machtharry wrote:
I forgot to mention some things.
I want to stay in the tourism industry after the MBA. I see three options:
1) Get up into the middle/higher management of a big tour operator.
2) Switch into tourism consulting
3) Open up a start-up within the industry myself
The reason i want to do a MBA (or a MSc if i stay in germany) is to get experience for myself and to improve my career chances within the industry. Most likely i want to settle back to germany after the MBA.
Hey dude!
Very good to hear from you.
Soo overall, there are two main things you need to focus on: 1. Your GMAT 2. Your Story.
Your GMAT you know about, but let me just say that the difference between a 700 and a 750 is Colossal!
So get that 750 (even if a 700 is already good), because it can mean the difference in a tier of schools or between scholarship and no scholarship.
From the terms of your work experience, to be honest it's not all that strong. And no poker doesn't count as work either. So what that means is that in Top 10 schools you are gonna be a long shot. They will have a lot of applicants younger than you with better stronger work experience and higher grades too.
Not to get you dejected though! Because your GMAT you already have is pretty great and if you can get that 750 then yay!
Other than that I should mention in passing that Cornell has the US's most famous hospitality school. So it might be a good option when looking into US schools.
For the second part, you will need some work - what you want to do, why... why you were satisfied with just poker for so long, and why you started studying so late. Explaining all this will be KEY to a successful application.
I hope this helps,
Best,
JF