请教，工程师是不是最不待见的申请者？

jarlin

不会吧。我知道的就有工程师然后拿了fellow去的OLIN的。

另外，wharton的页面上明确写着会招这样的人啊。
An MBA is a professional degree which prepares individuals for careers in a variety of fields, including business, government, international agencies, and the non-profit sector. The degree provides a combination of hard and soft skills that allow you to advance your career or switch careers entirely. These skills allow you to effectively manage your career throughout your lifetime.

Broadly speaking, the MBA program is relevant if you are a:

Career switcher: You aspire to transfer from one career to another and need additional technical skills to do so.
Career enhancer: You have experienced a slowdown in your learning curve and/or have experienced an inability to move ahead in your current enterprise. The MBA can enable you to re-energize your growth with a new set of technical skills, a new professional network, and a new brand association.
Examples in recent years include:

Engineers who want to broaden their career opportunities into general management or a business-related function.
Consultants who wish to become team leaders and managers in the consulting environment.
Scientists looking to move beyond their traditional research fields.
Magazine editors who want to be publishers.
Civil servants looking to bring a business mindset to government programs.
Entrepreneurs seeking to build a business framework within which to grow their businesses.
Naval officers wishing to transition to civilian life.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/the-mba-decision.cfm

bigjoe

不会吧。我知道的就有工程师然后拿了fellow去的OLIN的。

另外，wharton的页面上明确写着会招这样的人啊。
An MBA is a professional degree which prepares individuals for careers in a variety of fields, including business, government, international agencies, and the non-profit sector. The degree provides a combination of hard and soft skills that allow you to advance your career or switch careers entirely. These skills allow you to effectively manage your career throughout your lifetime.

Broadly speaking, the MBA program is relevant if you are a:

Career switcher: You aspire to transfer from one career to another and need additional technical skills to do so.
Career enhancer: You have experienced a slowdown in your learning curve and/or have experienced an inability to move ahead in your current enterprise. The MBA can enable you to re-energize your growth with a new set of technical skills, a new professional network, and a new brand association.
Examples in recent years include:

Engineers who want to broaden their career opportunities into general management or a business-related function.
Consultants who wish to become team leaders and managers in the consulting environment.
Scientists looking to move beyond their traditional research fields.
Magazine editors who want to be publishers.
Civil servants looking to bring a business mindset to government programs.
Entrepreneurs seeking to build a business framework within which to grow their businesses.
Naval officers wishing to transition to civilian life.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/the-mba-decision.cfm

-- by 会员 jarlin (2011/2/22 0:43:42)

是会招，但是难进。

pursueMBA2010

不会吧。我知道的就有工程师然后拿了fellow去的OLIN的。

另外，wharton的页面上明确写着会招这样的人啊。
An MBA is a professional degree which prepares individuals for careers in a variety of fields, including business, government, international agencies, and the non-profit sector. The degree provides a combination of hard and soft skills that allow you to advance your career or switch careers entirely. These skills allow you to effectively manage your career throughout your lifetime.

Broadly speaking, the MBA program is relevant if you are a:

Career switcher: You aspire to transfer from one career to another and need additional technical skills to do so.
Career enhancer: You have experienced a slowdown in your learning curve and/or have experienced an inability to move ahead in your current enterprise. The MBA can enable you to re-energize your growth with a new set of technical skills, a new professional network, and a new brand association.
Examples in recent years include:

Engineers who want to broaden their career opportunities into general management or a business-related function.
Consultants who wish to become team leaders and managers in the consulting environment.
Scientists looking to move beyond their traditional research fields.
Magazine editors who want to be publishers.
Civil servants looking to bring a business mindset to government programs.
Entrepreneurs seeking to build a business framework within which to grow their businesses.
Naval officers wishing to transition to civilian life.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/the-mba-decision.cfm

-- by 会员 jarlin (2011/2/22 0:43:42)

是会招，但是难进。

-- by 会员 bigjoe (2011/2/22 0:48:41)

ls正解!
宣传而已,当不得真!社会上此类例子实在太多

elle08

事实上每年被录取的MBA中，有28%的背景都是engineering。所以，工程师其实还是蛮受欢迎的。因为思路比较清楚，数学计算也很强，而MBA其实很多都是和数据分析相关的。
所以，加油，机会很大！

simonwalker

B-schools provide undergraduate majors distribution, but thats not the same thing with work functions. lots of engineering students end up with consulting or sales jobs before MBA but still being considered as engineering student for their academic background, thats actually a big plus cuz it proves their logical skills as well as interpersonal skills. but for a 'serious' engineer here, I think you really need to work on your essays very well and dont get them generalize you as a technical person who simply wants be a manager.

bigjoe

同意LS，纯工程师的同学建议要跳出编程的套路，多写一些在工作中管理相关的事例。我想起斯坦佛毕业的雷鸣进MBA之前是百度的架构师，我想他的Essay不会只是写编程的事情。

MarkS

工程师也不全是劣势，关键是要写好自己的story
比如你是设计工程师，那你平时不仅仅只是对着电脑编程，肯定也需要跟验证工程师，项目主管，甚至还有你的大老板一起讨论设计和验证方案，多写写你是怎么样搞定这些人，把你自己的想法付诸实施
还有工程最重要的一块就是innovation，尤其是high-tech行业，每年那么多新东西冒出来，可以多写写你自己如何innovative
平时多注意挖掘，总有些闪光点的，可能都是一些很小的故事，自己都不怎么在意，但是polish一下，以小见大，还是可以写出impressive的故事来的

pumpkin

这位同学解释的很清楚

工程师也不全是劣势，关键是要写好自己的story
比如你是设计工程师，那你平时不仅仅只是对着电脑编程，肯定也需要跟验证工程师，项目主管，甚至还有你的大老板一起讨论设计和验证方案，多写写你是怎么样搞定这些人，把你自己的想法付诸实施
还有工程最重要的一块就是innovation，尤其是high-tech行业，每年那么多新东西冒出来，可以多写写你自己如何innovative
平时多注意挖掘，总有些闪光点的，可能都是一些很小的故事，自己都不怎么在意，但是polish一下，以小见大，还是可以写出impressive的故事来的

-- by 会员 MarkS (2011/2/22 11:23:21)

pumpkin

说个简单例子从认得的人身上讲讲，一个小工厂里面的mechinical engioneer，他需要看图纸，需要解释图纸的错误，需要和图纸来源的顾客沟通为啥他们提供的图纸有错误，需要给自己的工人解释怎样把图纸变成零件，需要收集整理很多内外部交流的文件，有重大问题需要把厂里的头头，包括质检部，SHIPPING部，客户/采购部的人叫出来解决问题。这些事情看起来都很琐碎，很多都是第一线的活儿。这个人要申请MBA的话，有哪些优势？

组织能力，项目管理能力当然不用说了，解决问题的能力，合作的能力也不弱。题材不是没有，是看申请人有没有仔细斟酌，好好准备。工作岗位千变万化，各个行业都有特点，都有优势。

pierrot

工程师进mba挺多的～