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i think i will have at least 2 years of full time work exp., because my selling business was a real full time job...

Hi,

It is great that you have full-time experience, and that will certainly be a boon to your application if you are able to express your insights learnt within your essays. However, at least Wharton considers 'full-time experience' to be 'full-time experience after graduation'. And the '2 year' figure is used, I suspect, more for management consultants and investment bankers who go through a typical two year entry-job. For entrepreneurs, the length of time is probably not as important as, once again, the insights you take away from the job.

If you're still unsure, the best thing would be to check with the schools that you want to apply to whether they consider you as having work experience. Yale SOM, for instance, said that my full-time work experience in the army, although it was before college, qualified. And this was full-time in the sense that I was not enrolled in any degree programme whatsoever. However most schools (eg Wharton) do not officially recognise this as work experience.

but I was already graduated. I had my Bachelor's degree already. And I had finished to take my Master's degree classes. I only had to take some exams for my master, and working full time during the master lenghtened the time it took for me to get my Master. But I already had my BA, so it's post-graduation, full time work exp, isn't it?

It certainly sounds like it. In which case I would suggest that when you clarify your situation with the individual schools, you take pains to emphasise that after graduating with a BA, you worked full-time on your own business while pursuing an MA degree part-time.

Good luck with your applications!

Hi mbaseeker09,

It's really up to your own judgment whether you want to count your business as full time work experience or part time. One thing to consider is whether you would count the experience towards your career path or whether it was something you did for extra money while attending classes.

Good luck!

amy

Getting into a top30 mba with my profile will boost my chances to find a great job after graduation? Can I expect my salary to increase dramatically (I only earn about 1000 eur per month now!)? Even if I have not much work experience and a non-business degree?

thanks!

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