Hello my friend. Happy to offer up some advice here. Yes, you will for sure be on the older side. This means that for US programs, you will need to do some research to see which programs are most open to older candidates. HBS for example is not, whereas Tuck and Duke are. From there, you should also consider European programs. There, the average age tends to be even 5 years OLDER than the range in the US. IMD, for example, is known for finding its graduates GREAT jobs (highest salaries) after graduation, and they specialize in older candidates. And yes, you will be able to find a job; the trick will be to convince the adcom that you are NOT at a dead end in your current career. That’s not what they wanna see—they wanna know that for unusual reasons, you are just a bit older than most. Military service is a GREAT reason you are a few years behind. They are accustomed to this. When I was in HBS we had one girl in my class who was 37—she was from China. J So provided that you account for this carefully in your app, you should be just fine this year my friend! Jon Frank Co-Founder Precision Essay http://www.precisionessay.com ※ 引述《askMBA (PTT_MBA)》之铭言： : 想请教各位板友或是板上的consultant : 我是男生，大学毕业後当兵，退伍之後已经工作七年，目前33岁 : 上周刚考完托福，GMAT则是前两年就考好了，还在有效期限内 : 原本我打算工作三四年就出去，但是因为某些因素，就一直工作到现在 : 现在我想，如果我今年提出入学申请，我想申请top10的学校 : 如果申请顺利，也是要等到明年7、8月才会出去(出去时应该34岁了) : 然後念个两年毕业是我大概就36岁了 : 这样会不会太老? : 我有个稳定的女友，但是她不太可能跟我一起去，因为她父母还需要靠她工作赚钱 : 所以她一直劝我打消出国的念头，留在台湾好好工作跟她一起奋斗。 : 不过我觉得以目前的收入和职等虽然还可以， : 但我感觉再做个五年十年大概就很难升上去了， : 身边的人大部份都没有出国念过书， : 他们一直认为我34岁还要出国真的太晚了， : 就算去了好学校，36岁的毕业生也没有人会愿意用 : 就算是大企业的trainee计画，可能也都是要用年轻的是吗? : 我越听越担心，但是又不甘心就这样放弃念书的计画。 : 大家觉得念MBA要几岁以前去呢? : 像我现在已经33了还要申请，明年34才出去，会不会太老呢? : 而毕业时36岁是不是真的很难找工作呢? : 恳请大家赐教。 -- HBS 2005 http://www.precisionessay.com/ --

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