There's a very big difference between having worked 2-3 years in industry and actually being an experienced expert in that industry. The latter usually takes a

There's a very big difference between having worked 2-3 years in industry and actually being an experienced expert in that industry. The latter usually takes a minimum of 5 years in my opinion. Also note the industry most MBA students come from is itself consulting or finance, although again that varies by school and degree type (part time programs, for example, tend to skew older and more toward general Fortune 1000 employee students).