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[quote=Anonymous]OP, if there will be any financial hardship associated with getting your MBA, then I don't think you are at the right juncture to get it. You might need one anyway, but right now it seems like you're doing it aimlessly as a way to help you figure out what you should do next. If it were a top program, that might work out for you, but a lower-ranked program for which you will need to quit your job and take on debt seems unnecessarily risky.

You've said that you networked, but it's not clear to me whether you did it to try to get a different job or to learn about what it takes to succeed long run in your desired career (beyond an MBA, there are likely other things you need and job experience you can get to give you a better flavor of whether it's something you want to pursue).

You've got a really broad/diverse range of sectors you'd be interested in, which tells me you're really not that close to figuring out your longer-term career goals aside from "make more money" and "have more responsibility". Again, if you went to a top-ranked program where you will likely be heavily recruited afterward, an MBA might be a gamble worth taking. But that's not what you are talking about right now.

Go on *informational* interviews with people in all of the sectors you've mentioned. Before that, do a lot of research into each of the sectors. Look at the work histories of the people who have more senior positions in those fields (not jus their educational attainment). Figure out what types of accomplishments you need to have/demonstrate.

Honestly, you are not coming across as having done a lot of inward thinking about your strengths and weaknesses, which will impress neither an admissions committee nor a potential employer. If you had rock solid grades and an employment history at the types of places you seem to have worked but in better positions, then it might make up for these weaknesses. You'd be obvious potential that can be molded. But, perhaps through no fault of your own, you've got significant strikes against you right now on all fronts: low grades, inadequate test scores, and a mediocre resume. You've got to do some more work to make yourself marketable. That pluck itself will show you've got what it takes to succeed in marketing.[/quote]

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