Evaluating your B School Application
The key to succeeding in your mba application process lies in understanding how business schools evaluate your mba application.
Admissions committee at the B Schools have the responsibility to fill a limited number of vacancies from among a large pool of applicants. In most of the best business schools, you will find that demand for the vacancies outstrip the number of vacancies available by a ratio as high as 20 : 1. In fulfilling their duty to select the best possible candidates, the admission committee uses all the information provided in your mba application packet in evaluating your candidature.
It is, therefore, in your best interest to articulate your career goals in relation to a particular program’s objectives, strengths, and content in your b school application.
MBA aspirants usually make the mistake of misinterpreting that qualifying for the minimum requirements of a business school will guarantee an admission. The minimum requirements are necessary, but not sufficient conditions. In addition, myths about the perfect “trick” to securing an admission into business schools are abound. It is easy to believe and fall prey to many of these stories. The truth is that there is nothing such as a perfect trick.
Business Schools usually use the following information provided in your mba application while judging your potential for success in their program in comparison to other applicants to that program:
- Your GMAT scores to predict your academic suitability and potential to succeed in their core curriculum.
- Your previous academic performance, professional experience, extracurricular activity, and letters of recommendation to gauge your potential to succeed professionally.
- Personal Interviews or Telephonic Interviews and your application essays to determine your reasons to earn a degree and how this mba program will fit into your overall career goals. The admissions committee also uses this process to evaluate your communication skills.
One size does not fit all!
The relative importance of each part of a b school application (past academic performance, gmat scores, statement of purpose, previous professional work experience and letters of reference), will vary from one MBA application to another. For instance, if you have limited work experience, your academic performance may assume greater importance while evaluation your MBA application. Conversely, if you have been out of school for a long time, your undergraduate record may be less important than your professional experience while evaluating your b school application.
Therefore, it will be unwise on your part to assume a theoretical weight that the admission committe might apply for each of these parameters. It is on account of this ability of the business school admission committe to evaluate applicants based on their relative merit that you should not prepare your application based on a predefined success formula.
Most importantly, being rejected by a graduate business school is not a reflection on your ability. It is merely an estimate that the program you applied to is not the right one for you.
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