The big MBA...well it's quite an ordeal applying for it but I would argue hugely beneficial for you to go through the process..and get accepted even if you never end up doing it!
It's true that most people who look at doing an MBA must be desperately seeking something, some change of environment or time out...it is pretty gruelling, firstly looking through the plethora of different courses and schools out there and deciding which one is really YOU..then writing all those soul-searching essays on when you demonstrated great leadership, what you would be in an alternative life, who you most admire and of course what do you want to do when you (finally) grow up!
These essays however are very helpful- you learn to succinctly sell your self and you do accumulate all your life and work experiences into an understandable path. That for me was very important. I saw some reason and clarity through my career changes and what it is that I really want to do- to widen the social effects technology has...and i've been doing it in different ways for the last 8 years. But i never really understood it. Until those MBA essays!
Then there's the GMAT exam (see alternative posts) and TOEFL if you're not a native English speaker. GMAT helped me focus on learning again and reading and writing quickly as well as rediscovering the incredible brilliance of Maths.
Then there are interviews and rejections and thank god there are acceptances too to make you feel all that was not a waste and that you are indeed a wonderful person who is worthy of paying £50,000 to work extremely hard for one year. Also to be brought to tears as they push you on your self-understanding!
I would recommend applying to a US school to at least experience some of their enthusiasm for your candidature in the interview. Yes, even if they then go and reject you! The European schools simply do not praise you and let you open up. They are much more formal and try and intimidate you into showing your strengths through adversity..
So it looks like I am off to MIT Sloan as a Fellow...
Life-changing, I do hope so!
It's true that most people who look at doing an MBA must be desperately seeking something, some change of environment or time out...it is pretty gruelling, firstly looking through the plethora of different courses and schools out there and deciding which one is really YOU..then writing all those soul-searching essays on when you demonstrated great leadership, what you would be in an alternative life, who you most admire and of course what do you want to do when you (finally) grow up!
These essays however are very helpful- you learn to succinctly sell your self and you do accumulate all your life and work experiences into an understandable path. That for me was very important. I saw some reason and clarity through my career changes and what it is that I really want to do- to widen the social effects technology has...and i've been doing it in different ways for the last 8 years. But i never really understood it. Until those MBA essays!
Then there's the GMAT exam (see alternative posts) and TOEFL if you're not a native English speaker. GMAT helped me focus on learning again and reading and writing quickly as well as rediscovering the incredible brilliance of Maths.
Then there are interviews and rejections and thank god there are acceptances too to make you feel all that was not a waste and that you are indeed a wonderful person who is worthy of paying £50,000 to work extremely hard for one year. Also to be brought to tears as they push you on your self-understanding!
I would recommend applying to a US school to at least experience some of their enthusiasm for your candidature in the interview. Yes, even if they then go and reject you! The European schools simply do not praise you and let you open up. They are much more formal and try and intimidate you into showing your strengths through adversity..
So it looks like I am off to MIT Sloan as a Fellow...
Life-changing, I do hope so!
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