Hi,
I'd like to know your thoughts on my chances to obtain a scholarship to the IU Kelley Direct program (yes, I'm assuming admission, for better or worse).
GMAT - 750 (49Q/44V/8/5.5)
B.A. Mathematics University of Louisville, 3.812 GPA
4 years full-time management experience in UPS Plant Engineering (~9.25 years @ UPS, 7 months hourly, 4.8 years PT Mgmt, 4 years FT Mgmt)
From 18-30, sporadic job history mostly due to drug abuse, including a military court-martial. Finally sobered up in 2004 at age 30, started working as a part-time hourly employee at UPS to get free tuition to UofL. I've averaged one promotion every 3 years. In the last 10 years, I have volunteer experience including Committee Member of City-Sponsored neighborhood enrichment program, V.P. and Board Member of Neighborhood Assn, organizing many events and support for low-income neighborhood community center...although most of the volunteer work came to a grinding halt about 1.5 years ago when my daughter was born. Have recently become involved with United Way fundraising through UPS. I know my GMAT and undergraduate GPA are well within the scholarship range for the online IU degree, but not sure how my age (40) and history up to age 30 should be handled in application essays, etc. My wife and I would like to stay in the Louisville area so I'm only realistically considering Kelley Direct or part-time Louisville MBA options. In my opinion they are fairly equal options as far as allowing me to continue working and make local connections. IU is the better school although the online option is less prestigious so that allows the lower-ranked Louisville to gain some ground along with providing more in-person networking opportunities. I don't exactly know what I want to do post-MBA but I don't really like Plant Engineering and I'm very open to switching careers and/or employers.
Thanks,
Steve
I'd like to know your thoughts on my chances to obtain a scholarship to the IU Kelley Direct program (yes, I'm assuming admission, for better or worse).
GMAT - 750 (49Q/44V/8/5.5)
B.A. Mathematics University of Louisville, 3.812 GPA
4 years full-time management experience in UPS Plant Engineering (~9.25 years @ UPS, 7 months hourly, 4.8 years PT Mgmt, 4 years FT Mgmt)
From 18-30, sporadic job history mostly due to drug abuse, including a military court-martial. Finally sobered up in 2004 at age 30, started working as a part-time hourly employee at UPS to get free tuition to UofL. I've averaged one promotion every 3 years. In the last 10 years, I have volunteer experience including Committee Member of City-Sponsored neighborhood enrichment program, V.P. and Board Member of Neighborhood Assn, organizing many events and support for low-income neighborhood community center...although most of the volunteer work came to a grinding halt about 1.5 years ago when my daughter was born. Have recently become involved with United Way fundraising through UPS. I know my GMAT and undergraduate GPA are well within the scholarship range for the online IU degree, but not sure how my age (40) and history up to age 30 should be handled in application essays, etc. My wife and I would like to stay in the Louisville area so I'm only realistically considering Kelley Direct or part-time Louisville MBA options. In my opinion they are fairly equal options as far as allowing me to continue working and make local connections. IU is the better school although the online option is less prestigious so that allows the lower-ranked Louisville to gain some ground along with providing more in-person networking opportunities. I don't exactly know what I want to do post-MBA but I don't really like Plant Engineering and I'm very open to switching careers and/or employers.
Thanks,
Steve
