If you have served in the military, corporations want you, and that means top MBA programs want you too. Even if your [subject:'gmat' GMAT score] leaves a little to be desired, your experience serving can give you a serious edge.
According to coporate recruiters, veterans bring an affinity for leadership and strong teamwork skills to their workplaces, and tend to be highly successful in business because of their keen sense discipline and ability to create camaraderie amongst coworkers. Recently, the Wall Street Journal detailed exactly what makes veterans so attractive to schools. “They automatically know how to work in a team and they have respect, an impotant characteristic for business schools.” Stacy Blackman, an MBA admissions consultant, told the paper.
Thanks to programs like the Yellow Ribbon program, and the funding increase in the GI bill, Business Schools are able to do more than ever to help attract veterans to their programs with military job fairs, dedicated veteran’s scholarships, and government partnered scholarships. Along with these initiatives, which can not only assist with tution costs, but also housing and books, many schools are have created transitional programs that start a few weeks before the school term that can help ease nontraditional students into campus life, or teach them how to translate their military backgrounds into corporate friendly language.
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