sophistikate wrote:
Hi,
I'm currently a 22 year old Asian male seeking admission to the top 5 business schools (hopefully HBS) in several years. Here are my qualifications:
-750 GMAT (48Q, 44V, 8 IR, 6.0 AWA) - the computer froze at the end of the math section so I'm confident it could have been a 770 because I always got 51 or 50 on practice tests and I studied engineering in college so they shouldn't doubt my quantitative skills
-3.6 GPA in Electrical Engineering (one of the hardest majors at my school) from Duke
-Worked 1 year as a consultant for a software company but really didn't enjoy the work and am quitting very soon (high starting salary, high turnover at this company)
-Starting a company in Asia with a buddy of mine who recently graduated from Harvard that is one of those SAT Prep/College Consulting gigs (very lucrative in large Asian cities right now)
Our plan is to build this business for 3-5 years and then potentially IPO and sell it, cash out, and come back to the States to attend a top business school. We're pretty confident we'll make the business work and have several hundred thousands in Venture Capital funding already. Because I'm very young right now, I would like advice on how to best position myself for maximum chance at a top business school. I know my career path is a bit non-traditional so I would like advice on how to proceed in these next few years and build a wonderful story.
One thing I would like to ask about:
I'm about to leave my job to go full-time for this start up but I'm not leaving my job on good terms. Will this be a big deal? I feel like by the time I apply in a few years, this job will be such a small part of my story that it won't even matter. Long story short, I felt really disrespected at this company and was treated poorly so I started performing poorly (using my time to take days off and build my start up) and basically am playing a waiting game (I have to stay 1 year or else I give back my signing bonus). I know I could have played it better but what's done is done.
Thanks!
sophistikate, congratulations on your achievements so far. You have strong academics and a great GMAT score (please don't stress about the 750; it's a great score as it is). You seem passionate about this start up opportunity, so go for it and see how far you can take it. If it takes off, in a few years, bschool may or may not be on your horizon anymore. It's great that you're prepared and are thinking about it now, but many people who pursue entrepreneurship full-time are very focused on their startups, less so on using bschool as a backup plan.
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13 Jul 2016, 11:40
