Hi,
You have strong profile with decent work experience along with international exposure. Your work profile also looks diverse with strong focus on strategic consulting. You have good backup with extracurricular activities to differentiate your profile from huge applicant pool, now focus on getting 700+ GMAT and good application essays/recommendations to increase your chances for targeted schools. You can demonstrate special aspects of your profile like leadership abilities, achievements at work place, awards and recognitions in your application essays, so concentrate more and start working soon for applications along with GMAT preparation. List of schools is pretty fine tuned and quite realistic, but still you can add some schools like Kellogg, Tuck and Darden to broaden your scope. Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Neha Singh
stshine wrote:
Hi everyone,
Your feedback on my profile would be greatly appreciated. Trying to determine where I stand with top tier schools and where I should be aiming. Thanks!
Background:
-26-year old Asian male
-700 GMAT based on practice test
-B.S. in Environmental Chemical Engineering with 3.1 GPA, but 3.6 GPA in final 2 years
-Graduated from reputable engineering/sciences school in Northeast (WPI)
-3 years working experience
Work experience:
-Worked 2 years in a global operations leadership development program for Fortune 400 manufacturing company. First year as an internal global operations consultant, traveling to manufacturing sites in China, East Asia, Central America, and Europe working on operations excellence, process improvement/six sigma, and cost reduction projects. 2nd year I worked in supply chain and product management.
-Currently work for an online retailer/Fortune 100 company in category management, making strategic sourcing decisions, developing product merchandising strategies and negotiating with suppliers. I have been with the company 9 months and have already delivered great results, and have been recognized as a future leader by multiple senior VP’s. I would be able to get strong recommendations at the SVP level of both my company and external suppliers, as well as my current manager, who is a Wharton alum with 4-5 years at McKinsey
Career goals:
Short-term: Management consulting for the retail industry and corporate strategy
Long-term: International business development and global growth strategy – global supply chains, creating a global brand presence, launching retail stores/products/websites into new markets
Extracurriculars:
-Traveling, blogging, photography, cooking, music/guitar/songwriting, basketball
-President of Korean Student Association (through college)
-VP Operations student government (college)
-VP Christian Bible Fellowship (college)
-Active in Church outreach, including missions trips, soup kitchens, charity fundraisers, helping in-need urban youth
-Active leadership roles at current church, including worship team leader, mid-week bible study leader, youth Sunday School teacher
Michigan
Northwestern
Indiana
UNC
UC Berkeley
Cornell
Duke