Hello! Thank you for all of your responses, I know that I and several other applicants find them very useful.
I have a few quick questions about applying to Wharton and Tuck. I am a current MA student at The Johns Hopkins University SAIS and they have a formal dual degree program established with Wharton and Tuck. I am applying to both of these schools but am a little worried about my work experience. I have 6 months working in software sales, a year in financial services, and a year working as a private english tutor in South East Asia. Additionally, I currently work for the Economics Department as a teaching assistant. Should I address my limited amount of work experience in my essays? I considered deferring my acceptance to SAIS to gain an extra year of work experience for the dual degree application, but I realized I would not gain any additional skills or knowledge by staying at my position for another year. I have a 3.54 undergrad gpa from UC Santa Barbara with majors in Business Economics and Communication, and will have over a 700 on my GMAT.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, if I don't stand a chance and should save my application money, please feel free to tell me that as well.
Best,
TcF
I have a few quick questions about applying to Wharton and Tuck. I am a current MA student at The Johns Hopkins University SAIS and they have a formal dual degree program established with Wharton and Tuck. I am applying to both of these schools but am a little worried about my work experience. I have 6 months working in software sales, a year in financial services, and a year working as a private english tutor in South East Asia. Additionally, I currently work for the Economics Department as a teaching assistant. Should I address my limited amount of work experience in my essays? I considered deferring my acceptance to SAIS to gain an extra year of work experience for the dual degree application, but I realized I would not gain any additional skills or knowledge by staying at my position for another year. I have a 3.54 undergrad gpa from UC Santa Barbara with majors in Business Economics and Communication, and will have over a 700 on my GMAT.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, if I don't stand a chance and should save my application money, please feel free to tell me that as well.
Best,
TcF
