5 Comments:

 Poor Boy said...

For my part, I'd rather go to school with people who have some life experience in the real world. Part of what I'm paying for when I go to Business School is my peers, I need to be with people who've been in the thick of things, who know how things work and who have something to add based n their participation in the business world. The difference between the quality of discussion in an undergraduate business management class, and a graduate management class should be night-and-day. My $0.02.

12:21 PM  

 Nat4mba said...

I completely agree with poor boy: it can be a great headache to share a classroom with an unexperienced fresh graduate. At the same time, discussing business cases and other matters with a graduate with outstandingly strong academic knowledge is also a valuable experience. During my postgraduate studies I definitely felt more pain in dealing with experienced but narrow-minded people than with scholars. Of course, Adcoms' big job is to keep the highest standard in both cases.

2:05 AM  

 Dave for MBA said...

The article provided an example of someone who had been working part time through a good portion of their academic life. I too am like that. Moreover, I too feel that I would have been a good candidate if I had considered Business School at that time. However, I see your points as well Poor Boy & Nat4mba as very valid reasons. Three colleges that clearly seek undergraduate transition people are Wharton, Harvard and Stanford. Knowing this, would you still not apply to these schools?

I think you're points are mostly valid if 30% or more the students have less than 1 year of working experience. That would be really messed up. But if say 5% of the class were youngins, then I don't think I'd mind all that much.

8:30 AM  

 Nat4mba said...

Dave, as I said in my post, a really good scholar can be worth two short-sighted businessmen, in my opinion. If I were asked, I would definitely choose to study with a PhD with zero corporate experience instead of a small business-narrow niche enterpreneur. I just read about Wharton's statistics: it is said that this year the school admitted twice as many people of 0 to 2 years of experience than last year. Twice! I guess, it can exceed 5%. Though I don't want to be snobbish...

7:14 AM  

 Anonymous said...

Well, I finished the Exec MBA course at Cranfield last December. With 10+ years I'm fairly experienced.

You learn as much from other students as you do from the faculty- so having a class rich in experience is key.

I understand that the full-timers at Cranfield have a similar experience.

4:16 AM  

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