MBA Student Profile: Jon Little, IE

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Introduction
1. What were you doing before your MBA?
2. What were your main reasons for deciding to attend business school?
3. What research did you undertake in selecting your school?
4. What were the main criteria in your selection?
5. Why did you decide to study either in your own country or overseas?
6. How well do your think the MBA is regarded in your home country?
7. How are you financing your studies?
8. Did you apply for any scholarships? If so, which ones?
9. Have you already been, or do you intend to become an entrepreneur?
10. Are there any well-known and/or successful entrepreneurs that are alumni of your school?
11. How much do you expect to earn on graduation?
12. What do you expect to do on graduation and where do you expect to be based?
13. Where do you see yourself in ten years time:
14. How easy or difficult do you expect it to be to achieve these objectives?

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Jon Little tells us why he chose to do his MBA at IE and what the experience is teaching him.

1. What were you doing before your MBA?

Consulting

2. What were your main reasons for deciding to attend business school?

Personal Goal, Career Enhancement

3. What research did you undertake in selecting your school?

Rankings, Websites

4. What were the main criteria in your selection?

In order:
1) One year program
2) Rankings
3) International student body
4) Location

5. Why did you decide to study either in your own country or overseas?

I wanted the additional experiences that studying overseas would provide.

6. How well do your think the MBA is regarded in your home country?

It is probably not well known in the US. Most people in the US have never heard of any MBA programs outside of the US.

7. How are you financing your studies?

Savings & Loans

8. Did you apply for any scholarships? If so, which ones?

9. Have you already been, or do you intend to become an entrepreneur?

No, but I might consider it in the future

10. Are there any well-known and/or successful entrepreneurs that are alumni of your school?

Not that I can name.

11. How much do you expect to earn on graduation?

$120,000 - $130,000

12. What do you expect to do on graduation and where do you expect to be based?

I have not decided at this time

13. Where do you see yourself in ten years time:

a) Own Business
b) Senior employee (Senior Manager, Director etc.)
c) Downshifting for work life balance
answer b)

14. How easy or difficult do you expect it to be to achieve these objectives?

I expect it to be difficult or it wouldn't be worth it.

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Table of contents

1. What were you doing before your MBA?

2. What were your main reasons for deciding to attend business school?

3. What research did you undertake in selecting your school?

4. What were the main criteria in your selection?

5. Why did you decide to study either in your own country or overseas?

6. How well do your think the MBA is regarded in your home country?

7. How are you financing your studies?

8. Did you apply for any scholarships? If so, which ones?

9. Have you already been, or do you intend to become an entrepreneur?

10. Are there any well-known and/or successful entrepreneurs that are alumni of your school?

11. How much do you expect to earn on graduation?

12. What do you expect to do on graduation and where do you expect to be based?

13. Where do you see yourself in ten years time:

14. How easy or difficult do you expect it to be to achieve these objectives?

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Table of contents

Table of contents

1. What were you doing before your MBA?

2. What were your main reasons for deciding to attend business school?

3. What research did you undertake in selecting your school?

4. What were the main criteria in your selection?

5. Why did you decide to study either in your own country or overseas?

6. How well do your think the MBA is regarded in your home country?

7. How are you financing your studies?

8. Did you apply for any scholarships? If so, which ones?

9. Have you already been, or do you intend to become an entrepreneur?

10. Are there any well-known and/or successful entrepreneurs that are alumni of your school?

11. How much do you expect to earn on graduation?

12. What do you expect to do on graduation and where do you expect to be based?

13. Where do you see yourself in ten years time:

14. How easy or difficult do you expect it to be to achieve these objectives?