Ask the Expert: Can an MBA Help Launch a New Career?

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We get a lot of questions from potential business students in our forums, on Twitter, and via e-mail about all kinds of topics, from admissions to career services and everything in between. In the Ask the Expert feature, we take your questions and get them answered by the most qualified individuals we can find.

Today’s question, edited for length and clarity, is about applying to B-school after retiring from a career in the military. It comes from a participant on the B-school forums (where use of real names is not required) who goes by the screen name MJ1.