<p>I am a Biomedical Engineering undergrad from Georgia Tech. I am interested in both the engineering part and the management side of affairs. I think eventually I would like to get into management of engineering/ IT firms.
Now I was looking at various dual degree programs that offer joint degrees in some engineering major and an MBA. I think such programs would just be perfect for me, as I can first get my masters in some engineering and then go on to get my MBA.
These programs require me to apply to both their engineering school and B-school separately and then get into the dual degree program. I was wondering if it will be easier for me to get into MBA of a top notch school if I apply as an applicant for a dual degree?
Since I am an Biomedical Engineering student I was planning to apply to UPenn for its dual Biotech/MBA degree. Since Georgia Tech is very highly ranked in BME and UPenn is lower ranked and my GRE scores are decent, I was thinking that I would stand a good chance at making it into the MS in Biotech program. However, since I'm an undergrad, I don't have much industry experience, and getting in to Wharton would be next to impossible. I want to know, if they would make the criteria easier for a dual degree student and accept me to their MBA program so I can continue my schooling without taking a break and getting into the industry.</p>
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I was wondering if it will be easier for me to get into MBA of a top notch school if I apply as an applicant for a dual degree?
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<p>No, almost certainly not.</p>
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However, since I'm an undergrad, I don't have much industry experience, and getting in to Wharton would be next to impossible. I want to know, if they would make the criteria easier for a dual degree student and accept me to their MBA program so I can continue my schooling without taking a break and getting into the industry.
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<p>Nope, not really. This isn't a backdoor into the Wharton MBA program.</p>
<p>Besides, I don't particularly see what the hurry is about. You talk about getting into industry as if that's a bad thing. What's so bad about working for a few years?</p>
<p>hey,
I want to get my MS as soon as possible, because one can never be sure about getting back into school after working for a few years. I know many people who dropped out after their BS thinking they would get into their MS later, but it never happened..and they are stuck with just a BS and cant seem to get out of their work and family life to actually do a masters.
My final aim is an MBA, but just incase I'm not able to persue it later, I want to make sure I atleast have a BS.</p>
<p>Many school allow one to get into their MS program, and then one can apply to their dual degree and get an MBA from it. They just require filling an application then (basically one doesnt need to give the GMATs and go through the other application process)</p>
<p>Well, I'd be surprised to find too many elite B-schools who would allow you to backdoor your way into the MBA program like that. </p>
<p>I'll put it to you this way. I've known people who were getting their PhD's at MIT or Harvard who tried to get into the MBA programs of their respective schools and were denied.</p>
<p>At Penn/Wharton, for example (though I think that this is universal at the top business schools), you can certainly begin a M.S., J.D., M.S.W. or other advanced degree program and then apply to Wharton for your M.B.A., but your application to Wharton will be judged on its own merits against all of the other applicants to business school that year. In other words, your GMAT scores, undergraduate GPA, GPA to date in your advanced degree program, recommendations and work experience better be stellar. If you choose to apply for an M.B.A. at Wharton at the same time as you apply to another school/program for a separate advanced degree, you actually submit separate applications to each program, and each of those applications must stand on its own. You may be admitted to only one or neither of the programs. In fact, the separate programs generally do not even know that you are applying for any kind of joint degree until after you are admitted to both programs.</p>