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