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testmachine45

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Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by testmachine45 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:41 pm

Really?

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rayiner

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Re: Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by rayiner » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:49 pm

Yes.

The class has its share of people without particularly interesting pre-LS jobs, but a lot of my class was in finance/consulting/engineering prior to coming here.

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Re: Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by Jack Smirks » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:50 pm

I don't attend NW but everyone I know who does had at least two years corporate or like WE.

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Re: Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by testmachine45 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:35 pm

That's great.

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Re: Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by IAFG » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:58 am

testmachine45 wrote:That's great.
i mean, not really. it isn't so much that having WE will help as that not having it will really hurt.

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Re: Does Northwestern REALLY like business/corporate experience?

Post by scf » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:22 pm

I applied straight out of undergrad (waitlisted). My on-campus interviewer said something to the effect that my WE (variety of substantial part-time jobs during school; also played a year-round varsity sport) was comparable to full-time WE. I was also a 25/75% splitter. I also talked to a prof there who said less than 10 incoming students were straight from undergrad and he was surprised I was even waitlisted. That being said, I think if you don't have WE an interview is essential

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