Why Should an English Major Get an MBA?
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...