Application Tips for Older Candidates from MBAOver30

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How did Lawrence Cole, author of the popular MBA applicant blog MBAOver30, get into Wharton, Chicago Booth and MIT Sloan as a 36 year old? Just so you know his stats: Lawrence graduated from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in 2000, worked for over 10 years at UPS and Internet Brands, and “barely broke 700″ on his GMAT. He also started 2 online businesses.
Lawrence is now a first year student at Wharton focused on entrepreneurship. In this episode, you’ll hear Lawrence and I discuss application tips for older candidates including:
Why top-ranked MBAs tend to trend younger
The 2 application “booby traps” you must avoid
The importance of movement and believability in your application
How and why to gather as much experiential school data as possible
Why you shouldn’t force fit in your application
How to tie together work experience that might seem unrelated
Common traits adcoms look for from both older AND younger candidates: initiative, impact and purpose
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@sirisaksirisak6981 3 жыл бұрын

Old said never too old to learn, young say you can't teach old dog to play trick. Now long live learning.

@donac1707 4 жыл бұрын

so for example applying say at age of 36/37 with say around a long work exp in multiple domains is not any good idea? people may have varied reasons/obligations to work and apply later for mba

@TouchMBA 4 жыл бұрын

If you have 15+ years of work experience, you can still apply for a full-time MBA, but perhaps you could target EMBA or part-time MBA programs where the average participant also has more work experience? Most full-time MBA programs are intended for students with 3-7 years of work experience.

@donac1707 4 жыл бұрын

Touch MBA the reason why I wanted to apply for full time is to completely devote to study take a break and also venture new job areas in new country; but due to covid19; Iam somewhat sceptical as job markets is brutal. I have around 11 years exp and speak the language of my target country and I do have plans to explore new areas only if situation is a bit relaxed possible in 2021 hence Iam checking some schools in Europe; if you have any more suggestion I would love to note them. Thank you so much .

@varunshahvo-tv9854 4 жыл бұрын

Avg age of mba is 30-33 ....only a fool would want to apply b4 28 yrs of age

@TouchMBA 4 жыл бұрын

Respectfully, some fantastic MBA programs have cohorts with an average age of 27. I think the more important questions are 1) where are you in your career? 2) what you can contribute to your MBA program in terms of experience and perspective? 3) how can the MBA accelerate your career?