An inspiration from "older" applicant

plato1983

35 >age>40 means in the middle of nowherePFPF,BIG CONGS!

oliviafuwei

敬佩！

YellowJacket

以下是引用Whitney在2008-4-2 3:19:00的发言：
Male 35 >age>40; married & two sons ;
Under top10 in China;
Ph.D from US University almost ten years ago;
GMAT 740(50/40); TOEFL waivered

Pick up GMAT last July (15 y after GRE), take test on Oct30; then apply R2 (Jan round)
Rejected by Ross & Columbia without interviews;
Rejetced by Yale & Emory after interviews;
Accepted by Cornell/AMBA, UNC, & Vandy ($35k/y)

So which school will you go?  Given the anticipated big lay-offs in financial sector, do you think it is still good to take an accelerated MBA program?

speeder

有点好奇，楼主为什么不申请EMBA？

据我经验，美国BSchool还是Prefer更年轻一点的Applicant。欧洲BSchool一年制的Program则更青睐年长一点的Applicant。

YellowJacket

以下是引用speeder在2008-4-2 15:54:00的发言：

有点好奇，楼主为什么不申请EMBA？

据我经验，美国BSchool还是Prefer更年轻一点的Applicant。欧洲BSchool一年制的Program则更青睐年长一点的Applicant。

Probably 楼主aims for career switching, then FT makes more sense. Cornell's AMBA is like EMBA.  It is only one year and without internship opportunity

littleca

Whitney

Cited from One Columbia J-termer's B-school Odyessy:

Fourth, recruiting wise, let me categorically state that for
management consulting jobs, internship is not a requirement by any
means. For instance, top management consulting firms recruit more
students from INSEAD (over 70% are career switchers) than any other
B-school and INSEAD does not have any internship. For industry related
jobs, there is no need of internship either. For financial services
related jobs, internship does play an important role especially for
career switchers. But I do know many J-term folks who successfully
transitioned to IB jobs as career switchers. Obviously, they had to do
more le work.

Cornell AMBA = Part-time + Career Service
100% Job placement for AMBA & half the cost are very attractive.

    

wall2006

来更正一下，INSEAD 一月入学的是可以做internship的。以下是他家的Brochure:

January Intake (Early January to late December)

Both intakes are organised into five periods of eight weeks each. Each period ends with exams and is followed by a short break. Both intakes are identical academically, although the January intake includes an eight-week summer break, giving you the option of taking a short internship.

YellowJacket

以下是引用Whitney在2008-4-3 21:18:00的发言：
Cited from One Columbia J-termer's B-school Odyessy:

Cornell AMBA = Part-time + Career Service
100% Job placement for AMBA & half the cost are very attractive.

 

A team of Cornell AMBA students came to our company for a marketing project for a week.  I talked to the professor leading the team and a couple of students.  I think it is a good fit to your profile. However, having a PhD is an asset, not a burden.  You probably want to think hard how to use it profitably. The pasture is always greener on the other side.  But the winner will be the one who knows his/her strengths.

YellowJacket

BTW, there is one student from Cornell AMBA program who has a Ph.D. degree and worked in Korea (Samsung) before.  You may want to talk to him for his input.  I can look for his business card if I can still find it.  Otherwise, ask the admission office for his contact info.