I am interested in pursuing an MBA at this point in my career to better prepare myself as I transition out of the military in the near future. A MBA from GWU will further define the leadership and managerial skills I have already learned inside the United States Air Force. In addition to an MBA, my past experience with managing people inside very harsh climates and physically and mentally challenging scenarios will set me apart from others in the career path I choose. Earning an MBA has always been a dream of mine, but one I never thought would be attainable because of the constant deployments and the financial requirements it takes to obtain an MBA. Fortunately, right now in my life I’m in a position where these conditions do not exist because …show more content…
GWU is also a very military friendly school. I know this because I have spoken to a few members of the armed service who attended GWU and they all spoke highly of GWU. So to have the opportunity to pursue an MBA degree online from a school that promotes academic excellence was a huge reason why I am applying. GWU is also located in an area that will give me many opportunities to network with people in the Washington, D.C area including the opportunity to learn from influential speakers that can further mold me into a better leader. I’m specifically applying to be accepted into an MBA program with a concentration in consulting. My career in the Air Force has exposed me to multiple scenarios, setbacks, and achievements. These situations have intrigued me to pursue a civilian career in consulting. I am currently the lead consultant for the Commander of the Component Maintenance Squadron on all deployment requirements and logistic planning. My ability to remain attentive and alert in many environments has produced exceptional results for my team as well as myself. So I believe an MBA with a concentration in consulting will be an acute tool for my future career choice once I transition out of the
Nursing is a profession full of changes and growth, and nursing is seen to be a career with multiple opportunities in a variety of options, whether it be working in a physician office, hospital, an outpatient clinic or in a patient’s home. Obtaining a higher level of education in nursing, has a significant role in the outcome of our patients. This allows nurses to perform as primary care providers when pursuing a master’s degree, become more sufficient critical thinkers, allows significant changes in salary, a wide variety of different career options and be more involved in leadership. Obtaining a bachelor’s of science in nursing (BSN) degree is important for an associate degree nurse to understand the effects it may have on their career,
Throughout my 10-year career, I have consistently performed above my peers. The experience that I have amassed though out my career would be an invaluable asset the warrant officer corps. My intelligence and greater understanding of Army aviation makes me an expert at area of the aviation field. I have developed training that enabled a combat aviation brigade maintain all of its Helicopters operational and increasing its operational readiness. I have designing tools that reduce aircraft down times culminating in an above average mission readiness rates. I have earned waivers for promotions, and have been promoted below the zone. My unyielding desire to improve does not stop at a professional level. I have been pursuing an Associate’s
How they are working to make higher education cheaper and why higher education is important.
While in high school, all you hear is people asking questions such as what college are you planning to attend once you’ve graduated, and what are you planning on majoring in, assuming you are going. Although, what if you do not want to go straight to college once you have graduated high school? What if the student’s want to wait, should you still push high school students to go to a university even though they do not wish to attend a college? High schools advertise institutions of higher education and make it sound like the only option available and if you, the student, choose not to do it you are put down or are made to feel as if you are not as good as other students that are going to a four-year college. By filling
Looking to the future, post-MBA, I will enter a new phase of my military career, transitioning from a company grade officer to a field grade officer. With that shift come higher echelon positions, significantly greater responsibilities, and a distinct need for a strategic mindset and skills. My short to mid-term goals are to have successful commands at the battalion and brigade levels. In the long-term, post-military, I want to start an organization focused on bringing military veterans and children with one or no parents together; providing a productive and fulfilling activity for the veterans and a positive male and/or female role model for the children.
An internship defined as a formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession. It’s easy to learn about something in the classroom and take a test on it and move on; but when you actually do the work in the real life, you see that you do not understanding all and how much more you need to learn first. My internship was at ArroGen Advance Forensics; and the internship gave me a lot more than just experience. While I was there I performed many different tasks and learned lots of skills.
My decision to enroll in college has been one that I have been pondering for the last three decades. During my last year of high school, I met a friend who was surprised that was not planning on enrolling at the local community college. As I've matured and joined the United States Marine Corps, I had an opportunity to start my college journey. Surprisingly, that was in 1978. From 1978 to 2009 my journey took me to my midpoint and I received my Associates Degree. The thrill of receiving that Associates degree motivated me to start on my undergraduate journey. There were several reasons why I decided to start this journey in addition to the thrill and it ranges from making new friends, preparing for new career, learn new skills, and most importantly to increase my knowledge. That is why I decided to enroll at American Military University in pursuit of my undergraduate degree in Emergency Management (EM) and Preparedness.
