MBA Help - medical leave

NinjaScout You should disclose your true circumstances, especially with regard to your medical situation. You will not be discriminated against. If it helps you, I have close friends who have gotten into top 5 schools globally after maternity breaks and under critical medically related employment gaps. On the plus side, you are currently on medical leave. Once you indicate this, the school will consider the information in your resume, essays, and CVs from before your leave of absence.

Our insecurities surface when we fear being judged. The job gap can be a dreaded topic of conversation for job seekers and MBA applicants alike. Optimistically, however, the gap can also be seen as an opportunity to pursue passion projects or activities that give meaning to our lives. We have worked with applicants who have taken a very long career breaks and they probably did not have an MBA in mind when they decided to take time out. However, the conviction to stay productive and learn new skills during the break was of great benefit to the MBA profile for all of them.

if I were in your shoes, I wouldn't just limit the discussion of the gap to the optional essay. Instead, I'd integrate it into other essays, explaining the rational/reason and perhaps adding more in the extracurricular activities essays, outlining the activities I pursued and the growth and development of perspective I experienced during that time. I personally believe that being proactive in speaking about an area that could raise questions, is a better way to manage this in B school applications.


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Aanchal Sahni (INSEAD alum, former INSEAD MBA admissions interviewer)
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NinjaScout:

Look carefully at that post. That person was talking about 4-5 weeks of leave. You are talking about a year. That's a major difference.

­NinjaScout,

As rightly said above, disclosing your medical circumstances can work in your favor. It's all about how you show it to the Adcoms in your applications.

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