Is work experience a must to get into top b-school?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hello. I am a rising sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis with the prospect of gaining admittance to a top ranked business school (MIT, ideally) for an MBA program. </p>

<p>This has become a recent prospect of mine, as I have recently decided NOT to pursue a JD, and have found that the marketing side of business, international in particular, greatly appeals to me.</p>

<p>My major is English, and I don't plan on changing that since changing to a BS would require me to go to school for at least an extra semester. My understanding is that MBA programs will take students with any kind of 4-year undergraduate degree, though you can correct me if I am wrong. I am going to do a Marketing minor as well, which has all of the Marketing classes that the major requires, but almost none of the core business school requirements. I'm also planning on doing a school-sponsored study abroad program that gives me a business internship in London.</p>

<p>All of this considered, will it be more difficult than usual to gain admittance to a top MBA program right out of college?</p>

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<p>Short answer . . . yes, it will be extremely difficult to gain admission to a top MBA program straight out of college. Go and get some real, full-time, post-graduation work experience.</p>

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<p>In that case, is it going to be extremely difficult to get a job in the business field with merely a minor in marketing?</p>

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<p>Even if you do get in, how likely will it be that your 28 year old classmates will take anything you say seriously when you have not had one day of experience working in the real world? And remember recruiters will be thinking of the same thing.......</p>

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<p>especially if what you are saying is stickied at the top of the forum!</p>