Would this work? (marketing)

[WestCoastNative]

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Hypothetically speaking, lets say that you got a bachelors degree in some biological sub-specialty that doesn't really have any jobs available. You try getting into medical school and you don't get in.. Would you be able to apply to an M.B.A. program with a concentration in marketing and become a marketing manager? Let's say that you got a 3.8+ with great extracurriculars while getting your bachelors. All hypothetical though, I'm just wondering if you'd be able to get out of that dead end.

 

[pepocho]

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[WestCoastNative]

I heard that you have to have a few years of business experience before applying for an MBA at a good university, but since I'd be getting a bachelors in a biology degree, I obviously wouldn't be able to get that type of experience; or does it not matter as much as people try to make it matter?

 

[ciestar]

I heard that you have to have a few years of business experience before applying for an MBA at a good university, but since I'd be getting a bachelors in a biology degree, I obviously wouldn't be able to get that type of experience; or does it not matter as much as people try to make it matter?

My fiance works in finance and says that experience is crazy important for MBA programs.

 

[WestCoastNative]

My fiance works in finance and says that experience is crazy important for MBA programs.

So should I maybe change my major, just in case?

 

[ciestar]

You technically could do that and take pre-reqs for med school to cover all your bases.

But honestly, do what you want to do and pursue it with confidence.
Don't just change your major because you want a back up plan.

 

[WestCoastNative]

You technically could do that and take pre-reqs for med school to cover all your bases.

But honestly, do what you want to do and pursue it with confidence.
Don't just change your major because you want a back up plan.

Well I love my major, but now that I'm in college I realized that its all not as simple as I thought it was. There's a big chance for every premed out there of not getting accepted.

 

[SunsFun]

You technically could do that and take pre-reqs for med school to cover all your bases.

But honestly, do what you want to do and pursue it with confidence.
Don't just change your major because you want a back up plan.

That's not the case. The chances to get into top MBA program are around zero without at least 2 years of full-time work experience.

OP, MBA programs look favorably on things like consulting, investment banking, possibly engineering, IT. That said, if you can be a rock star in any job and rise up in ranks very fast overall several years - you will have a great shot at many good programs. This is assuming everything else is in place.

 

[ciestar]

That's not the case. The chances to get into top MBA program are around zero without at least 2 years of full-time work experience.

OP, MBA programs look favorably on things like consulting, investment banking, possibly engineering, IT. That said, if you can be a rock star in any job and rise up in ranks very fast overall several years - you will have a great shot at many good programs. This is assuming everything else is in place.

When did I say it didn't require experience? 😕

I merely suggested that if OP wants that kind of plan, OP could major in business and get a degree in that (HIGHLY recommend an internship/co-op along the way), apply to med school and if that fails, find a full time job in business and work your way up to getting your MBA, eventually.

 

[WestCoastNative]

How hard would a dual major be with neurobiology and business administration? Thanks for answering my questions btw. I know that they're coming off naive.

 

[Gauss44]

Hypothetically speaking, lets say that you got a bachelors degree in some biological sub-specialty that doesn't really have any jobs available. You try getting into medical school and you don't get in.. Would you be able to apply to an M.B.A. program with a concentration in marketing and become a marketing manager? Let's say that you got a 3.8+ with great extracurriculars while getting your bachelors. All hypothetical though, I'm just wondering if you'd be able to get out of that dead end.

Yes. Depending on the program you are applying to, you might need to do at least a few months of an internship at a marketing company and have a good informed reason for wanting to make the switch. (I use to work for a marketing company.)

 

[Goro]

Yes. You don't need a degree in finance to get an MBA; a colleague who had her PhD in Immunology went and got her MBA at night. She later went into sales and is not doing "bench-to-bedside" product development.


Hypothetically speaking, lets say that you got a bachelors degree in some biological sub-specialty that doesn't really have any jobs available. You try getting into medical school and you don't get in.. Would you be able to apply to an M.B.A. program with a concentration in marketing and become a marketing manager?