Years of education necessary for MBA eligibilty

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Topic: Years of education necessary for MBA eligibilty
PostWed Aug 09, 2006 11:49 am
Hi Stacy,

My name is Nisha.

I am an Indian.

Is it true that you need to have 16 years of education to apply to US B Schools (Top 25)?

I have 15 years, including my Bachelors degree.

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PostSat Aug 12, 2006 12:30 pm
I think you are referring to the fact that in the US, the average education is grades 1-12, followed by 4 years of college. The only real education requirement is that you have a college degree. If you have obtained your high school diploma and/or college degree in fewer than the average number of years, you will still be a viable applicant. If you have your Bachelors, I am sure that your 15 years is fine.
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PostTue Aug 15, 2006 9:46 am
Hey Stacy,

Thanks a lot. Very Happy

I was kind off confused because I met up with one of the student counsellors of one of the companies that help with GMAT prep in India. The first things that I was told was to get another year of education.
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PostMon Aug 21, 2006 10:10 am
Nisha,
You have a valid query when you say that B schools might ask for 12+4 education. I am very sure that some schools specifically ask for 12+4 from indians and that would be 12th and then engineering or any other professional degree which takes 4 or more number of years or Msc/MA/Mcom.

As far as 12+3 is concerned some schools stress that candidate should have completed another year of Msc/Mcom/MA (in some cases they want the degree to be completed, and not just one year to satisfy the 12+4 requirement). Now some schools would think that ur 12+3 is equivalent to US bachelors and would give you admissions on that basis. (Kellogs is one such example, but again plz confirm it from there website, I might be wrong)

So, the gist is that your qulaifications have to match US bachelors degree, and it depends on US school's guidelines as to what education level from india they think to be equivalent. I believe every leading business schools in US has a policy on this and you might want to check there websites, or email admissions committe on any doubts.
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