Lot of people will criticize you for wasting your engineering knowledge by getting into a B-school while some may applaud you for moving towards a successful amalgamation of the glorious combo.
But do not get swayed by any of these contrasting notions.
While MBA and Btech is considered as a holy mix for an attractive CV in our motherland but going with the FAD or just blowing with the wind might not be the best approach to take admission into a Bschool.
Although it is true that most MBA aspirants and students are Btech students and also btech students have a higher conversion rate into top B schools than other graduates however it does not lead to one getting any advantage out of the Btech curriculum and be able to put it to use in the Mba curriculum as such.
I myself am a btech graduate pursuing MBA so I will step wise guide you to the advantages/disadvantages which I have faced up till now through my journey.
First of all: The entrance test:-B-Scl entrances are aptitude based and by aptitude i mean based upon elementary knowledge so honing calculus in engineering would not be helpful however we engineering students are exposed to writing various mcq based engineering entrance exams hence we have an idea and experience for time management,paper attempting strategy and quick calculations also most b-school exams have negative marking, a concept similar to engineering entrances.
Secondly:Profiling: Most B-schools do a profiling whether in the initial stage like ISb ,NMIMS or IIMS or at the GD-PI stage so there is doubt whether engineers are favoured or not? the thing with these elite institutes is that they want to keep a well balance in the batch i mean a good mix of engineering,science,commerce,arts background students also with regard to balanced sex ratio and a ratio between freshers and experienced students .So to achieve this target it is not viable that any b-school has a policy to favour or disregard engineering students altogether.
Thirdly: The Interview: Generally Bschools interviews are not technical in nature but they can get technical for engineering students specially if one of the panelist is an engineer and in most cases there would be one.So engineering students have an added burden of brushing through their engineering concepts before giving an interview.Also adequate knowledge about minor and major projects must be present as it is a favourite topic.
Fourth:The curriculum:Mba curriculum can be strenuous specially for arts students not habitual of attending so many classes and writing assignments hence engineers really take advantage of the situation and leap frog the others in academics while other graduates might get demotivated or disinterested engineering students can multitask as well as leapfrog the others.However the core content of the curriculum is not linked to engineering knowledge by even an iota.
Fifth:Specialization:As per popular notion Engineers fit into all specializations except finance however as per my experience although limited engineers take finance majors but the toppers in the finance batch came to be all engineers and this is by trend.Also engineers have an advantage of taking operations specialization which other graduates cannot.
But do not get swayed by any of these contrasting notions.
While MBA and Btech is considered as a holy mix for an attractive CV in our motherland but going with the FAD or just blowing with the wind might not be the best approach to take admission into a Bschool.
Although it is true that most MBA aspirants and students are Btech students and also btech students have a higher conversion rate into top B schools than other graduates however it does not lead to one getting any advantage out of the Btech curriculum and be able to put it to use in the Mba curriculum as such.
I myself am a btech graduate pursuing MBA so I will step wise guide you to the advantages/disadvantages which I have faced up till now through my journey.
First of all: The entrance test:-B-Scl entrances are aptitude based and by aptitude i mean based upon elementary knowledge so honing calculus in engineering would not be helpful however we engineering students are exposed to writing various mcq based engineering entrance exams hence we have an idea and experience for time management,paper attempting strategy and quick calculations also most b-school exams have negative marking, a concept similar to engineering entrances.
Secondly:Profiling: Most B-schools do a profiling whether in the initial stage like ISb ,NMIMS or IIMS or at the GD-PI stage so there is doubt whether engineers are favoured or not? the thing with these elite institutes is that they want to keep a well balance in the batch i mean a good mix of engineering,science,commerce,arts background students also with regard to balanced sex ratio and a ratio between freshers and experienced students .So to achieve this target it is not viable that any b-school has a policy to favour or disregard engineering students altogether.
Thirdly: The Interview: Generally Bschools interviews are not technical in nature but they can get technical for engineering students specially if one of the panelist is an engineer and in most cases there would be one.So engineering students have an added burden of brushing through their engineering concepts before giving an interview.Also adequate knowledge about minor and major projects must be present as it is a favourite topic.
Fourth:The curriculum:Mba curriculum can be strenuous specially for arts students not habitual of attending so many classes and writing assignments hence engineers really take advantage of the situation and leap frog the others in academics while other graduates might get demotivated or disinterested engineering students can multitask as well as leapfrog the others.However the core content of the curriculum is not linked to engineering knowledge by even an iota.
Fifth:Specialization:As per popular notion Engineers fit into all specializations except finance however as per my experience although limited engineers take finance majors but the toppers in the finance batch came to be all engineers and this is by trend.Also engineers have an advantage of taking operations specialization which other graduates cannot.
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