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Schools:Chicago Booth Class of 2013
WE 1: Entrepreneurship
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08 Nov 2010, 11:55
Hi! I would like to know if I have a shot at the schools I will be applying to in Round 2. Here's my profile. Thanks in advance!
Mexican Male
27 Years old at time of MBA initiation
GMAT 730 (Q47, V44, AWA5.5)
83 out of 100 top 3 Mexican University
Work experience:
Entrepreneur - Logistics Services Company (Warehousing, Import/Export, Planning and coordination of logistics routes)
since March 2006. More than 20 employees. More than 20 clients.
Entrepreneur - Transportation Services Company (Trucking Services) since September 2010. It is a complement for my Logistics Services Company
Extracurricular - Worked with a foundation for 3 years now coordinating fund and medicine raisers throughout my community.
Soccer Player - Varsity Soccer at university my freshman year.
Additional Info - I started my fisrt company while I was still studying because of personal reasons. My grades did suffer a bit and I took less courses on several semesters, taking 1 year longer to graduate.
Post MBA Goals - Expand my business within Mexico. Expand its range of services. I want to get into railroad and maritime services also. On the long run, I want to get into social entrepreneurship.
Round 2 target schools - Booth, Kellogg, Yale, Tuck, Ross
thinking about - Darden, Georgetown, McCombs
I do know that the biggest challenge is convincing the AdCom that my work experience is relevant, and that I am a team player. Fortunately, logistics is a field that requires you to work in teams all the time. Teams within the organization merge with teams from clientes to create logistics projects that meet the clients needs. I work in import/export services also, so my clients are from all around the globe (USA, UAE, Brazil, Belgium...), and I work and communicate with them on a daily basis.
I don't want to flood the AdComs with jargon, but I do need to let them know that my job is very team oriented. I also need to coach my recommenders so that they transmit that very same message.
Are these schools within reach? What other schools would you add to the mix?