Blog: Admissions…
By Melanie Johnston on Friday, September 11, 2009 / Bookmark & Share
Each year individuals looking to earn an MBA ask me, “What is most important for ensuring success when applying to the Virginia Tech MBA program?” This is a great question that ironically is best answered with a question, “What are your goals?”
A truly successful MBA applicant is a person who is confident and sure of their plans, whatever they may be in business. To get that sense of direction applicants need to ask themselves probing questions about their motivation in returning to school and enhancing or redirecting their career paths following their MBA studies.
Probing Questions:
1. Where do I see myself working? (type of company, rank, industry, location)
2. Who is in XYZ position that I aspire to have, how did they get there and what can I learn from their example?
3. How does the Virginia Tech MBA connect me with this career goal?
The answers to these and other questions should give an applicant great material for their application package. The bottomline is to ensure your success as an applicant you should have focused goals. Ultimately the MBA application is a tool designed to help the admissions committee gain useful insight about a candidate’s abilities AND ambition that might help us all determine if candidate “A” is a good fit for our program.