I’m hoping to attend graduate school, hopefully not too long after I am finished with my undergraduate degree. I am still recovering from the admissions process getting into college the first time and started wondering if there is anything I should start doing now to prepare for grad school. For admissions, what do graduate programs tend to look at? Is there anything I should start doing now to prepare?
For context, I am a second-year communication major/business minor at Northeastern University and I would like to study marketing in graduate school.
If you want to get an MBA in marketing, the most important thing is going to be work experience. So you need to get some post-college work experience - preferably 3-5 years of it to be most competitive. The more prestigious the MBA program, the better your work experience needs to be (in terms of quality).
But there are some things you can do while still in school:
-Get good grades
-Display leadership on campus. Run for office, start a club, lead a group…whatever leadership means to you.
-Do some excellent internships at least two summers - sophomore/junior and junior/senior are good summers. Having an academic-year internship or part-time job is a great look, too.
If you want an MS in marketing, my sense is that you need fewer years of work experience but more academic interest in marketing as a field.
@juillet Thank you! that was very helpful!