<p>HI, guys
Now i just got a master in supply chain management at TOP 20 business school in the Unites States
But now i also have a opportunity to work for Rural Credit Cooperatives in china.
i don't know which one can better match my career path?
Now my plan is that i want to defer for one year to enroll the master, work first at Rural Credit Cooperatives
how do you guys think of my plan and Rural Credit Cooperatives?
if i work for RCC, have to work at Rural in China and RCC focus on helping poor people and farmers. So does that make me stand out?
OR i should directly studying master in business school?
PS
one of my goals is that can get in M7 business school.</p>
<p>So you have two choices now, a masters in supply chain from T20 or work experience at RCC?</p>
<p>One question is the Masters is supply chain part of the engineering department or is it an MBA in supply chain? Usually schools don’t like applicants collecting MBAs.</p>
<p>If your goal is to get into an M7 i would defer for 1 year from the masters, see if you enjoy the work at RCC. If you do enjoy the work at RCC and you feel like you are progressing at your job to more of a leadership role then keep working for 2-4 years. Then apply to M7. </p>
<p>M7 without work experience is highly unlikely. </p>
<p>If you work for RCC and find the work unsatisfying, take the T20 masters after the 1 year deferral, find a job after graduation then work for 2 years, then apply to M7.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>What’s M stand for? I heard of T though.</p>
<p>M for Magnificent, the M7 for Magnificent 7.</p>
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<p>Hi, aalba
i forgot to tell you that i am a Chinese.it is a MS in supply chain management at business school.
what i concern is that i don’t know working for RCC in 3-4 years can make me stand out with other MBA applicants
you know, if i work for RCC, have to stay at rural China. I don’t think TOP business school really care one guy only have working experience in Rural China
by the way, how do you think of RCC?</p>
<p>You will be surprised on how business schools view potential admits. </p>
<p>They usually try to limit traditional applicants in the class. Consultants and Finance make up the lions share of admitted classes but also make up a majority of the applicants.</p>
<p>These two groups are very competitive.</p>
<p>Another competitive subgroup is an applicant that is Indian/Male/IT. A huge applicant pool that is ruthlessly competitive.</p>
<p>I think working for the RCC and interacting with and assisting less fortunate people in main land china with your work actually sounds very good. </p>
<p>It makes you a very unique applicant even though you are Chinese. Remember, as long as you paint the picture well in your admissions essays and your future goals are clear and that it requires an MBA then i think you are in good shape.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>good point aalba:</p>
<p>there are three groups from which it is very competitive to gain admissions</p>
<p>the white male from finance/consulting
the Indian IT guy
The Chinese/Korean quant jock</p>
<p>the underrepresented minority female social worker will find it relatively easy to gain admissions to a top school</p>
<p>Check out an interesting article about bschool admissions:</p>
<p>[Wiley</a> InterScience :: Session Cookies](<a href=“http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/119114483/PDFSTART]Wiley”>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/119114483/PDFSTART)</p>
<p>It states that as many as 9/10 members of a certain underrepresented group would not be admitted to top schools were admission race blind. I find that to be pretty absurdly unfair to the more qualified applicants who are being rejected because they are of the wrong race.</p>
<p>The article goes on to state that the rejected students of a certain race average 80 points higher on the GMAT and had higher GPAs than the average of the other race who were accepted. I find it hard to accept that this is a fair or reasonable practice.</p>
<p>Its all in the name of a diverse student body that will enrich the experience of all that attend. </p>
<p>If it wasn’t holistic in terms of diversity and strictly went by the numbers you would have classes filled with 1 to 2 types of applicants.</p>
<p>This practice though definitely is unfair to MBA aspirants who fall in a competitive group but this can be seen in undergraduate/graduate schools, Law Schools, Med Schools, and even in some large companies who strive for diversity such as P&G and GE to name a few. They have dedicated big $$ to recruit minorities even though they might be less qualified then the overrepresented groups vying for the same positions.</p>
<p>Hi,aalbaoo5
one reason i don’t want to work for 3-4 year in RCC is that i have to consider that what i will do after MBA.
i do like to help people, but i have to consider that what can i do after MBA only had RCC working experence…
can i be a consultant in the public area?</p>
<p>A big portion of people who go into an MBA program do so for the ability to change career paths. </p>
<p>You can be anything you want to be after your MBA. I-Banking and venture capital are harder to get into as a career switcher but becoming a consultant in the public or any sector for that matter is quite possible.</p>