Is it mandatory to have work experience before applying to B-Schools abroad?

Though its not mandatory, but having good work experience gives student an edge over the competition. More over all the good and top B-schools in US, UK,Australia etc require minimum 2-3 years of full time work experience after graduation at supervisory level, assistant managerial level or manageria

540 Views|Posted 2011-10-20 09:35:07

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Shaban | Guide-Level 11

2011-11-21 16:48:41

I would request our experts like @||Gomtis Corner|| @||Govind_S|| @||sameera33519|| to share their valuable inputs.

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Ritika | Beginner-Level 1

2011-11-08 16:56:22

Hello Dear, As I am passed from an MBA college and now I am doing well So, I think you can do well without experience also but the thing is that you should focused on your studies. yes there are some colleges which prefer to have experienced students but so many are there who wants freshers like II

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Mahesh | Contributor-Level 9

2011-11-01 18:43:06

Yes..I agree with Aneeket that work experience should be made mandatory. As a MBA graduate myself, I have seen a huge intellectual gap between a fresh graduate and an experienced graduate. For example, when I was in business school, I was given an essay to write about the competition between long di

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Excel | Contributor-Level 10

2011-11-01 17:26:57

I will say NO. Some colleges may have such criterion. But many colleges / universities don't have such criterion. If the topic is changed to 'Should it be mandatory to have work experience before applying to B-Schools abroad?' then suggestive ideas may differ. Experience is always a suggestive idea

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Govind Sharma | Guide-Level 14

2011-11-01 17:23:37

I already expressed my view and started similar discussion long back. Yes, it should be mandatory.

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Aakash Luhar | Contributor-Level 8

2011-11-01 16:52:53

yes this is most important factor

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Aneeket Barua | Guide-Level 11

2011-11-01 16:51:10

As per me work experience should be mandatory as it will help the student with relevant industry experience... Request experts like @||Gomtis Corner|| @||Mahesh16675|| @||Prof Garain PhD|| @||Raja M G|| @||rahulc|| @||Govind_S|| @||Excel|| and all the other experts and community members to particip

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Priya Saxena | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-22 18:00:29

very well explained @Arvind Joshi ji...there are several aspects of studying abroad and you have beautifully explained those.

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Arvind Joshi | Contributor-Level 9

2011-10-20 14:31:03

....CONTINUED However, the same is not true for a 2-3 years experience holder. Hence, if there is a blending of 2-3 year experience holders, then the generation gap or clash of values would be minimal.. They can mix well with raw candidates in the case study discussions., college cafeteria and elsew

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Arvind Joshi | Contributor-Level 9

2011-10-20 14:29:28

Keeping in view the clarifications made by Dennis Vasanthakumar, I am of the following opinion : Admission to a foreign B-school would mean a job-oriented course. Hence, work experience before starting to pursue this course would be definitely of some help. However, if work experience is made mandat

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Shaban | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-20 11:27:16

@||Sathya Gopinath|| I agree with your points, as I said the teaching pedagogy of MBA is based on case studies, live projects and group assignments, so person with work experience will surely have advantage over freshers.

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Shaban | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-20 11:18:52

@||Nikhlesh Mathur|| I agree with your views, that students must have some years of work experience before applying for MBA.

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Dennis Vasanthakumar Paul | Guide-Level 12

2011-10-20 10:57:52

In UK the univesities offer MBA with many specilised streams. Also they have three levels of MBA being offered in many universites. This cannot be compared with Bschools or good Bchools in India. The whole concept and system of education is totally different. 1.Freshers MBA. any student who has mor

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Shaban | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-20 09:42:24

Waiting form comments from experts like@||Vikas Naidu||

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Shaban | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-20 09:42:00

Waiting form comments from experts like@||prudhv|| @||sameera33519|| @||SmritiMatra|| @||Suryap2012|| @||Sathya Gopinath||

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