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Re: Request for Profile and Target Schools Evaluation
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06 Aug 2015, 07:50
Hey there, thanks for the post!
The short answer is your profile is solid. It's competitive for most of the programs you've listed (MIT, Kellogg are stretches). You have some great stuff - your work experience, the projects you've led, your leadership, the startups on the side, your innovation - that's going to give you a lot of material for your applications, essays, and recommendations.
That said, your goals need work. MBB type firms very rarely work with startups. High tech, sure, but startups? Almost never. You think a startup with Series B can afford $700/hour to tell it how to grow? And then your desire to build an analytics company is equally far fetched. Long term entrepreneurship goals, especially given your low level of entrepreneurial and analytics experience to date, should be avoided. Stick with your middle term goals of joining a tech company.
PS - your school list has some strange ones in it. Darden? Probably nix that. Move Duke up. And don't aim for R2 - R1 is where you need to be.
Hope that helps!