Any career switchers in the bowl? How were you able to decide which schools would truly support your non-traditional background? I'm considering reaching out for help from a career counsellor, but wanted to see if there are better/more effective ways to approach this.

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What are you switching from to? Most people go to mba specifically to switch so you’re fine in most places.

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Career switcher here! following

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Large majority of people at MBA are career switchers.

A career counsellor can be helpful, but candid conversations with alumni and current students helped me a lot more -- that's my honest advice.

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