<p>I just got hired at home depot. I have always been a good employee when i worked and i believe i can move up fast in the company, many employees after their 90 day review, if they meet guidelines and have good review can become head of department of department supervisor. I think in a few years i could obtain operation manager and possibly assistant manager. Right off the bat, my boss who oversees all financial aspects of the store is going to start introducing me to some things since i have let my HR know that is my interest. Only problem is all supervisory and above positions are full time. </p>
<p>I have this idea, i work full time and take minimum full time of units. This will lead to better promotions and i am thinking if i can get this to management and work in management while i am in school, then when i graduate i can apply directly to graduate school. Anyone think this is a good idea. So instead of four years, i would take 5 or 5 and a half, have worked full time for 3 with a little over five years of actual work experience. Also, home depot just implented a new rule for tuition reimbursement which is now only for full time employees, so if i stay part time, i earn less and loose that free $5,000 a year. </p>
<p>I have asked about internships at corporate in Atlanta, but i guess retail managers know absolutely nothing about this. That is another option, work part time and apply for intership their instead and work a few years past graduation. Many might think oh manager at home depot, no big deal, but each manager would be covering millions of dollars in operations etc which i think is a good deal.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good way to work your way through college, but if you're going to be looking at top business schools you probably want to get that job at corporate. You will be competing with kids who have been advising the managers at corporate for slots at good B schools.</p>
<p>Just the name "Home Depot" unless it's corporate is going to look silly. Managing a retail store is not what they are looking for at top 10 schools. But, if you pull off a 700+ GMAT that might be looked at differently. Do NOT show up with a sub 650 score working at home depot retail.</p>
<p>i would think getting into management at home depot would be good since i might be going to a school that only has economics, so the home depot training for management position would make up for that. And pay usually refers to how important you are in a business and assistant managers with total compensation can make somewhere north of 70k a year for roughly 50 hrs of work a week. </p>
<p>But i have been thinking about it, i am not interested in getting into a school like stanford or berkely, im looking more into schools like Minnesota, Iowa ASU and Wisconsin. These schools i know you can get into from undergrad. I need to transfer first and see how long working full time will delay my graduation and i will see from there i think. </p>
<p>I have never taken a practice GMAT, but i have taken lots or practice LSATs becuase i thought i wanted law and wanted to prepare early early and was able to pull of mainly high 160"s and a 171 i think it was. So if it is anything like that, then i am in good shape</p>
<p>Yeah. I nailed the LSAT with similar scores as well and bombed the GMAT quant. LSAT is indicative of your verbal scores, but most americans struggle with quant. If you like math though, then you should bein good shape.</p>
<p>I suck at math. I am currently in pre-calc and really struggle. But i havent taken math in 2 years. I never learned the basics of algebra becuase i took unified math for 3 years. I can set up the problem and could easily solve the problem if i new the algrebra of it. Same with calculus, set up is easy, the concepts are easy, but coming down to actually solving it kills me. I am going to get some books so i can finally learn what i missed out on</p>
<p>But really, i have seen the quant section of the GMAT and it doesnt look very difficult. I only looked at about 10 or 20 problems out of all of them, knew how to do maybe half which isnt good, but i still have a few years to improve</p>
<p>I hear what people are saying about working at corporate, but I really don't think it matters. If you are looking to get in at an elite b-school, they are typically looking for leaders. You can be a leader ANYWHERE. The important thing is that you show evidence of your leadership skills to the admissions committee, in order to do that you merely need a compelling story.</p>
<p>Also, you mentioned that you are in pre-calc but don't know Algebra. This tells me that you probably didn't really learn much about the other levels of math that led you to pre-calc. My buddy was in your boat when he got out of the Army, and his plan was similar to yours: work full time and start slow with school. He took the lowest math they offered at his junior college and then worked his way up to the highest level they offered. He then applied to NYU, was accepted, and in two years graduated near the top of his class as a Finance major. He was offered i-banking jobs at several top firms, interned at Goldman Sachs and then went to Lehman Bros. He got turned off with the business after 9/11 and is currently getting his PHd in MATH of all things.</p>
<p>Someone said earlier "most Americans struggle with quant." The reason for this is that most Americans are lazy, and don't want to take the time to learn math...a very cumulative subject.</p>
<p>Right. Just like you won't get anywhere just by saying you worked at Home Depot corporate. My point was that you have to be a leader, and explain what you have done to influence a change for the better within your organization.</p>