Undergrad class of 2012...... Grad school class of 201X

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>Ok what path do you view as the most desireble or feasible to an international student who decides to pursue a MBa in the US after completing their undergrad studies in the US too. </p>

<p>1) immediatly enter a grad, med, or law school . </p>

<p>2) take a year off, and use your OPT .</p>

<p>3) return to your home country, work for a while (3 or 4 years ) before going through the grad school app process . </p>

<p>4) start a career and a family, whether in the US or somewhere else and wait more than TEN years before going to grad school.</p>

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<p>Different strokes for different folks :)</p>

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<p>immediately enter grad school for me.</p>

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<p>prob a hybrid of 3 and 4 :)</p>

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<p>If you want to get an MBA, then working is the most feasible.</p>

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<p>The best MBA programs won't even accept you without a few years of work experience.</p>

<p>P.S. I hope you know that financial aid for MBAs is exclusively in loans (some of which you might not even get w/o an American co-signer)?</p>

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<p>So what if you intend to attend med-school, can you take a year off and still get into a good program ?</p>

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<p>Med school is soooooo hard to get into for internationals. I think Yale has a warning about this posted on its website.</p>

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<p>What not again :-( . So why does it make sense for an international student to do pre-med as an undergrad ?</p>

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<p>Usually it makes most sense for an international student to complete medical school in his/her home country, then come to the US for specialization/residency. Where do you intend to practice? If you intend to practice in your home country, you may have a great deal of trouble finding a job there with a US education because you won't have the local connections necessary for a successful medical career that are formed during the med school years.</p>

<p>If you are intent on completing medical school in the US, how are you going to pay for it?</p>

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<p>The biggest obstacle for internationals at US med schools is funding: med school is typically more expensive than college, and there is literally almost no funding available for international students. If you have - at the very least - $150,000 sitting in a bank account to be spend for med school, then go ahead and do pre-med. </p>

<p>And before you ask: law school is out of the picture, too.</p>

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<p>I am gonna take 1-2 years off, travel around, gain experience, and finally do my masters. </p>

<p>This is somewhat sketchy. 4 years is long long time to change one's mind.</p>

<p>yeah, for the best MBA programs, work experience is a must.</p>

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<p>Can't say.. 4 years is too far off..</p>

<p>Anyway work experience isn't a must. You CAN get into top MBA programs without it, but then you must be a REALLY stellar candidate.</p>

<p>Also, Harvard has a new program called the HBS 2+2. You apply during your undergrad junior year, and if accepted they help you find a job for 2 years after your undergrad degree and after those 2 years you are automatically accepted into their regular MBA program. This is mainly aimed at the liberal arts/sciences/engineering majors, whereas people majoring in Econ etc should apply to the business school via the usual method.</p>

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<p>I am, at the moment, thinking of joining grad school right after gradutation, but who knows what happens, its four years after all.</p>