Study in the United States apply for MBA
lots of people, but it is not easy to apply. So what factors influence MBA
application study in the United States?
1. The GMAT scores
GMAT (the Graduate Management Admission
Test, the enterprise Management postgraduate entrance exam) is a specialized
business used to Test students' ability for standardized Test, the key is to
Test the candidate in the general business environment of the understanding,
analysis and presentation skills.
The GMAT tests skills at present has been
widely used as the mba entrance examination, is currently the most reliable
test whether candidates have successfully completed the degree of master of
business administration program learning ability test project. Earlier in the
United States is the business school admission audit and make the test, but
today including Europe and the asia-pacific region, including more than 1500
business schools require the applicant to provide effective GMAT scores,
especially for the MBA degree.
2. Toefl Toefl scores
TOEFL (The Test of English as a Foreign
Language, referred to as The TOEFL) is by The American education Test service
(ETS) hold English Test, The full name is "Test do not have English as
their mother tongue English proficiency Test", "Chinese for"
TOEFL ".
The top fifty business schools, the general
requirement of the students in toefl scores more than 100 points, some oral and
writing single fraction and additional requirements, such as speaking and
writing individual provisions shall not be less than twenty points.
GPA restrictions
The general business of the applicant's GPA
have minimum requirements. Generally the stage of undergraduate GPA should be
in 3.0 above; If the application of the top business school, best can reach
above 3.5 GPA. If the applicant's GPA is low, need to through the GMAT scores,
work experience, personal statement and letter to compensate for such factors.
If the applicant has obtained when application, or will get a master's degree,
must be submitted to the business school undergraduate and post-graduate stage
separate GPA restrictions.
4. Full-time work experience and resume
Your resume can't pay attention to too much
of. If the GMAT is the ability to learn the first impression, the resume is a
actual achievement of the first impression, because essay and application
letter generally longer, and resume is the most objective description one
background of a simple and direct manner, most of the business school admission
committee in writing material thing that often look from your resume. The
applicant should be in your resume, put your most flash achievement short
effectively describe them.
MBA graduate school application and apply
for the biggest difference is that American business school MBA applicants
often required at least two years of full-time work experience. Most American
business school MBA program goal is to develop the future business world
leader, it is hard to imagine a without any full-time work experience students
can only through the MBA study to achieve this goal. Full-time work experience
shows that the applicant has in the work have the relevant experience and
achievement, know their own shortcomings and know how to improve, also can
fully reflect his work in the future the potential. At the same time, the
business school students to learn from each other and influence between the MBA
education is an important part of the student's work experience for other
students and the whole MBA class, is precious wealth, so the more in the front
of the school for the applicant has good full-time work background. Former us
fifty name of the business school in recent years admission MBA new average
usually have 3 years of full-time work experience, and the first ten business
school admission is generally in the enterprise has been proposed to more
important management position or with rich management experience.
In addition to length, the quality of the
work experience is also very important. The company, position, salary, working
achievement is evaluation work experience quality standard.
5. Letter of recommendation
American business school general
requirements MBA applicants to 2-3 letters of recommendation, this is a very
important application materials. And apply for other master major is different,
MBA recommendations should try to look for and the applicant has working
relationship professionals to write, during the university had taught course
professor should not be commonly as a reference. Of course, if you were in
university professor and cooperation completed some work than the achievement
also deserves to be praised, also can ask professor wrote. If you know in this
school is successful alumni and he and you work in a current, this letter of
recommendation can let the admission committee feel kind and trustworthy.
6. Application forms (Essay)
The applicant according to the school to
the topic and write articles, it is the most important MBA application process
is the most fee painstaking care original written documents. The Essay is the
comprehensive embodiment of the quality, the business school admission review
the decision of the council has a significant effect. First of all, expression
and communication skills in the business sector is an important factor in
success. If the application articles are written is bad, admission committee
have what reason to believe that you will in the future business environment
success. Secondly, the style is the man, admission committee is also think so,
if you can in the article showed his wisdom and other can prove the success of
your characteristics, that your application is much higher success rate.
Admission committee one day to see a lot of application letter, so your article
can let a person shine at the moment is very important. If an intermediary to
you don't do too much understanding and direct help you write the application
materials, that such material is certainly won't be good. A good essay must be
your achievements, potential and a kind of special form in the admission
committee before, so you get good school admission chance is more big.
7. The interview
Interview there are several forms:
(1) to the school interview. Conditional
and have the confidence to oneself the applicants to choose this way, because
it will make admission committee have an intuitive deep impression. Can I get
two top 30 school full prize admission and interview performance has a lot to
do. If your English is very good, good communication skills, plus image good,
try to choose this way.
(2) video interview. To exercise yourself
in front of a camera natural self-confidence sincere. The interview smile as
much as possible.
(3) telephone interview. A lot of
homecoming because someone can't see the answer and print them out and meet
related problems can be read to. If you English is no confidence, so to do.
But, had better not, because someone is very easy to recognize you are reading.
Don't because it is a phone interview is not smile. Believe me, the other side
can feel.
In a word, no matter what kind of
interview, must be honest, confident, smile!
