From Battlefield to B-School

Here's a great BusinessWeek article discussing the trends in military leaders transitioning to business through an MBA.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_12/b4076078839174.htm

Some interesting notes:

• 6% of those taking the GMAT have a military background
• UVA showed a 62% increase in military applicants over last year
• Highlights the appeal to employers
• Common challenges that some military personnel experience are a decrease in coherent and clearly universal values, a general decrease in responsibility, and an increase in academic challenges.
• MBAs with a military background can command a premium from companies wishing to quickly fill in managers with real world experience

For those of you applying, it would be well worth while to identify the tremendous "value proposition" you can bring to the school and potential employers... never undersell yourselves.