With the proliferation of specialized master’s and new application options, more and more bschool applicants are being enticed to expand their horizons and try for simultaneous degrees. There have long been available certain specialized combinations that were geared towards specific industries or tracks, including the MBA / MPH (Master’s in Public Health) or the MBA…
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iodinedrops says
What fun timing – it was during just these past couple of days that I started to consider applying to the joint MBA/MILR program at Cornell.
At first, I thought of the MILR program as a nice supplement for the MBA, but I’m now thinking more and more that it might be the other way around – where an MBA will give me a holistic context around the purpose and function of HR in business. I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across Cornell’s treasure trove of webcasts and the more I watch the more convinced I am that MILR offers the core of what I want to study.
Would you guys know whether the recommendation letters are the same for both programs? I know the MBA app uses the Common format but I haven’t been able to find the set of questions for the MILR application. In any case, I’ll keep looking and there is an upcoming admissions event where I’ll be able to ask.
essaysnark says
@iodinedrops, the MILR program is great! We’ve helped a number of BSers with their apps to that in the past. (For those of you unfamiliar, it’s a “labor relations” degree which originally was focused on stuff like management ← → union negotiations and has now evolved in a broader way around human resources and the people part of an enterprise.)
Unfortunately we’re not familiar with the LOR requirements specific to that program, however many other non-MBA master’s programs ask for literally a letter of recommendation — like, literally they just want a recommender to write a letter about you. Usually, that same-exact letter can then be used for all the graduate program apps. The MBA programs have a much more structured process where they want specific questions answered and they typically do NOT want “a letter” – but requirements vary tremendously by school. We track these differences on this page. (You probably know all this already, we’re just being thorough here in our response for anyone else who wanders in!)
Sounds like you are knee-deep in the research phase, which is fun! There are so many programs out there that it can be overwhelming and exciting, all at the same time. We’d be curious to hear back when you learn from the MILR folks what their recommendation requirements are.
EssaySnark