alex13usa wrote:
I think I have a fairly unique resume! I'd love to hear what you think about an US Air Force officer who is not a pilot.
Age/sex/ethnicity: 25 male caucasian
Career: 3 years as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer -- First Lieutenant
Degree: 3.55 (Magna Cum Laude) in Finance from a average state school (think U Houston/Mizzou/U South Florida)
Commissioning source: ROTC
GMAT: 700 -- 48Q, 38V, 6IR, 6AWA
I'm always told, even by pilots, that there's no better opportunity in the Air Force to lead at a young age than as an Aircraft Maintenance officer. (Anecdote: a General who was a pilot told me it took him 15 years to get the leadership opportunity I had on day one) I am the Officer In Charge of an Aircraft Maintenance Unit that contains 100+ maintainers. Technically this is a job for Captains. In the Air Force, it is the Maintenance Group that owns the Aircraft. It is my job to negotiate and generate the flying program and manage the triage and the chaos that that entails. On a daily basis I have to grapple with bureaucracy and resource shortfalls. I believe I can sell the process oriented/outside the box thinking mentality I developed here to convey why I can become a successful business consultant. I have 4 Company Grade Officer of the Quarter and 1 Company Grade Officer of the Year awards. I have stellar letters of recommendation from my senior leaders.
Extra curriculars: my senior year of college (3 years ago) I volunteered twice a week at a children's hospital. Last year I managed a base wide fundraising campaign that raised $14,000 for 4 charities supporting Airmen and their families. I have been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters for just over a year.
Goals: I want to be a consultant at Bain/McKinsey/BCG
Target schools: Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Wharton, Columbia, Texas (safe school)
If you'd be willing to give me odds for these schools I'd be incredibly grateful!
Hey dude,
Great to hear from you!
So overall your profile is very impressive. You have a good amount of leadership that should frankly blow the water out of the competition
Your GMAT is a bit low for the schools on your list, and your school is not necessarily a target school for top 10 MBAs, but I think the leadership experience, and military experience you have far outweighs that, and that a Top 10 application is reasonable. It's great also that you have a ral safe school that youa re interested in.
MBB should be an option for you, although you also want to see if you can come up with goals that are more unique and exciting based on your specific profile (Maybe focus on govt' consulting in MBB, or defense contracting, or go into management in aerospace, or whatever it is that will make most use of your experience...
I hope this helps!
Best,
Jon