<p>Hi, im 21, a Junior and Accounting and Finance Major at Rutgers University. I have a godd GPA (3.8) and did well on my Gmat diagnostictest 720. I am studiing hard and plan on getting a 700+ on my Gmat.I plan on getting an MBA from one of the top Schools. My only problem is most Prestigious business schools
require 2 or more years of year experience. The typically student has around 5 years. How do theese students leave there girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse when its time to go get an MBA. What if right out of college I meet a girl I really really like. I cant say a few years into a relationship, " Hey honey im going to Harvard". What is the best way around this possible problem?</p>
<p>That should be your biggest problem in going to HBS!!! Is your girlfriend/wife has a brain, and hopefully she will, she'll be happy as anything that you're going and will provide nicely for life most probably.</p>
<p>Well, look shawn12, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I know plenty of people with stellar grades from difficult schools like MIT, perfect 800 GMAT scores, and stellar work experience, but who still got rejected from HBS and other top B-schools. I know people with PhD's in engineering, and then had successful tech management careers, and still couldn't get into HBS. </p>
<p>The point is, you should never presume that you're actually going to get in to HBS or some other top B-school. Plenty of people who, quite frankly, are more qualified than you are, don't get in.</p>
<p>Mr. Sakky dont be jealous.If not Harvard, def top 30. I sat with the admissions people at Wharton(right across the bridge), they assured me I am on the right track.Quite frankly, they know more than you. You are misinformed.Please stay on topic ,thank you.... Suze, you made a good point</p>
<p>shawn12...........ignorance will eventually kill your career in business.</p>
<p>Sakky: While admission to top MBA programs is no doubt competitive it is nowhere near as so as you make it sound, and certainly not on the level of top PhD programs, law schools, or med. schools. Of my friends who applied to b-school (mostly NYC i-banking/finance crowd), the ones who had adequate grades, gmats, and w.e. mostly got into top ranked MBA programs (top 15-20 and better). I can counter your examples of seemingly spotless people being rejected with an example of my friend from prep. school. After graduating Middlebury, my friend started his own company. Mark Cuban my friend was not, and the company folded barely after more than a year in operation. However, it did make for a great b-school application story, and he got into Wharton after only 2 years of being out of undergrad. His grades and GMATs were decent, but nothing off the charts. You don't have to be a Mensa member or even the next great tycoon to get into HBS (in fact if you were that great in the business world straight out of undergrad you wouldn't even be applying to HBS or any bschool). Having a good GPA and GMATs (which the OP has) combined with some significant business experience (which the OP has the potential to gain) should at least make for good odds. Thus, I feel it was a legitimate question and there was no bubble to burst. </p>
<p>OP: Shawn, you're jumping the gun a little too much here. First off, what do you want to do career-wise that you're so sure you'll NEED a MBA? Getting a MBA is not the same thing as saying you want to be a lawyer or doctor. For some the MBA is a good option, for others it's not, and there are very few, if any fields were the MBA is an absolute necessity. Assuming arguendo that in a few years you find that getting a MBA is a beneficial course for you to take, my second point is that most b-schools have housing facilities for married couples/significant others, so you may not have to leave them. Whether your girlfriend/spouse wants to pick up and leave to come with you is a personal issue beyond the scope of this board.</p>
<p>Jwblue, I never said that top B-school admission was more difficult than, say, top law/ med/PhD admissions. In fact, in many ways, I would say that it probably isn't. </p>
<p>However, my point is that admission to top B-schools is far more RANDOM than admission to other programs. For law school admission, as long as you have a top grades and top LSAT scores and you didn't commit crimes or get caught cheating in school, you are pretty much assured that you will get into at least one top law school. if you have strong research experience, then the same is largely true of PhD admissions. Med-school is highly mechanistic. </p>
<p>B-school admissions, on the other hand are far more random. Some people with top qualifications get in nowhere. On the other hand, I agree with you that other people with quite mediocre stats can get into many places. In fact, I know some of these people as well. One in particular who I know, basically flunked out of college the first time, then joined the military, eventually entering the Special Forces, then left to finish his degree and then went to HBS. This guy has told me privately that HBS is probably the only way he would have ever have gotten into Harvard, as his grades are mediocre at best. </p>
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<p>Am I misinformed? Am I jealous? Are you really sure they have anything that I lack? You don't know anything about who I am and what I know. Are you prepared to challenge me on my biography? You're pretty brave to be telling people about whom you know nothing that they are misinformed. </p>
<p>Look, you wanna know about me? My PM and email are open. But if you hassle me publicly again, I will get you banned.</p>
<p>Allow me to answer your actual question because I truly have no idea where you will or will not get into business school. However, I did complete two graduate degrees so I feel I have info to share. It will become a matter of priorities. If it is the best opportunity for you, then it's possible you will both have to relocate in order to do what's best. If you are not married or both of you can't relocate, it's possible you may have to live apart for a year or two of your marriage. You are now realizing why so many professional people are getting married later in life. I had to make some of these sacrifices myself. I'm not married, but gosh darn it I do have a Ph.D. which means that I have enough education to support myself even if "Mr. Right" never comes along. However, if Mr. Right had come prior to this happening, I would have done it...it just would have been more difficult.</p>
<p>The hardest part whether you are married, dating, or not is the financial aspect. I had work experience before beginning my doctoral program. That meant that I had to give up an income to go full time to school for a few years. (I went back to work while I wrote my dissertation.) I had an assistantship so my tuition and fees were covered and I got a monthly stipend. However, that stipend was approximately just less than half of what my salary had been. When the times comes, you will have to make decisions like these such as if you are willing to live less than comfortably temporarily to justify what you are pursuing. You may not be. </p>
<p>The best advice I can give you is to not jump the gun. Don't worry about something that may never happen. You might not be in the position you described. However, if you are, I imagine that you will be able to evaluate the situation and decide what your priorities are. The decision is not the same for every person.</p>