Essay Importance Of Work Experience

Importance of Work Experience for MS Applications

Let's begin with what's familiar – MBA. 'Coz when it comes to an international MBA degree, the significance of a 2-3 year work experience cannot be stressed enough. As an MBA candidate, you are likely to bring in more experience, diversity, knowledge and a bagful of case studies to share with your fellow MBA trainees, as compared to the fresh faced college graduate (Read Work experience for MBA- Why is it important?). But what if you were looking to apply for an international MS degree? If you are on the brink of graduation and toying with the idea of a paid gig, somewhere, you may want to consider its impact on your postponed academic journey. In this article, we will explore the pros and cons of a work experience in a Master's admission process, in the US.

Do people often choose to work before getting an MS degree? According to the GRE Test Taker Report, shown below for 2016, nearly 122k GRE examinees had 1-4 years of work experience. While the largest number belonged to the less-than-1 year (or basically no work record) slot with nearly 200k examinees, the little blue protrusions for test takers with over 15, or even 30, years of employment were quite hard to ignore. In fact, candidates

Master's applications require letters of recommendations and the admissions offices will not care for your office manager's stamp of approval. Being an academic degree, the only weight that will carry through will be that of your undergraduate professor or project adviser. The advantage of applying right out of college is that the faculty body would have had very little time to let the memory of you fade by, however absent minded they may be. Your recent classes, grades and class participation will be only a short reminiscing jog