From TESC to my dream school (Okay... not QUITE my dream school)

[Yanji]

As most of you don't know, I've decided to attend the full-time MBA programme at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University to study marketing this August. FT ranked Kelley as the #2 B-school for marketing in the world this year, so I'm extremely excited to attend. :coolgleam: I wanted to keep everything under wraps until I decided on which school I would attend in August. I applied to 7 schools ranked between 10-25 overall in the US and the #3 school in Europe and I received interview invitations at half of the schools. Fortunately, IU was my first choice and they later accepted me.

I just wanted to share just a bit of my experience with you because I know many people worry that they won't be able to get into a good graduate programme from TESC but if you have the right background, good GPA and can sell yourself to the school, you can get into a great school, even your dream school. Yes, I have non-trad credits! I also can't stress how important the GRE/GMAT are... there is a vast variance in educational quality in the US and standardised tests are one of the most important tools schools can use to compare applicants with each other and if you're an older applicant, make sure you still "have it" in terms of mental horsepower. If anyone is considering applying to an MBA in the near future, I'd be happy to try to give you a hand in your quest by PM. And for the young guys out there (early 30s or younger) who are thinking of an online MBA... seriously give a F/T MBA a thought. You'd be surprised how accommodating business schools can be towards applicants with families/major life commitments and the opportunities you'll gain with a good F/T MBA over a P/T or online MBA are huge.