<p>Hey I am currently a 0L at Northwestern Law School and am really interested in doing an MBA.</p>
<p>But I have no clue how b-school admissions process works:
These are my questions:</p>
<p>1) When is the GMAT offered? 4 times a year?
2) Where do I go to sign up for GMAT?
3) When are B-school applications due?
4) If you were a law school and your only job experience is from summer associate positions, do you get rejected?<br>
5) Is work experience at a real business firm really that important? Even if I was in law school?
6) What do people with both MBA and JD usually do? That is, what should I tell the b-school that I am interested in doing?</p>
<p>I really have to ask - why are you a law student if you want an MBA? </p>
<p>Answers as follows:</p>
<p>1) Anytime that you want. GMAT's are all computer-based now, so it basically just means finding an open appointment time at a GMAT testing center. Testing centers are open during all business hours.</p>
<p>3) Depends on the school. Look at the MBA program that interests you and note the app deadlines.</p>
<p>4 and 5) Work experience is extremely important. It is not strictly necessary, but almost all successful candidates have significant work experience.</p>
<p>6) The fact that you are asking this question means that, frankly, you're probably unsuited for an MBA. You should have clear goals as to what you hope to gain from an MBA. I hope you realize this is not a game here. It's not about you just telling the adcom what they want to hear. Nobody should have to tell you why you want an MBA. You should already know, and if you don't, then you probably shouldn't be getting one. I know that may be tough to hear, but that's the honest truth. If you don't have any clear goals as to why you are getting an MBA, then it's just going to be a big waste of time and money.</p>
<p>thank you. Let me clearify the last point since I was sloppy. </p>
<p>My future job will be most likely Corporate Law. I want to cross over to business (consultant or ibanking) if it is possible. But the reason why I said I don't know what I am gonna do is because I am pretty ignorant when it comes to all the fields of business. Marketing, IP, Accounting...etc. But I only know LAW! Please help me. </p>
<p>Also, can you tell me if firm experience counts as work experience?</p>
<p>Now, see, right there, you say that you are ignorant about business. So then why exactly do you want to get an MBA? It's like me saying that I'm ignorant about medicine, but I want to get an MD anyway. </p>
<p>The better thing for you to do is to simply get a business job. Find out if you like it. If you do, then you can think about getting an MBA. If you don't, then quit, and at least now you know that you don't like it. </p>
<p>Firm experience can count as work experience depending on what exactly it is that you're doing. The key is the QUALITY of the experience as it pertains to management potential. It's about whether you are demonstrating managerial potential that has to do with business topics. If you're just going to be a guy who is taking orders (writing briefs and so forth) without ever having to manage anybody (except yourself), then that's not particularly valuable experience from an MBA standpoint. If you never deal with profit/loss, then that's not particularly valuable MBA-type experience.</p>
<p>Most JD/MBA students at the better schools have significant business experience. Obviously you can get a JD/MBA at a no-name school without much business experience.</p>
<p>I'm not going to answer questions about my biography publicly.</p>
<p>Sorry, nope. The problem is something that ariesathena has talked about - that you will have people confronting you in real life about some post you made that they didn't like. There's a lot of crazies out there.</p>