Ask Admissionado

First of all congratulations on your fantastic GMAT.
Secondly, why are you applying now?

Two years of experience is not nearly enough for B-schools, and I'd put three at the absolute minimum (and 4-6 is the average, depending on the school). with one year of experience only, you are not likely to be bale to come up with as good stories as other applicants, and schools might turn you away just because you lack experience.

So why not wait at least one more year if not two? I mean things seem to be going well for you, you have the great GMAT score. You will only increase your chances of getting into a better school if you wait.

Welllllll, I still think you should wait.. but let me answer your questions first.


1) I understand my work experience is a real limitation. But, i have been part of a lot of part time work. For example, my father runs a law firm and i have been helping him managing financials/expenses etc over the years.

It's certainly a nice bonus, but still does not count to your Work Experience.

2) Its not like i am definitely going for an MBA in 2014. I am still open to the idea of applying in 2015 but i am not sure if i would want to delay it more.

Why not?

3) Won't the admission committee take into account the 1 year experience i get between applying and joining?

Of course, but that still only gives you two years experience, less than HALF of the average.

4) I intend of switching careers. Moving into consultancy from financial services. Thus i do not want to delay my MBA a lot.

I do understand you do not want to delay your MBA, but still it doesn't mean that that is the wise choice .

5) Since i also want to do a PhD i am not sure how long i can delay my masters.

You should decide that now. If you want to do a PhD, normally you can apply to a Masters + PhD and save yourself time and trouble. Plus if you want to succeed in academia it is very good if you start early. But the path is quite different from an MBA + work, and it is hard to come up with one strategy when you have two opposing goals.


Finally, I understand that you WANT to apply now, but the fact is that it will only weaken your chances to get in. And in my opinion, it's not worth it to force the issue and then to have to settle for a less good MBA program (which will inevitably be the case). It's far more worthwhile to get into the best program possible for your profile, and I think if you wait one or two years, this will be more likely to happen.

Hope this clarifies my thoughts, and if you have any other comments or questions, lemme know.