{"id":5833,"date":"2011-05-31T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T14:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:46:04","slug":"mission-admission-leave-your-parents-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mission-admission-leave-your-parents-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Admission: Leave Your Parents at Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When applying to business school, leave your parents out of the process! Although this MBA admission tip may seem obvious to most candidates, those who are a part of \u201cGen Y\u201d or \u201cThe Millennials\u201d have parents who\u00a0are likely accustomed to helping guide their children&#8217;s choices, having done so throughout the candidates&#8217; high school and college years. These parents naturally want to be involved in the MBA admissions process as well and are now leaving many admissions officers across the country shaking their heads.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, having a parent call to confirm whether an important document was received when an applicant is perhaps traveling\/working abroad and\/or cannot make such a call him- or herself during work hours, is certainly not the same as having a  parent call to ask why his\/her son or daughter hasn\u2019t gotten an interview invitation yet. Unless the matter at hand is an entirely practical one, candidates have nothing to gain by having their parents act as their agents. On the contrary, they have everything to <em>lose<\/em>. An aggressive parent can reflect badly on an applicant for a variety of reasons, the most obvious being that it suggests that the candidate lacks maturuity and perhaps the ability to make independent judgments as well.<\/p>\n<p>Think very carefully before involving your parents in any aspect of the application process except sitting at home and waiting for great news&#8212;successful applicants do it all the time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Admission is a series of MBA admission tips; a new one is posted each Tuesday. When applying to business school, leave your parents out of the process! 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