Your Journey Starts Here
Full-Time MBA
Reaching Carey
Map your journey to success at Carey and engage with the community to create professional connections.
Critical to Success
Strongly Recommended
- Prepare for transition to Carey
Prepare for transition to Carey
- Prepare a financial plan for tuition and expenses. Take advantage of JHU financial wellness resources.
- Identify housing and move to Baltimore (if not here already) - Visit our housing resources.
- Review the New Student Checklist to plan for life as a student.
- Attend admitted student summer webinars to aid in your transition.
- Refine your academic and enrollment plan
Refine your academic and enrollment plan
- Review your program, degree requirements, and any prerequisites at a more detailed level by connecting with the program's academic advisor.
- Understand the experiential learning sequence.
- Complete MBA Math (if applicable)
We built our MBA to equip you with the cutting-edge skills and knowledge to lead. But you don't have to just take our word for it.
- Prepare for success at Carey
Prepare for success at Carey
- Set up your JHU email account, and check it regularly.
- Connect with your assigned Carey Career & Life Design Coach early and often.
- Complete provided preparation recommendations (Online trainings on Quantitative Business Prep, MATLAB, Python, Tableau, etc.) through LinkedIn Learning.
- Become familiar with the Student Information System (SIS).
- Apply for Disability Accommodations (if applicable).
- Attend MBA Foundations Week.
- Make connections and understand community expectations
Make connections and understand community expectations
- Engage with career development coach and complete career development pre-work April - August.
- Connect with MBA program in May/June through summer webinar series (expectation setting, intro to curriculum, academic preparation, teamwork).
- Connect with your Academic Program Manager.
- Meet with you Academic Advisor.
- Network with current students.
- See yourself as a future MBA graduate
See yourself as a future MBA graduate
- Attend pre-MBA opportunities, employer-sponsored events, and conferences.
- Start employer and industry research.
Jon Ilani (MBA, '23) shares his experience as a pre-MBA intern at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, CA and how the Career Development Office at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School supported him throughout the process.
Navigating Carey
Utilize the tools Carey offers to drive your post-graduation goals.
Critical to Success
Strongly Recommended
- Engage with your coursework
Engage with your coursework
- Attend and engage in your academic classes.
- Engage with faculty and industry experts to understand the industry, trends, and technical elements.
- Practice collaborative leadership and cultural competence.
- Plan your electives.
- Define career goals and engage in career education and development
Define career goals and engage in career education and development
- Schedule regular meetings with your Career & Life Design Coach to
- Build and use Handshake and LinkedIn accounts.
- Talk with your Career & Life Design Coach to determine which additional tools Carey offers--such as VMock--might be useful for your career development.
- Participate in JHU-affiliated career fairs and hiring events.
- Build your professional network.
- Utilize your career development coach to define career goals and create an action plan.
- Build your portfolio of practical experience (e.g., internship, student organization membership / leadership, case competitions, teaching role, etc.).
- Attend career education and industry connection programming to build your professional network
- Stay informed by utilizing Carey Resources
Stay informed by utilizing Carey Resources
- Utilize and regularly check your JHU email account.
- Update your local address and emergency contact information in SIS.
- Register for classes and select electives.
- Fill out critical program-specific surveys from your Academic Program Manager.
- Engage with MBA Association to build the culture of the class.
- Actively engage in creating a collaborative culture with school leadership and the MBA class.
- Develop cultural competence and participate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) programs
Develop cultural competence and participate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) programs
- Engage with Baltimore/Washington, D.C. community.
- Consider contributing to your community through Community Consulting Lab.
- Participate in DEIB programming offered as part of continuous onboarding.
The Community Consulting Lab provides a unique opportunity for students to put their business toolkit to work while developing key consulting skills such as business communication, effective teaming, and strategic problem solving with empathy. Diverse teams collaborate with community partners to deliver solutions with impact and grow local economies.
- Pursue your personal goals through Experiential Learning
Pursue your personal goals through Experiential Learning
- Reflect on what you hope to get out of working with companies.
- Participate in case competitions.
- Engage with student organizations.
- Work collaboratively on an Experienced Design Team.
The Innovation Field Project at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is the full-time MBA program’s signature experiential learning project providing students with real industry experience. Student consultants are paired with a corporate sponsor to identify challenges and offer innovative solutions to solve the business’ complex problems.
- Develop skills and business toolkit
Develop skills and business toolkit
- Connect with your peers, faculty, and recent alumni through Lunch and Learns, office hours, social events, social media, etc.
- Attend town halls, open forums, and small-group sessions. · Utilize the Student Success Center for the core quantitative course and writing assistance.
- Attend academic workshops (e.g., R) and educational trainings.
- Access LinkedIn Learning classes for software development, qualitative communication, and leadership skills.
Continuing with Carey
Celebrate your journey with fellow graduates and consider continuing your education at Carey.
Critical to Success
Strongly Recommended
- Celebrate and share your successes
Celebrate and share your successes
- Report post-graduate outcomes in employment surveys.
- Attend Graduation and celebrate with family and friends.
- Remain engaged with Carey and JHU
Remain engaged with Carey and JHU
- Join an alumni network (such as Health Care, Black Alumni Network, Women Alumni Network).
- Give back and connect with current students as an alum.
- Set up an alumni email address and update contact information.
- Sign up as an Admissions Ambassador.
- Participate in Career Development Office activities and alumni events.
- Connect us with your employer/HR office.
As a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School graduate, you are part of a lifelong community. Find out the benefits of staying connected from alumni Hao Yu.
- Consider continuing your Carey education
Consider continuing your Carey education
- Explore second degree option or Executive Education programs.
Exploring Carey
Decide your career path at Carey Business School and explore options that will fit your academic and professional needs.
Critical to Success
Strongly Recommended
- Connect with Carey
Connect with Carey
- Communicate via email or phone with your recruiter.
- Take a virtual tour.
At Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, our MBA and specialized Master of Science programs are designed for students to advance business skills and thrive in the rapidly changing global market.
- Explore Carey’s degree options
Explore Carey's degree options
- Request Information from Carey Admissions by filling out the online request form and connecting with an Admissions Officer.
- Find out more by attending open houses, info sessions, and webinars.
- Explore Carey alumni success stories in the newsroom.
- Navigate the application process
Navigate the application process
- Submit your application and complete your Admission interview.
- Make your deposit(s), which then will trigger creation of your JHED ID.
- Navigate the Immigration process with the Office of International Services (OIS) (if applicable).
- Understand financial aid options and deadlines.
- Contact your recruiter if you have questions about the application process or Carey.
Get a quick overview of the admissions requirements and tips to the admissions process.
International audiences based in China, please click here to view the video on YouKu.
- Reflect on your career and educational goals and learn more about the Carey student experience
Reflect on your career and educational goals and learn more about the Carey student experience
- Explore career, professional development, and recruitment resources available through the Career Development Office (CDO).
- Connect with current students and/or alumni to better understand the Carey experience.
- Explore the MBA program and review the full-time MBA curriculum.