When should I apply for the MBA? 27 Male. Graduated with the engineering bachelors at 22. Worked for a year. (Till 23). Went back to school for my engineering masters & graduated at 25. Worked for one year at Mercedes Benz till 26 and now at my current job at DHL for a little over 4 months and just turned 27.
Total work experience of 2.5 years. Scattered across 3 great companies. MBA average is 7 years of work experience but that would put me at 32ish. Should I apply for an EMBA then?

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I'm 28, studying GMAT, going to be in b school at 39 and graduate at 32.

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23-28 6 years FT experience, by the time I apply I would have 7 YoE.

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Who said the average is 7? At top schools, it’s 5. But also, having masters might make up for the lower work experience.

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You’re going to have 3 yoe at matriculation with 1 yr at each of the 3 companies. I’d be wary about how this looks to adcom.

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