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Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2016, 16:13
Hi I'm a 27 year old Asian American male planning on applying next year during round 1.

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-5 years work experience as an engineer at a supermajor oil and gas company (think exxon, chevron, shell)
-Ranked in top 10% of all employees with < 5 yrs experience
- 3.67 GPA in petroleum engineering from UT Austin
- 700 GMAT Q47/ V39
- US citizen (Indian ethnicity)
- leadership position in company's young engineers network
- volunteer at a program tutoring inner city children (50 hrs / year)


Target schools: H/S/W, Booth, Kellog, MIT, Yale,
Backup: McCombs, Rice

-What are my chances at my target schools?
-Will being Asian American hurt my chances?
-is my 700 GMAT score high enough?
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 08:20
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Hi there! Thanks for reaching out to us at mbaMission.

Your work experience sounds very strong -- large company, top performer, high potential leader, have you been promoted in the five years? I would assume so. Your GPA is excellent too. Your volunteer work sounds good too, enough to show some involvement but doesn't sound like anything stellar that will set you apart from other applicants. Perhaps that's an area to improve / add more to, or maybe you have other interesting things going on that you just didn't mention :)

Your GMAT is high enough to show you're capable of handling the curriculum at a top program. But given the caliber of schools you're looking at, your GMAT is going to fall below average and not do anything to help the schools from a rankings perspective. Were you practicing higher than 700? Did you only take it once? If so I would definitely give it another shot. You've got plenty of time too if you're applying next year.

The fact that you're a US citizen should help your chances, but in general, every applicant should seek ways to stand out from the crowd.

Good luck!
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Hi I'm a 27 year old Asian American male planning on applying next year during round 1.

Profile
-5 years work experience as an engineer at a supermajor oil and gas company (think exxon, chevron, shell)
-Ranked in top 10% of all employees with < 5 yrs experience
- 3.67 GPA in petroleum engineering from UT Austin
- 700 GMAT Q47/ V39
- US citizen (Indian ethnicity)
- leadership position in company's young engineers network
- volunteer at a program tutoring inner city children (50 hrs / year)


Target schools: H/S/W, Booth, Kellog, MIT, Yale,
Backup: McCombs, Rice

-What are my chances at my target schools?
-Will being Asian American hurt my chances?
-is my 700 GMAT score high enough?
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 13:21
Hi Kate,

Thanks for the quick reply.

1) based on my current profile and GMAT score, what schools are in my range and what schools would be considered stretch? If my GMAT score was a 730 instead of a 700, what would be my target schools and what would be stretch?

2) Does being an Asian American engineer make me an overrepresented minority therefore making competition more difficult?

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Re: Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 20:38
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I think with your current stats, your backup schools are really more like target schools, and your target schools are reaches. So I'd encourage you to add 1 or 2 safer schools as true backups. With a 730, your target schools are target and your backup ones are backup. Though in that case, I'd still put Harvard/Stanford as reaches, they are always going to be reaches for nearly everyone :)

I believe that yes you are applying from an over-represented demographic so it can be harder to stand out. Should not make a huge difference but something to keep in mind.

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Hi Kate,

Thanks for the quick reply.

1) based on my current profile and GMAT score, what schools are in my range and what schools would be considered stretch? If my GMAT score was a 730 instead of a 700, what would be my target schools and what would be stretch?

2) Does being an Asian American engineer make me an overrepresented minority therefore making competition more difficult?

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Re: Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 22:37
Thanks kate, this is exactly what I've been looking for so kudos to you. I'm going to retake the GMAT and aim for a 730.

Final question- If I was two years younger, what steps could I have taken to make HBS / Stanford a target school instead of a reach? 750 GMAT? Starting a volunteer organization? Please be specific as I already know I'd need to stand out from the rest of the applicant pool.

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Re: Profile Evaluation Request - Asian American Male Engineer [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2016, 13:53
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If only we could turn back the clock :)

Higher GMAT, some non-engineering work experience, something really impressive in your extracurriculars (doesn't have to be starting a volunteer organization)...those are the things that initially come to mind.

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Thanks kate, this is exactly what I've been looking for so kudos to you. I'm going to retake the GMAT and aim for a 730.

Final question- If I was two years younger, what steps could I have taken to make HBS / Stanford a target school instead of a reach? 750 GMAT? Starting a volunteer organization? Please be specific as I already know I'd need to stand out from the rest of the applicant pool.

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