Sasin MBA FAQ
Admission
Q43: Can I apply if I already have an MBA?
Q44: I have attached my resume, transcript, and test scores. Can you assess my chance of admissions?
Q45: What undergraduate major do you require for MBA admission?
Q46: Is an applicant at a disadvantage without previous course work in business?
Q47: Are there any course pre-requisites for non-business students?
Q48: As a university student, is there a preferred undergraduate major that I should choose to prepare for my MBA degree?
Q49: I am still an undergraduate student. Do you have any advice about what I can do to increase my chances of admission?
Q50: Can you recommend some additional courses that I should take prior to coming to the Sasin MBA program?
Q51: I don't do well on standardized tests, but I notice that a lot of business schools report very high average GMAT scores. Should I bother applying?
Q52: What are the admissions criteria?
Q53: What is weighted most heavily in the admission evaluation process?
Q43: Can I apply if I already have an MBA?
A43: Yes, although in your application you should explain why you want a second MBA.
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Q44: I have attached my resume, transcript, and test scores. Can you assess my chance of admissions?
A44: We cannot evaluate your qualifications based on the information provided. We look at a candidate's overall strengths and weaknesses and compare that profile against the larger applicant pool. Some other aspects such as leadership (both personal and professional), essays, recommendations will also need to be considered.
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Q45: What undergraduate major do you require for MBA admission?
A45: We do not require or favor a particular undergraduate major. We admit students with diverse undergraduate majors representing subject areas from the sciences, liberal arts and humanities.
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Q46: Is an applicant at a disadvantage without previous course work in business?
A46: No. Approximately 50% of the MBA class have non-business backgrounds. Please see the class profile for more details.
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Q47: Are there any course pre-requisites for non-business students?
A47: No. However, we highly encourage familiarity with calculus, statistics, and accounting.
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Q48: As a university student, is there a preferred undergraduate major that I should choose to prepare for my MBA degree?
A48: There is no best undergraduate major for business school. Therefore, choose a major that you find interesting and engaging. Some MBA students have majored in various fields with many of them coming from the pure liberal arts.
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Q49: I am still an undergraduate student. Do you have any advice about what I can do to increase my chances of admission?
A49: There is no common set of guidelines for entering MBA programs. You may wish to check out the web sites of particular schools that interest you. At Sasin, we generally request that a candidate have a minimum of one year of work experience. In terms of course work, the stronger your quantitative background, the better prepared you should be to take accounting, finance, statistics, and other quantitative courses offered in the curriculum. We are also interested in your extra-curricular activities at the undergraduate level and beyond.
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Q50: Can you recommend some additional courses that I should take prior to coming to the Sasin MBA program?
A50: We recommend the following preparatory courses: calculus, statistics, financial accounting, macro-or-micro-economics, and corporate finance.
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Q51: I don't do well on standardized tests, but I notice that a lot of business schools report very high average GMAT scores. Should I bother applying?
A51: First of all, keep in mind that those are average scores derived from a range of scores. Second, the GMAT is only a part of the evaluation process, although a very important one. If other parts of your application, such as academic performance, work experience, extracurricular/leadership activities, recommendations, and essays are very strong, do not let your GMAT scores discourage you.
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Q52: What are the admissions criteria?
A52: There are three criteria for admission: intellectual ability, leadership potential, and personal qualities. For more details, please refer to our admissions criteria.
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Q53: What is weighted most heavily in the admission evaluation process?
A53: This varies from school to school. At Sasin, every part of your application is important. Each part has an equal weight when reviewing an individual file or when comparing one applicant to another. We do not admit students based upon a formula, and admission is not about admitting candidates with the highest numbers.
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