Admission in Healthcare Program from Information Technology

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by [email protected] » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:14 am

Dear All,

My name is Arun. I am from India. I have more than 6 years of work experience in Information Technology. I have worked with IBM, Accenture and Teradata and currently working with a Reinsurance organization in India.

I am preparing for GMAT and my exam is in second week of September. I have written two Manhattan GMAT CAT exams, four Princeton exams, and two Kaplan old exams. My average score so far is below 600.

I have some questions and seek your opinion on this -
1. From being the IT background, what is the chance of getting into one of the best universities that offer healthcare program?
2. What are the best universities that offer a healthcare program?
3. What should be the GMAT score to join such program?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

Regards
Arun

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by Jon@Admissionado » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:53 am

Arun,
You have plenty of good options in the US. Usually there are two ways to do Healthcare management, one is through a double degree MBA/MPH, (which often require another semester or year of studies) and the second is certificate programs, which are regular MBAs with a focus on healthcare.

As for the best programs, a good place to start your research is on the US News and World Report rankings here:
https://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... t-rankings

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by [email protected] » Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:04 am

Dear Jon,

Thank you very much for the reply.
I would prefer to go with the second option as you have mentioned - certificate programs, regular MBA with a focus on healthcare.
As I am from IT background and now I want to join the "Healthcare" industry, what should be the GMAT score to join the best college in healthcare. Will I get any advantage for creating diversity in the heathcare group from an IT background?

Looking forward to see a reply from you and thanks again Jon.

Regards
Arun S.

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by Jon@Admissionado » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:23 am

Arun,
Well, the GMAT score you would need would be no different that the GMAT score you would need to get into the MBA program. So ideally, a 720 or higher for the top programs. (Although you could reasonably apply with anything above a 680).

As for your second question, creating "diversity" is not the issue. They don;t care about that as much as they want to see you could succeed. So the most important things is to INCLUDE your IT career, which shouldn't be a problem as most medical innovations these days necessitate technology. But of course you need to get more specific than that and build a cohesive, impassioned story about your dreams (the most ideal situation would be that you have a specific product/idea or even better you have already tried to gain some sort of healthcare experience). Just tell them the truth - show them how important it is to you. Stay specific and within your limits (i.e. you're maybe not out to find a cure for cancer, but rather have a few interesting ideas about translating your technical knowledge to the healthcare world), and show them that you are capable of fulfilling your dreams.

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by [email protected] » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:58 am

Dear Jon,

Thank you very much. This information is really helpful for me. I shall keep you posted about my progress.

Regards
Arun S.

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by [email protected] » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:36 am

Dear Jon,

Today I have written my GMAT exam and I scored 660 (Q-48, V-32). Do you think that I can still apply to Wharton's or Kellogg's Healthcare MBA program.

Thanks
Arun S.

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by throughmba » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:18 am

I strongly believe you can go ahead with kellogg and wharton. you are definitely in contention.

You have to present yourself really well.

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by Jon@Admissionado » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:49 am

Arun,
A tough question. The "retake or not" is something that needs to be considered in function of: 1. Your real life situation 2. Your age 3. How good it would be for you do apply this year/round as opposed to next. 4. Your capacity to score higher on the GMAT and the ease with which you would do so.

Overall, if right now is really the right moment for you, I'm usually tempted to say "go for it" even if its a bit of stretch. But you should take all the other points into consideration.

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