大龄申请人，请大家帮忙参谋一下！！

myu

大龄申请人，请大家帮忙参谋一下！！

我自己觉得不是一个读书的材料，年少时率性而为，本科成绩一踏糊涂，不堪回首。等到想起要好好念书的时候，一切都过去了。。。

到现在已经工作十年，前三年在政府机关工作，从科员干起，下海时是副局长（火箭提升，呵呵）。此后一直在一家大型英资企业工作（化工行业，全球排名第三，可能没有什么名气，但在那个行业领域比杜邦，3M大多了）七年惊涛骇浪冲锋陷阵后今年提升为一家在华子公司总经理。此前历任项目经理，部门经理，业务单元全球供应链项目总监，亚太业务拓展经理，亚太战略经理，在大陆，泰国，香港多地工作过。公司赞助进修了很多课程，有PMP, ACCA资格。呵呵，不好意思，把简历写这里了。

我女友在美国，喜欢那里的生活，不想回来，一直想让我过去和她团聚。

现在面临选择：

1。这样的背景申请wharton，HBS，Yale是否会有机会？年龄大会不会成为一个障碍？要是申请时已经33岁了，毕业就36了，呵呵。另外早年低得可怜的GPA是不是一个问题？

2。我公司有和英国Manchester Business School 的合作计划，可以资助在MBS的远程MBA,是否值得一读？

谢谢！！

IDAISY

i think you are definitely qualified for emba of any top business schools. emba program is not as demanding for gpa and gmat score as regular mba program. furthermore, i think you are really overqualified for two-year full-time mba.

ring_cheng

definately EMBA! An MBA will be a bit wasting time for your strong WE.

myu

以下是引用ring_cheng在2005-12-23 16:52:00的发言：
definately EMBA! An MBA will be a bit wasting time for your strong WE.

不同意，周围那些我敬仰的职场精英们，无论上过学还是没上过学的，基本上都是在一个行业中多年打拼熬出来的老鸟，自己和他们比起来只是个small boy 而已，嫩得很，何谈"strong"啊。

另：个人认为商学院对于工作经验的定义有一些扭曲。

EMBA在国内好像没有什么太好的选择吧？在美国俄EMBA和MBA相比好像区别也不大，除了更贵一些。

phxmu

你的strong是指对一般申请人啦。

cheeyong

Agree with Ring Cheng. Try EMBA.

p200002

EMBA

cefs99

1. The key is, what's your career goal after MBA? Do you HAVE to get a
MBA study to make it happen? Bschool will consider the very same
question.  Bschool mainly prefer candidate with huge potential in the
future then hope their MBA could help the candidate win a bigger
success faster. Just like a portfolio manager pickup stocks. Some
prefer stock could gain 200% or 300% increase over next 3 or 5 yrs
while the other manager prefer stocks with stable price such as IBM but
provide good dividend every year.  H/W/S may like the first manager who
is more aggressive since they had enough MBA alumni as director, vp etc
while some other bschool may want to add more big name to their alumni
network to increase it's attractiveness.



2. If you only need MBA to be COO or other significant promotion later
on, then Manchester may be enough esp your current employee, I guess
DAW, is a UK company. Otherwise, dont waste the only chance in your
life to get a MBA degree at Manchester or whatever.

testtech

I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind your motivation.  If you want to be together with your girlfriend, I don't see how going to MBA can help.  Attending W/H/Y will allow you to stay 2 years in US, but is that all you need?  Unless you will be in the same city as your gf, how many times can you see your gf totally, given the intensity of the MBA program? And how much difference does it make from your current situation?  Since the aformentioned schools are in 3 different cities, I guess location of school is not your concern anyway.  

If you want to stay in US permanently after MBA, a reasonable choice if you want to work out the relationship with your gf, are you ready for the commitment?  Are you ready to give up all you have strived to achieve over the years and start over again in an unfamiliar territory?  

Sorry I do not mean to pick on you, but it seems to me you put way too much on stake at this point of your life.   

御风行

以下是引用testtech在2005-12-24 2:43:00的发言：

I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind your motivation.  If you want to be together with your girlfriend, I don't see how going to MBA can help.  Attending W/H/Y will allow you to stay 2 years in US, but is that all you need?  Unless you will be in the same city as your gf, how many times can you see your gf totally, given the intensity of the MBA program? And how much difference does it make from your current situation?  Since the aformentioned schools are in 3 different cities, I guess location of school is not your concern anyway.  

If you want to stay in US permanently after MBA, a reasonable choice if you want to work out the relationship with your gf, are you ready for the commitment?  Are you ready to give up all you have strived to achieve over the years and start over again in an unfamiliar territory?  

Sorry I do not mean to pick on you, but it seems to me you put way too much on stake at this point of your life.   

ding!