Question: Why is an MBA the next logical step towards achieving your short-term and long-term professional goals? Why is the William and Mary MBA the right program for you? (800 words)
My career goal is to transform family business into a new enterprise that connects to world market. Before doing that, I should go to other companies to accumulate my work experience and to learn skills that can be used in real situation, and that is the short-term goal to accomplish my long-term goal. To achieve the short-term goal and the long-term goal, studying in the MBA program is the process must be done, and the William and Mary MBA is one of my best choices.
First of all, as the second oldest university in U.S.A and the member of "Public Ivy", College of William and Mary has high reputation and also has the high ranking of MBA programs. The high ranking of the William and Mary MBA makes the MBA program have a lot of alumni in different industries, so students have powerful network with each other. It also means that students have more opportunities to have internship in the industries in which they are interested or get good work experience after graduating. That is really important for me to achieve my short-term goal because I need to accumulate my work experience and learn the skills that can be applied to real situation.
Second, the Executive Partners network of the William and Mary MBA offers students something unique in higher business education. The William and Mary MBA has a group of more than 100 senior business executives from more than 20 different industries. Active, semi-retired or retired business executives offer guidance to students and share their own experience with students, and they also provide different perspectives for students because they are from various industries. The executive partners know what's under the hood of business because most of them are leaders in their industries. Therefore, they can give some advices to students who are confused about what they need to enhance. This part of the William and Mary MBA really helps me to accomplish my short-term goal and long-term goal.
The last but not the least, the Mason School MBA has Field Consultancy Programs. In the second year, MBA students have chances to work as consultants charged with identifying, researching and proposing a solution for a real business problem faced by their client organization. Furthermore, each project team works under the guidance of a faculty supervisor and Executive Partners to address management issues, develop a deeper understanding of the interdependence of functional areas, and polish teamwork and communication skills. It means that Mason's Field Consultancy Programs let students build valuable experience and translate business theory into reality. Therefore, the programs of the Mason School MBA are really helpful for me if I want to transform my family business into a new enterprise that can connect to world market.
Based on the reasons mentioned above, the Mason School MBA has a lot of advantages that other MBA programs do not have and can help me achieve my career goal, so the Mason School MBA is one of the best MBA programs I want to apply for.
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There you have it Chiang, I hope my insights helped.
