Hello! Thanks for the good question and congratulaations on your fine academic record.

My quick and dirty take on this:

- Your work experience (starting a successful company) is, as I think you sense, not the typical background. And, while it probably wouldn't fly for some specializations (e.g., finance, operations) it makes enormous sense for an entrepeneurial focus. In other words, if you do an entrepeneurial focus I think you have a decent chance; without an ent. focus, I think your chances may not be so good.

A key element of your application will be talking about what your entrepeneurial vision for yourself is and what you want to do with your MBA. In other words, you should be asking yourself, what can I do with this MBA that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise?

- Your age is a limiting factor but, since you started the business when you were 19, you have some four or five years of work experience so --while not idea-- that seems like a surmountable hurdle.


In short, let me emphasize: the bar for you to clear is "Why does this person need an MBA?" and what is this person going to be able to achieve with an MBA that will be --put bluntly-- on a rough par with the Fortune 500 and I-banker types?

Cheers--

Paxton