Top Tier Part Time Programs

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>I was looking into the Part Time Programs at U of Chicago, NYU, NWU, UCLA and wanted to get an idea what sort of student profile they are looking for.</p>

<p>Also Booth has a mandatory interview for all part time candidates, so if you have any idea of the sort of questions to expect that would be very helpful input. </p>

<p>My last question is how do professional certifications such as the CFA play into admissions, would it help offset a below average undergraduate GPA (in finance and op management)?</p>

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<p>I am also considering the same schools for part-time, in addition to Berkeley. </p>

<p>I would say that if you look through the profiles of students at these schools they tend to:

  1. Be slightly older/have more experience than your full time MBAs (by 1-3 years…so not that much)
  2. stats tend to be slightly lower (for example at Booth 80% of full time MBAs fall in the 660-760 range while the part-time range is 620 and 740).
  3. work experience tends to be a lot more industry focused as opposed to consulting/banking experience that you see in the full-time programs.</p>

<p>I think as long as you have solid/interesting work experience, a good GMAT, and a compelling story as to why a part-time program then you should be fine…even off setting a below average UG GPA…certifications like a CFA help but they aren’t going to be a big factor. </p>

<p>No idea regarding the interviews.</p>

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<p>How do you access student profiles for these schools?</p>

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<p>UCLA Fully-Employed MBA Profiles:
[Class</a> Profiles | UCLA Anderson School of Management](<a href=“http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x19694.xml]Class”>http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x19694.xml) </p>

<p>Kellogg Part-Time MBA Profiles:
[Kellogg</a> School of Management | Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Programs/PartTimeMBA/About/ClassProfile.aspx]Kellogg”>http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Programs/PartTimeMBA/About/ClassProfile.aspx) </p>

<p>Chicago Booth Part-Time MBA Statistics:
[Class</a> Statistics - Evening MBA and Weekend MBA - University of Chicago Booth School of Business](<a href=“http://www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/community/stats.aspx]Class”>http://www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/community/stats.aspx) </p>

<p>Haas-Berkeley Part-Time MBA Class Profile:
[Class</a> Profile, Evening & Weekend MBA Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/classprofile.html]Class”>http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/classprofile.html) </p>

<p>Stern NYU Part-Time MBA Profile:
<a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/PartTime/ExceptionalStudents/ClassProfile/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/PartTime/ExceptionalStudents/ClassProfile/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Does anyone know about the reputation and job prospects of Georgetown part-time MBA? It appears to be right in between top tier and second tier schools.</p>

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<p>A question is the value of a non-MBA masters from a good school to raise my GPA and overall CV. I would ideally go directly into a tier 1 MBA program but am considering a detour to increase my chances. I have been accepted to Carnegie Mellon’s Masters in Information Technology program, which is congruent with my career path. Would getting a very high GPA from CMU significantly help my chances? I would hope a committee would consider how I have grown academically over the years.</p>

<p>I’m also going to post this as a dedicated thread.</p>