Applying to B-School in a Few Years? Maximize Your Candidacy Today

1. Applying to B-School in a Few Years?
Maximize Your Candidacy Today
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2. Applying to B-School in a Few Years?
Maximize Your Candidacy Today
A significant portion of my MBA admissions consulting applicants come
to be with little to no extracurricular experience since their
undergraduate days. While this is a problem that can be addressed, it
can show a lack of proper planning over the long term. A lot of
applicants don't think about the impact of their actions on their applicant
competitiveness when the graduate from undergrad. To a certain
extent, even I was the same way. What I like most about some of my
clients is the way some of them are way ahead of the game we call the
MBA application process. Those that have been planning since day 1 to
go back to b-school tend to be distinguishing yourself from your peers
out of the gate and these habits show when constructing the business
school application.
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3. Maximize Your Candidacy Today
This is what I tell those who have graduated and are planning to apply to
business school in a few years:
Make sure you find a mentor at your employer.
This does not have to be formal but it always helps when someone can
show you the ropes. This person should be senior and be respected in
the office.
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4. Maximize Your Candidacy Today
This mentor will also be able to make introductions for you
around the org.
This will help when it comes to recommendation time.
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5. Maximize Your Candidacy Today
Adcoms will consider your tenure and the ratio of leadership
experience to overall experience at your work.
Work to maximize this so that you can write about it eventually in
your essays.
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6. Maximize Your Candidacy Today
Make sure you are asking for leadership responsibility. It does not
matter if it is leading the charge with organizing the company
holiday party or asking for more work when on a project.
It's called managing your manager and it works wonders when its
time for a promotion. Do this and more opportunities will
arise. You may get to pick and chose your project work.....
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Stepping up also helps with respect to your eventual
recommendation when your manager is asked for how well
you rank against your peer group.
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Seek out those in the organization who have MBAs. Get to
know them. Eventually, ask them to lunch and get to know
how they liked their MBA experience.
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Get involved with extracurriculars at work.
Assume a leadership role as well as I have alluded to above.
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See what pre-MBA mentoring programs are available to you.
I know UCLA Anderson has the Riordan programs. This is a great
way to gain exposure.
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11. Maximize Your Candidacy Today
Join several other organization types:
Toastmasters International - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters_International
A young professionals organization in your city - these orgs have social and business
elements that will help you network.
Meetup.com - look for groups on meetup that have business or philanthropic goals
that align with your interests.
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As you get within a year of applying, go to open houses and
MBA tours. Get your name and face out there
Adcoms have an uncanny way of remembering who you are.
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