I am ready to begin an educational experience at Olin Business School that will provide me with the business knowledge I lack at this point in my career in order to shape my future business career and succeed in the financial field. I am confident that my professional experiences reinforced by the personal dedication, hard work and business ethics I have built in the last five years have refined me to seek a superior education from Olin. I am very excited to be able to challenge myself by setting my professional goals very high knowing that an MBA from Olin will undoubtedly help me to reach my short-term and long-term goals and support me to prolong my passion throughout my career.
My academic experience includes State University as well as University of Phoenix. However, my experience at Phoenix earned me an MBA with a 3.61 GPA and I believe this experience proves my ability to survive a rigorous master’s degree program. It was an intense weekly program with weekly presentations, papers and extensive reading. The intensity of the program challenged my intellect and abilities and it was great preparation for Yale’s MPS program.
Academic advising plays a huge role in students’ lives and it is a share responsibility between the student and their advisors. There are many ways in which advising benefit students. Advising enhance students’ abilities to utilize the resources that colleges provide for their students. Guiding students to stay in the right track of their academic courses and following up with all the updates and requirements to graduate is also objectives of the advisors. Advisors encourage students to get involved in the college activities, such as clubs, sports, extra courses and so on of the resources that are available for students. They help students to find scholarships and prepare them to transfer to the next step of what they want to do after their college careers. There are many positive effects of having an advisor in your college career. However, many students these days do not take an advantage of this resource due to lack of Advising communication and others. Although the advising office and the advisors lack several skills, such as good communication, not enough time spent with students, and limited knowledge. However, there are many positive effects of having advisors
My long term career goal is to found my own financial company that specializes in applying advanced analytics tools to solve complex financial problems. Having worked as a financial analytics analyst for more than 6 months at Enova Financial, a Chicago-based consumer online financing company, my passion towards financial analytics is reinforced. Ranging from basic data query and reporting to predictive modeling and optimization, data analytics has assumed a more important role in today’s financial services industry. Mastering data analytics could help financial institutions acquire the relevant information in the shortest amount of time and make the informed decisions thereafter. Since personal loan industry is only the niche of financial services, I would like to broaden my horizon of the financial knowledge by gaining a deeper understanding of its principle and its application in order to achieve my loan term goal. Entering a full-time master in finance program, as such, becomes the best option for me.
...chieve our goals. Personally I have chosen the MBA program, an especially US based one, to differentiate myself from others, to create a competitive advantage on the human resources market place and to use the gained knowledge to help my organization being more competitive.
After looking at hundreds of schools, thinking about multiple factors of schools, I finally picked the University of Washington-Seattle as my first choice for transferring. The TEP (Transfer and Education Plan) helped me through the process of exploration. By doing the interests test on WOIS, meeting with an academic advisor, attending transfer fair, and making the concept maps, I found out that I was sure to major in business, therefore the Foster School of Business would be where I would go. Business major requires a wide range of knowledge. Economics is a class that I have to take and I think might be difficult. Online tutoring will be a good help for me. Although the UW is a school with high reputation, especially the Foster school is very hard to get in, I still want to
My long-term professional aspiration is to enter the field of international management consulting. A MBA from your school in interdisciplinary studies will enhance my understanding of all aspects of business. This will contribute significantly to becoming effective in the consulting profession. I am extremely enthusiastic about the future of International Business. I believe that there are major breakthroughs yet to be made in the field. After completing a MBA in your school, I hope to gain practical experience and exposure with a major international business firms. Eventually, I wish to establish my own consulting company providing various financial and managerial services.
The further education in today’s modern world is extremely important because of the sheer competition for jobs. An MBA significantly increases the hiring opportunities and improves a persons career choices significantly. My research found that a number of huge companies actually required an MBA to even get a first interview. The MBA teaches different techniques from companies and the undergraduate degrees, so you learn skills that are essentially very much exclusive to graduate business programs. It is clear that the MBA degree is sought by Finance companies as currently JP Morgan, Chase, HSBC and Wells Fargo currently offer sponsorships for employees to continue their education if they work for the company for a certain period of ti...