowest, research chemist. No management and finance background in current company at all, some leadership in Under though.

Any chance to be got into top 20 ? Any suggestions, examples and encourage? Thanks in advance!

funnytiger

is your w/e in USA?
is it possible to move up at your current job if you are working now?
have you done any significant research in the past?
Is there any top20 school in your state?

merrylili

Yes, I am in New York now.
not possible in the recent one year. An experienced Korean Ph.D. is on my head, and if he doesn't move, then there is no hope for me to be promoted. FYI, I am in a tiny division (only 10 people at most and 7 are all kinds of managers, VPs, and sales, and only 3 are technical support, one of which is the manager, so only 2 left in the lab, who will do the lab if I am going to be the manager?)of the company, which is located in another state. Being confined in this little division, no hope at all!
We have business in Asia including China and hongkong. The only advantage I can take is that someday I might be sent back either as representatives or as technical support.
What can be called significant research? No paper published (shame on me)yet.
NYU, Columbia, and many more are not far away from my location.
So what?

k2

you'd better go for part-time mba.

funnytiger

so... what?

ok, here is the info that I know

1. if it is a research department in US, adcom knows the system, management position is hard to achieve. (reason for Q1, Q2)
2. if you do not have paper. well, you may have to explain it in your essay.
3. usually part-time program has lower bars and less competition.

So for the info you post it here. I think you should be able to get in a top20 part-time program (i.e. NYU part-time) with a decent essay explaining a few things.

sfish

You did not tell us why MBA

tsljz

are you going to switch your career? if not, NYU part time can be a good choice though.

merrylili

yes, that's exactly what I want. I hope to change my career completely and say byebye to lab for ever. But the application seems too hard for me with only 1 year w/e and so-so academic performance, so really headach about the essay. Actually, my thoughts about MBA is too naive and immature, but I am so anxious to have a try no matter what the result is.

sfish

If you go MBA, what is your concentration.

mango

Why don't you wait for a couple of years, one year's exp is definitely on the low end.
Every year, there are plenty of people with research background got in the top schools.
It depends on how you spin it.