Hello,
First of all, thanks to the Beat the GMAT community for such an informative forum. I was a silent surfer here. I took the GMAT few days ago and scored 690. Some credit goes to the BTG community (specially those daily questions and the 60 day study guide).
I am not very familiar with the MBA admission process so need some help.
I guess I would fall under non-traditional candidate. I am a nursing graduate with a bachelors degree from a top (the university itself isn't a top university in ranking but the nursing school is ranked between top 3-5 Nursing schools in the country). I am non-US citizen (but will be US citizen by the time I apply), and also hold a bachelors degree from non-US school. My undergrad GPA is 3.8.
I have worked as a nurse for almost 8 years, including a 3.5 years of international work experience. But I had breaks in career - because of migration (was on dependent visa and could not work etc.) and childbirth (I am 30 years old and have a child- needless to say, I am a female). I have worked in different positions and specialties of nursing including a post of nursing director (though I worked at that job for only 5 months and had to leave because I moved out to a different town). I have co-founded a non profit organization that has several active projects (to promote health and education) in developing countries. I am one of the board of directors for that non-profit. I also have 5 professional/scholarly articles published in medical and nursing journals and 4-5 articles published in newspapers and online newsportals.
I decided to do MBA because I am planning to start an apparel business (hopefully I will be able to start it before I go to business school). I have two goals, - to make my apparel company a world leader in the industry, and to reach out to poor people in the world through the non-profit I have co-founded.
The only problem I have is recommenders. Since I have worked for 3 different employers in last 5 years ( I changed employers because I moved to different places for family reasons- husband got a better job somewhere else...). My previous managers know me well and can give me great LORs. But most schools ask for current supervisors. (at this point, I am not working because I moved to a new town and am working on establishing my own business)
Like everybody else in the forum, I am also looking at the top 10 schools. I am thinking about applying for the 2012 term.
Based on this information, where do I stand? How can I improve my chances to get into the top tier schools?
Thank you,
Tara
First of all, thanks to the Beat the GMAT community for such an informative forum. I was a silent surfer here. I took the GMAT few days ago and scored 690. Some credit goes to the BTG community (specially those daily questions and the 60 day study guide).
I am not very familiar with the MBA admission process so need some help.
I guess I would fall under non-traditional candidate. I am a nursing graduate with a bachelors degree from a top (the university itself isn't a top university in ranking but the nursing school is ranked between top 3-5 Nursing schools in the country). I am non-US citizen (but will be US citizen by the time I apply), and also hold a bachelors degree from non-US school. My undergrad GPA is 3.8.
I have worked as a nurse for almost 8 years, including a 3.5 years of international work experience. But I had breaks in career - because of migration (was on dependent visa and could not work etc.) and childbirth (I am 30 years old and have a child- needless to say, I am a female). I have worked in different positions and specialties of nursing including a post of nursing director (though I worked at that job for only 5 months and had to leave because I moved out to a different town). I have co-founded a non profit organization that has several active projects (to promote health and education) in developing countries. I am one of the board of directors for that non-profit. I also have 5 professional/scholarly articles published in medical and nursing journals and 4-5 articles published in newspapers and online newsportals.
I decided to do MBA because I am planning to start an apparel business (hopefully I will be able to start it before I go to business school). I have two goals, - to make my apparel company a world leader in the industry, and to reach out to poor people in the world through the non-profit I have co-founded.
The only problem I have is recommenders. Since I have worked for 3 different employers in last 5 years ( I changed employers because I moved to different places for family reasons- husband got a better job somewhere else...). My previous managers know me well and can give me great LORs. But most schools ask for current supervisors. (at this point, I am not working because I moved to a new town and am working on establishing my own business)
Like everybody else in the forum, I am also looking at the top 10 schools. I am thinking about applying for the 2012 term.
Based on this information, where do I stand? How can I improve my chances to get into the top tier schools?
Thank you,
Tara
