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Joined: 03 Apr 2011
Posts: 100
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Location: United States
Concentration: Leadership, Strategy
GPA: 3.54
WE:Military Officer (Military & Defense)
Profile Eval Request - Military Officer
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20 Oct 2011, 10:58
Education:
Non H/Y/P Ivey league school: B.S. in Computer Science with a 3.54 GPA
School EC:
-ROTC for 4 years, heavily involved, selected to be Cadet Commander for 130 people at 6 schools
-TA for 3 years, started at a 200 level class, ended up at a 400 level class due to performance
-Social Fraternity, elected Vice President during sophomore year
Work Experience:
- 4 years as a Infantry Officer in the U.S Army
- spent 12 months in Iraq where I mentored an Iraqi Brigade of ~2000 soldiers; conducted 70+ combat patrols
- post deployment I was put in charge of an ambitious rehaul of our unit's knowledge management system, work is planned to be published as an Army Best Practice
Career Vision
- Post graduation work at a top-tier consulting firm (Mckinsey is number 1 choice) gaining broad industry exposure. After reaching Engagement Manager or Principal launch off into a senior management position in a firm within a sector that interests me.
I am interested in HBS, Wharton, Columbia, Sloan, Stanford, and Fuqua. My recommenders are already squared away, and will be extremely open/collaborative in the recommender process. Just trying to identify and weak-points that I should address or strengths I should emphasize given my background