<p>Hey folks, sorry if this thread has been posted before. </p>
<p>I'm looking at b-schools as a good option for after undergrad, but I don't want to go right into one. I would like to get some work experience, but more preferably, I would like to do something unrelated to the business world - teach in urban schools, conservation work, some feel-good crap that will take a few years off of my time in purgatory. </p>
<p>However, as most b-school applicants spend their time before b-school getting experience in their professional field, I'm aware that I might take a hit when applying to top schools without business experience and a year or two gap since my undergrad. I'm not that worried, because if you spend the time doing something constructive (like teaching) it should look ok. But I don't want to risk anything when the admit rate is around 9% for the top schools. </p>
<p>My college's b-school offers a neat deferral</a> program. Basically, you apply in your senior year and are guaranteed a spot in the school, with up to two year's deferral available. This would be ideal for me, because it would ensure my spot no matter what, so I would be able to do exactly what I wanted to do during those two years. </p>
<p>So my question has two parts:
1) What have been your experiences in applying to b-schools following a year or two of non-corporate work?
2) Do the top schools offer similar deferral programs?</p>