{"id":5354,"date":"2011-04-12T10:04:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=5354"},"modified":"2022-01-27T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:27:47","slug":"mission-admission-a-second-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mission-admission-a-second-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Admission: A Second Visit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>As admissions decisions continue to be released, many candidates  suddenly, and possibly unexpectedly, find themselves with options for  the next year. How does one choose between two or more schools? Well, if  you cannot determine a definitive \u201cwinner\u201d based on specific academic  or professional criteria, you may now need to make a campus visit or, for  some, <em>another<\/em> campus visit. For those of you who have not yet  had a chance to visit your target school(s), we strongly advise that  you get to know those programs better before deciding where to invest two  years and $100K+ in your education. However, even if you have already visited your target campuses, this may be a good time for a second, more  focused visit.<\/p>\n<p>Many candidates go on marathon tours of MBA campuses in the fall but have only a limited window in which to get to know each school they visit. Now that the MBA admissions committees have defined your choices and shifted the decision power back to you, you have the opportunity to  really spend some time getting to know your target schools and completing diligence that may not have been possible before. For  example, as a nervous prospective student, you may not have truly pushed current students to define a program\u2019s weaknesses, or you may not have felt that delving deeply into the recruiting situation on campus was appropriate during your initial visit.  Similarly, you may not have experienced the social environment on  campus, preferring to maintain a strictly professional profile. Although attending \u201cwelcome weekends\u201d will help you get to know your  potential future classmates, visiting campuses now\u2014while classes are in  session and the schools are operating as they will next year\u2014will  provide valuable insight that will facilitate one of the most important  choices of your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday. 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