<p>Does anyone have experience or know about getting an MBA imediately following military service?</p>
<p>Would most officers apply after company command or earlier?</p>
<p>One thing I've heard a lot is that it's tough to adjust back to academia after years of deployments, could I take the GMAT my senior year in college and use it for admissions 5-8 years later, since that's when I'll likely be in my "intellectual" prime?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Beat Navy</p>
<p>Usually, if one wants to make Major, they should have a masters.
…definitely to be competitive for LtCol.</p>
<p>I’m asking about how admissions views them. Do they look favorably at military experience or not.</p>
<p>I realize that I don’t know what branch of service you’re referring to so I’m going to respond based on my Army experience. Obviously there are some similarities among all branches.
They do. However, it’s been said many times before on this forum. You have to show them why they should invest in you as opposed to all the other military officers out there. What makes you better than all your peers?
You would apply whenever you feel is right for you and see if you will be accepted. Also, realize that not all military officers will have company command until later on in their careers especially if you’re referring to special branches like JAG and AMEDD. For the most part, most AMEDD officers are practitioners up to the rank of O-5. In my experience, commanders have been O-6’s.
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<p>thanks for the response,</p>
<p>what would you estimate is more important to admissions, your performance as an officer or your performance academically as as an undergraduate student?</p>
<p>How would they measure your performance as an officer, look at your OERs, call your commanders?</p>
<p>And when would you take the GMAT, in college or right before applying?</p>
<p>GMAT scores are only valid for 5 years.</p>
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