<p>I'm thinking about doing ROTC</p>
<p>would service in the military fulfill the de facto work experience requirements for top business schools?</p>
<p>would it be better than just an average ibanking analyst job in terms of admissions, or harder, since you would have to explain why business?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I think I remember hearing that military service works fine</p>
<p>I may be doing the same thing. I have been told that business schools LOVE ex military. They have discipline, leadership, a good work ethic, and they motivate those around them. Exactly what business schools want. I'm not sure, but you may get some tuition benefits from the military too.</p>
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<p>Yep. Many people do this.</p>
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<p>Well, I don't know if 'better' or 'harder' are the right way to describe it. I would use the word 'different'. Everybody, even the Ibankers, have to answer the 'why business' question. The Ibankers may have an easier time in writing a generic answer to that question, but a military guy will probably have an easier time in writing a truly unusual and exotic answer.</p>
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<p>Be careful with this, for you gotta make sure you know exactly what you're getting yourself into. I know a couple of people who left the military to enter top B-schools like MITSloan and Harvard, but never resigned their commissions, so right after graduation, were called up to serve in Iraq. Think about that - only weeks after graduating with an elite MBA, you find yourself in a shooting war. Don't get me wrong - they were (and are) proud to serve. But the point is, if you maintain your military status to garner some educational benefits, you should know exactly what that entails.</p>