What are the 10 best ways to maximize your MBA investment? |
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As you begin planning for your MBA experience, previous MBA students have offered advice on what to prioritize to get the most out of your investment:
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Meet new people (hint: ask local students for recommendations on things to do…it breaks the ice!). Aim to expand your network into new geographies, industries, and roles. Numerous clients have found best friends in their class, even after graduating!
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Cultivate your existing relationships. It's exciting to meet new people, but make sure to maintain old relationships -- whether that's with your partner, pre-MBA friends, or family.
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Choose 1-2 areas to focus your recruiting, assuming the peak recruiting periods do not overlap (you’ll learn more about this in the early weeks of the 100WS). Any more, and you will spread yourself thin. Use ProValues to help identify areas that are going to drive your longer-run happiness.
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Start looking through (and applying to!) our compiled list of MBA scholarships! MBAs are expensive, and you may be happy to find you qualify for several different scholarships!
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Explore a hackathon or venture competition. Even if entrepreneurship isn’t a passion, you will emerge with amazing stories, relationships, and a “can-do” mindset that will energize you for months to come.
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Identify 1-2 courses that nobody would expect you to take. For me, it was marketing, and it was one of the most valuable courses I explored. You never know what links you will draw with your core goals, and taking something different will help you stand out.
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As long as you pass, focus on learning instead of grades. In 13 years of doing business, we’ve never heard a client lament that their grades weren’t high enough to achieve their goal. We have heard people who talked about thriving in classes they stretched into. And yes, people do get terrific results (including great grades) using this mindset!
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Travel internationally at least once to a place you haven’t been. Doing your MBA will naturally put you in more of a growth mindset, which will help you get more out of any travel experience. As you’d learn in one of the later 100WS weeks, a cost-savings tip is to focus on travel experiences you can’t do at any other time. You’ll know those experiences when you hear about them.
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Avoid unhealthy focus on what others are doing, and “fear of missing out” (FOMO). You have your own reasons for getting your MBA. No need to question them by looking at successes others are having. They have their own reasons and skills for doing what they are doing, and you have yours. Have confidence in yourself to thrive!
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Focus on your wellness. Eating right, getting rest, and building physical, mental and emotional strength are all critical success factors on enjoying your journey. During the 100 Week Sprint, we will be sharing tips from HumanlyWell and others to enhance your wellness.
Bonus tip: Have fun! You don’t have to be productive 100% of the time you are there. Whether it is through sports, arts, or other passions you have, doing something that makes you happy just for the sake of it is a great investment in yourself.
The 100 Week Sprint team
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Looking to get a head start? |
Over the next 100 weeks, we will refer to ProValues, our online career diagnostic tool, to help you identify what motivates you. We would love for you to get started sooner than later on the tool, and therefore are offering ProValues for 75% off (use code T3022 during registration) to you if you register before March 1st, 2022.
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Know someone interested in 100 Week Sprint? |
Interested in helping others get the most out of their MBA experiences? Want to already be seen as a helper to your peers? Refer your classmates to 100 Week Sprint. Each person listing you as their referrer enters you into our raffle for a $250 Amazon gift card!
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