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hemodata

谢谢学长这么有质量的帖子，特别是针对B4的部分，我觉得说得非常好。

standfording

hemodata 发表于 2014-3-25 10:21
从官方网站看应该是没有硬性要求的
对于申请任何一个学校，我个人觉得如果本科绩点不佳，可能都需要相应 ...

十分谢谢楼主！
就是因为自己少年不懂事，也不喜欢自己的专业，就很荒废。后面越长大越觉得学习的重要性，还是想通过后面的努力来弥补之前的损失。
谢谢楼主啦！

hemodata

standfording 发表于 2014-3-25 22:30
十分谢谢楼主！
就是因为自己少年不懂事，也不喜欢自己的专业，就很荒废。后面越长大越觉得学习的重要性 ...

这。。。不要这么感动，因为毕竟我不是lz嘛。。。

gfuturer

dear LZ, thanks for your info, NUS MBA is 2-year programme, however, other biz schools' MBA, such as, NTU, SMU, INSEAD, only has one year, is this additional one year adding value to future career or waste of time?
thanks

jeff1439

gfuturer 发表于 2014-3-26 17:57
dear LZ, thanks for your info, NUS MBA is 2-year programme, however, other biz schools' MBA, such as ...

Not a 2 year program.

It is a good question, many others might have the same concern.

The NUS MBA is a flexible program, you can actually complete your education within 12 months, as long as you finish the compulsory 68 credits (=17 full modules). Some people did that before , but the disadvantage is that - the overall workload will become more difficult to manage.

General speaking, 60% of students might complete their MBA in 17 months (3 semesters), 20~30 % might prefer 2 years, 10~20 % within 12 months. It is up to you.

From the aspect of learning experience, I vote for spending a little bit more time in school. 1 year is just too short for a person to really understand the MBA stuff... A student who completes its MBA education in one year might not be able to handle the real MBA job... In a typical two years' program , the 1st years is for collecting the dots ; the 2nd year is for connecting the dots.

Another better opition  -  secure a job within 12 months, then switch from full time study to part time.

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jeff1439 发表于 2014-3-26 18:16
It is a good question, many others might have the same concern.

The NUS MBA is a flexible progra ...

Agree. The student who has a very good working experience, international exposure as well as the network can consider 1-year accomplishment. Otherwise, 1-year is too short, and 17-month is much better.  

jeff1439

hemodata 发表于 2014-3-25 10:23
谢谢学长这么有质量的帖子，特别是针对B4的部分，我觉得说得非常好。

Thanks

jeff1439

standfording 发表于 2014-3-25 10:01
想弱弱地请问一下，申请nus的mba对本科的绩点看不看重呢？有没有硬性的要求，或者是可以通过类似于GMAT等弥 ...

最重要的是working expr, GMAT 貌似最近两年的平均数值700.

gfuturer

jeff1439 发表于 2014-3-26 18:16
Not a 2 year program.

It is a good question, many others might have the same concern.

hi LZ, thanks very much for sharing so much with me, so far I have taken NUS as my 1st choice for future MBA study.
To be honest with you, I am a little bit struggling inside my heart now. I have been working for 2 yrs and 10 months in Singapore as a technology engineer, i have very limited time to prepare for GMAT&TOEFL, I am thinking of resigning my job and do full-time study on GMAT&TOEFL, but the problem is I haven't got my PR even through I have applied for 3 times and I have been in Singapore for more than 3 years including 1 year study at NTU.
Hereby I list my plan and hopefully you can give me some more advices:
1. continue to work in Singapore, meanwhile, continue to prepare for GMAT and apply for PR(I consider PR is an advantage in job hunting after MBA study, please correct me if I am wrong here)
2. once get PR and complete GMAT, I apply NUS and quit my job if NUS offer me, I may also quit my job if I can get PR before completing GMAT so that I can focus on GMAT test.
3. career goal after MBA is switching to business/strategy/marketing management in technology company, 2nd choice is to enter finance industry because I have some interest in stock market.
Thanks for reading my message and I really looking forward to hearing your suggestions.

xiaoyongnao

gfuturer 发表于 2014-4-1 16:59
hi LZ, thanks very much for sharing so much with me, so far I have taken NUS as my 1st choice for  ...

看楼主一直也没回复，也看你的ID有点面熟，我就越俎代庖一下吧。
1. continue to work in Singapore, meanwhile, continue to prepare for GMAT and apply for PR(I consider PR is an advantage in job hunting after MBA study, please correct me if I am wrong here)
你在新加坡也不是一天两天了，对于99%的外国人来说，PR对找工作的帮助是极大的。比如，（大概数字吧，我也记不清了）新加坡总人口540万左右，citizen大概340万，50-60万PR，剩下140-150万是外国人。由此就知道，PR是一个premium club。从公司的角度讲，同样的工作，雇佣PR的成本要低于雇佣外国人。
在所有的留学生比较多的国家，比如英国，美国，新加坡，身份问题是找工作的第一大障碍。如果你能拿到PR，post-MBA就轻松很多。
所以continue to work in Singapore, meanwhile, continue to prepare for GMAT and apply for PR是最好的路径。

2. once get PR and complete GMAT, I apply NUS and quit my job if NUS offer me, I may also quit my job if I can get PR before completing GMAT so that I can focus on GMAT test.
完全没必要辞职准备GMAT。比你工作忙的人有的是。
如果你没有full time job，除非是很牛逼的part time job，否则面试的时候（如果有面试）人家一定问你，你为什么没有full time的工作。站在别的申请者的角度讲，你只是为了GMAT就辞职了，对那些在职考GMAT的人来讲，这公平吗？所以学校会对你的GMAT成绩以及你对一个career的热衷打一个问号的。

3. career goal after MBA is switching to business/strategy/marketing management in technology company, 2nd choice is to enter finance industry because I have some interest in stock market.
从前面你对PR的热衷，可以推测你毕业后大概是要留在新加坡的。我不能judge你的career aspiration。但是，你在新加坡这么久，应该知道，绝大多数雇主是没有耐心培养你的。比如你的2nd choice，如果你想找一个像样的finance的工作，没有很solid的相关背景（尤其还不是PR），是很难的。
回到你的第一个career goal，我很欣赏有想法，有行动去改变的人。我也很理解你要做business/strategy/marketing management。多请教有经验的人：以你现在的背景，想做business/strategy/marketing management还需要哪方面的努力。MBA只是锦上添花，不是你转行的唯一道路。我建议你还是再想想。
回到申请本身，你应该知道，SM2和SM3过来的中国人是很多的，而且大多数是在做engineer的工作。这些学生考到不错的GMAT的人的比例，还是远超过我之前的想象的。你申请的时候，就要直面这些竞争者。（据我所知，SM2和SM3到申请MBA的阶段，都是PR身份的。）等你考完GMAT，进入到申请MBA的这个圈子，就会发现新加坡这么小的地方，有和你一样想法的人，是很多的。所以，多在现有的工作中build自己的能力，尤其是leadership。由此，我也非常不建议你辞职去准备GMAT。