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Top 5 Possible? [#permalink] New post 12 Jan 2013, 18:01
Hello, would appreciate some thoughts. Thanks in advance!!

Academics/Scores
* 3.49 GPA majoring in Political Science and Marketing
* 700 (48Q,37V) GMAT on second attempt. First attempt was 640 (47Q, 32V)- had 5.5 AWA and 7/8 IR on first attempt.
* Attended top state school with full-tuition scholarship
* Also received merit/leadership scholarship for 3 years
* Graduated in 2007

Awards
* Ranked top 20 student leader in state by now defunct magazine
* Inducted in to university's hall of fame (50,000+ student body)
* various leadership awards

Demographic
* Underrepresented Asian American (Southeast Asian where 1 in 10 never attend college - Thai, Laotion, Cambodian, Malaysian region)
* Male, 29 years old at matriculation
* Born/raised in the Southeast USA
* First in family to attend college. Parents only high school education equivalent or less (no diploma).

Leadership
* Founded first Asian fraternity in state
* President of Asian organization on campus
* Founded Freshman leadershp development program for Asians on campus
* Elected into top 3 Student Government executive position
* Ran for student body president and lost
* Served as Director for National fraternity since graduation (5 years)
* Part of founding new Asian Alumni organization for my college

Professsional
* 1 of 12 students selected for a State Government year-long internship/fellowship (learned that I did not want to work in Government)
* After internship, started eCommerce niche apparel company
* Decided to work elsewhere post-graduation but maintained equity ownership
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* Joined international retailer to help company expand in to state (wanted to see how a big business grows/expands)
* Was a retail District Manager and launched two locations
* Managed store's P/L and hired/trained 20+ employees
* worked here for just under 2 years
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* returned to eCommerce business I started to pursue interest in entrepreneurship
* rebuilt website and developed competency in Web Development (HTML, CSS, etc)
* Hired/Trained/Developed all employes (20+) using my experience as a District Manager
* Created all policy/procedure manuals based on experience as DM
* Lead acquisition of two local small biz competitors
* Grew company from ~300k to $1MM+ in three years
* Sold equity ownership in company this year (Aug 2012) to take advantage of low cap gains tax and to pursue bigger goals
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* was immediately hired as a Project Manager for a small start-up company (3 FT employees, 5 PT contractors)
* managing portfolio of 12 clients - all small to medium sized biz
* currently work with clients and developers to create eCommerce websites
* utilizing my technical experience as biz owner and ability to communicate with people
* translate biz requirements to technical developers and vice versa

Goals/Why MBA
* MBA will help address my weakness in acct/finance. I was a people manager.
* Opport to network with students and share entrepreneur background via MBA
* Small Biz experience inadequate to run big biz with 100+ employees and $10MM+ revenue
* Short Term - work for large eComm company (eBay, Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc) and gain experience in Big Business.
* Long-Term - with big biz experience, launch a company in emerging Made-to-Order apparel eCommerce space
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Re: Top 5 Possible? [#permalink] New post 14 Jan 2013, 11:49
Hi,

You've got an incredible profile. Very strong leadership experience, both during college and thereafter (via entrepreneurial experience). Great professional experience. Not sure you have as much in the way of extracurriculars/community service, but I think the entrepreneurial success compensates for that. Academics are average, but solid given the rest of your profile.

There might be some push back as to whether you actually need an MBA to pursue your goals - you've already got the ecommerce and entrepreneurial and apparel experience. The only thing you are missing is big company experience - question is: can you get that without an MBA? What would happen if you applied to Amazon or eBay today? Chances are you could get the job. Might be worth considering.

I do think a top 5 is possible with your profile. Not a guarantee, but definitely worth trying.

Good luck!
Mili

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