haleiwa3 wrote:
Thanks in advance!!!
25/Female/Native Hawaiian
Undergrad 3.1, Engineering, Stanford
Grad 3.6, Engineering, Stanford
GMAT target 700
Grew up in Hawaii
School Activites:
Played 3 years of soccer at Stanford, top 5, scholarship
Played 2 years of soccer at University of Hawaii, All-Conference 2x, scholarship
Sorority 4 years, Stanford University
Work Experience: 3.5 years of experience at matriculation
Leadership Experience:
Implemented program to transition 18 engineers from a 2d program to 3d program. Created training schedule, committed civil group to compentency deadlines, lead focused training sessions, was the representative to CEO and board of directors. Was give budget of $200k (15% of annual profits) no counting training time to implement. This 3d ability enabled firm to win a $12M contract over 10 years as the first Hawaii firm using program.
Also secretary at ToastMaster International.
Community Service:
Volunteered coaching a high school soccer team.
Probably will volunteer at a local DIII school this fall
Why MBA: transition from engineering to finance world
Target Schools: HBS, MIT, CBS, Wharton, NYU, Yale,
(maybe Duke, UVA, UNC)
haleiwa3,
Certainly, being a native Hawaiian and female is a nice one-two punch. Your academic success at a strong school like Stanford sweetens the pot, and your soccer strength further deepens the distinctiveness of your profile. So assuming you do get that 700 GMAT (or thereabouts) you should be able to aim high. That said, your community service profile, while infinitely better than my own, is merely par for the course at the very top schools you listed. Similarly, the work leadership story you gave is an impressive one, but you will probably need several more like that as well as a job description/career path that can be considered "fast track." Otherwise, HBS and perhaps CBS may not be doable. Assuming that your community and work experience profiles are actually stronger than they appear to be in your post, then you should be competitive at MIT and Wharton, with an even better shot at NYU, Yale, Duke, UVa, and UNC.
Good luck,
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29 Jun 2007, 17:49
