Career Changes and the MBA Application Essay - 工管

QUESTION:

I believe most b-school applicants intend to land a different job (either in
another industry or in another position, or both) after they get their MBA.
But Iˆve heard you say that adcoms donˆt like career-switchers. So how do I
deliver an essay that speaks my mind and is honest, and, at the same time,
convinces the adcom?

ANSWER:

Itˆs easy, dude.

Donˆt talk about career changes in your essays for the adcom.

I know that doesnˆt seem to make sense but stick with your past background.
Speak your mind…as though you were going to stay along the lines of your
current job. That is your best bet for sure.

Career changes make adcoms nervous. Why? Well, hereˆs the deal. Adcoms like
people who prove they will be wildly successful one day. (Wildly successful
people make b-schools look good. They also make a lot of money….and then
donate that money back to the school that helped them get there. Yes, even
business school is a business.) And for adcoms, someone who has experience in
a field are much more likely to be successful than someone who doesnˆt.

Think about it. If you were reading two applications and both people wanted
to own their own hedge fund one day, but one applicant has worked at a hedge
fund for 5 years and other has spent the past 5 years in consulting ….who do
YOU think would have a better chance at achieving that long-term goal?

The truth is, it doesnˆt matter how badly to WANT to make that career
change; the adcom is going to go for the sure thing. And that, my friend, is
not the career switcher.

So…why bother? Why stick with the career-change story? Why take that risk?
Just stick to what you know in your application and show those adcoms that you
ˆre a sure thing.

Then, once youˆve got that MBA under your belt, you can switch careers as
many times as you want.

It worked for me….

– Jon Frank

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