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Am I Too Old to Get an MBA

 

“Timing is everything.”

That’s more than a cliché if you’re weighing a full-time MBA program. It’s the truth. Like athletes, MBAs has an expiration date. If you’re 28, employers attach labels like “high ceiling” and “upside” to your profile. They perceive you as a gung-ho, high achieving “total package” who can be molded in the company’s image. As a fast tracker, you’re less likely to say “no” too. When you factor in entry level compensation, being a twentysomething MBA makes you very attractive.

Once you enter your thirties, a full-time MBA loses its luster. Employers (and adcoms) wonder why you’re starting later in the game. Your commitments make you less able to re-locate and travel (let alone work 70 hour weeks). Not to mention, the ROI lessens with each passing year you don’t hold an MBA. Over time, you become better suited to an Executive MBA, a seasoned professional looking to become better rather than a “high po” looking to change careers or make it big.

And that brings up an interesting question: “Is there a place for thirty- and fortysomethings in full-time MBA programs?” The stats aren’t promising, according to Deborah Knox, founder and CEO of Insight Admissions. Take the Harvard Class of 2013, for example, where only 47 of 916 enrollees were older than 30 (and only 12 were older than 32).

Those are daunting odds. But they can be overcome in Knox’s experience. In a ground-breaking essay with Poets&Quants, Knox shares the questions that adcoms are asking with older applicants – and how candidates can answer them on their applications and during in-person interviews. On the last page, she includes a list of the average and highest work experiences for entrants at the top 20 business schools. To check out Knox’s insights, click on the link below.

Source: Poets&Quants

 

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