Cugel wrote:
Peruvian, Male, 27 years old.
GMAT 700-720 expected
Undergraduate: top Peruvian university, major: system engineering, 4.0 GPA, Scholarship, Third in the honor roll out.
Work experience: 5 Years Work Experience
3 Years in a Big 4 (Promoted Professional Intern, Associate, Analyst)
• Implemented SAP ERP basis, controlling, and solution manager modules. (SAP Business Leader of one of the modules)
• Advised multinational companies on SAP information security best practices.
• Decreased IT access evaluation risk by 40% through the creation of an automatized SAP access evaluation program.
• Audited finance oriented information technology systems and business processes.
Turnout point: Got extremely sick, things went bad, needed to stop working in such intensity.
After surgery (1.5y):
• Started teaching part time project management at top uni.
• Did some online courses in management (coursera)
• Organized charities in a small local club
• Half of my day was dedicated to treatment: Injection to the bone spine, oxygen chambers, etc etc.
• Besides all, won a full scholarship for Master of Engineering Management in Australia
Graduated in MEM with 3.75 GPA, went back to Peru.
•Started to work in 2 small business (1 year):
• Part Time: Real Estate, increased revenue by 15$, invested in new lands, dealed with thugs and land invaders (common here) (Company is valued in around 1$M and my own properties in around 300k USD
• Healthcare Provider, provide imaging services to hospital and clinics, in charge of the technical aspects of the negotiations with our clients, identified a new opportunities which is leading to a 1M$ investment, led a team of 8 service providers and reduced IT Costs (This company should be around $2-3M)
Short Term Goal: Work at M/B/B or Non Profit (like World Bank) or Healthcare-Tech company.
Long Term Goal: Go back and apply all the knowledge, become the new CEO of both companies and expand to new opportunities, basically would like to provide a better healthcare service to people in need, this is based on my years of bad health.
Would like to know what are my REAL chances for Top 10 MBAs. (Harvard, Stanford, Kellog, MIT, INSEAD, Tuck, Wharton)
Hey dude,
Great to hear from you!
I really like your profile. I think that the best thing going for you, is that even if you do have weaknesses in it, notably some of the stuff you have done since you left your job, your life and experience is just so full of unique stories: overcoming sickness, trying out various things, doing real estate, teaching, small business.
Basically your profile is very unique and interesting. And that is worth a LOT. And it helps that you come from Peru and are also one of the top students from your school.
My one hesitation here is about your goals. And my hesitation is more personal than professional. I mean you DO know that life at MBB is as tough as in Big 4 if not more. Are you sure you wanna go back to that? (I say this out of concern).
Anyhow, whatever you DO decide, I think your profile is both interesting and strong, and with a great application and a 720, you will have a real shot at Top10 programs.
Best,
Jon
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23 Sep 2016, 15:04
GM can be better especially if you are working in Industry. But again, you will see as that comes along.
