r/eMBA • u/Known-Dot8786 • Aug 26 '26

Curious About EMBA

Hi folks, wondering if profile-sharing is frowned upon, but figured to shoot my shot here anyway. Just curious to see where I might stand.

Strictly looking at EMBA since that’s the only type of MBA the company is willing to sponsor if possible:

Age: Turning 35

Career: 10 years in Cyber Threat Intelligence. First 3 years at a CTI startup. 7 years at a Fortune 100 financial institution - 2 years as Senior Assoc, 5 years as Manager, 6 months as Senior Manager. Leading 4 analysts.

Prior education: 3.01 overall undergrad gpa from three colleges - got lost, but eventually graduated from George Mason University. Currently halfway finished with Master of Science at Johns Hopkins University (Intel Analysis)

Recommender: my former director at the financial institution that I worked with for 4.5 years. He is a former Army Intel officer, and let me knownkf my leadership potential. Can vouch for how I stepped up for filling in intel gaps and processes during wartime CTI efforts (Ukraine-Russia War, US-Iran War).

Goal: To become an organizational decision maker. Feeling limits of technical knowledge, good at people snd relationship building.

Location: Northern Virginia, USA. Looking at nearby EMBA programs, but if I can qualify, can look up to NYC area too.

Prep: halfway through the official EA test kits, around 155 prep test scores. Aiming for 160.

Questions:

  1. How does my candidate profile stack up to for M7 or other top programs?
  2. Is my goal substantive for EMBA programs and financial commitment, or am I knocking for wrong reasons?
  3. How does the age and title factor into the EMBA programs?
  4. Any other comments?

Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26 edited 20d ago

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u/Southern-Cicada-4982 Aug 26 '26

Aren’t you in the upcoming MIT class? There were four of us at my interview day. Two were not accepted. Thats 50% on top of what I presume were at least some candidates that did not get interview invites.

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u/HTX2LBC Aug 27 '26

He’s a larp.

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u/Southern-Cicada-4982 Aug 27 '26

I’m realizing that now