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Why an MBA Program Could Want a Stay-at-Home Mom

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Photo courtesy donnierayjones from Flickr.com Last time I talked about the advantages of being an English major going into an MBA program. I'm also part of another underrepresented group in MBA programs--women returning to the work force after being stay-at-home moms via an MBA program. I was more nervous about being part of this group than being an English major. While I certainly had been working (24-hour shifts, 7 days per week, for 15 years), I hadn't been out in the work force for quite some time, and was pretty sure it would work against me. Well, I got my application in on the second round for UT-Dallas's full-time MBA program, received an invitation for an interview several days later, and was accepted within a month! A little surprised that I was invited to interview in the first place, I was prepared for a rigorous process (one current student interview, then an interview with the director of admissions). I prepped by working through how my expe...
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Why Should an English Major Get an MBA?

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Photo by  Icons8 Team  on  Unsplash Sixteen years ago, I had my B.A. in English in hand and was accepted to a great graduate program to study Shakespeare.  Then, you know...life.  Five babies and 16 years later, I'm applying for MBA programs rather than cracking open my dusty Shakespeare. Fellow English majors may wonder, am I betraying my roots? I love literature, and I always plan to be a reader. I get serious shivers when I read well-crafted sentences even now. But I also see a need for people who can read critically and write sympathetically in the business world, who can easily assimilate different points of view and address them. A few years ago I dipped my toe in the multi-level marketing world. I was amazed at how much business I drummed up from regularly and authentically posting on social media. I spent so much time in college writing and editing on a schedule for my university newspaper, this was no big deal for me. But it can be...
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