<p>Is there as much competition to get into top business schools as there is for top med schools? Is the journey as rigorous? WIll someone please elucidate on the process? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>bump because i wanna know too.</p>
<p>I am not well versed with the admission process in med schools, but here are my 2 cents..</p>
<p>Getting into a good business school requires good work ex (min 4 yrs) whereas I don't think that you need any experience for med school... Once you get into the program both are equally rigorous... After both -- your life depends on the area you have chosen. IMO after MBA, work/life balance is better in areas like corporate finance, general management and worse in investment banking, consulting etc.</p>
<p>After medical school you will need to do residency, but there is no such requirement after MBA-- and if you have done it from a reputed school, you can start earning six figures just after graduation.</p>
<p>What are the hours like? What are some reputable schools for business?</p>
<p>The hours will depend on the area you choose and the organization you work for. Some good schools in Business are:
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg
Univ of Chicago, Duke, Dartmouth, Columbia</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.usnews.com%5B/url%5D">www.usnews.com</a> to view the latest rankings.</p>
<p>THanks. Does anyone have more info? Can elaborate on the process more?</p>
<p>Admissions to b-school is different.</p>
<p>Med School is pretty numbers driven, GPA and MCAT being strong factors.</p>
<p>For B-School the #1 most important factor is work experience. Trying to get into a top b-school without this experience is very difficult, think of it like this, 1% of a business school's class will have no full time work experience. Full time doesn't mean internships, it means real work. GPA and GMAT scores take a 2nd place behind work experience. Take a look at average GPAs for business schools, you'll see a range like 3.3 to 3.5 and then GMAT scores will be around 690-710 for the top schools, the highest GMAT score is an 800.</p>
<p>The thing is though, sometimes if you come from a bad undergrad college it's hard to get a job, which would make the path to b-school a longer one. Some people who work in I-Banking or Consulting only need 2-3 years of that kind of experience to make it to business school, engineers may need 4-5 years of experience, other people who start out at a bad job may need to spend time working up to this and will find themselves working 4-5 years and perhaps at different jobs. I know someone who did 2 years of accounting and then 2 years with the Gap's corporate office before going to Wharton for an MBA.</p>
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<p>Well, at the risk of bursting any bubbles, I am afraid that business school is in no way as rigorous as med school. The truth is, business school is in many ways a 2 year party, with some education thrown in there. Some people have said that if Harvard Business School and MITSloan were to shut down, half of the bars in Cambridge would go bankrupt. </p>
<p>Look, the truth is, the real value of B-school has a lot to do with networking. In fact, for some people, networking is the main reason why they go. Networking is best done in social environments like bars and parties. I think it's safe to say that business school students are among the biggest partiers and socializes, probably The biggest of the graduate students at that school, whether it be Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Penn, etc. </p>
<p>I would say that any contention that business school is rigorous would be met with guffaws of laughter from any of the other graduate students at that school. B-school is not that rigorous, nor is it supposed to be. B-school is really about developing connections and social/communications skills while learning some business concepts. That's because, in the business world, success is mostly about your connections and your social/communications skills while having a decent head about you with business concepts. Business success is less about WHAT you know than about WHO you know and how well you can communicate. In medicine, it is usually sufficient to know how to perform a medical treatment or a procedure. In business, it's not enough to just know what the right answer is. You also have to CONVINCE others (customers, investors, partners, employees, etc.) that your answer is the correct one.</p>