Hey guys, happy to share my profile. I hope it will encourage some of you.
Name/username: Laveshan
Age : 34
Country/Location : South Africa
Under-Graduate School : University of South Africa
Under-Graduate GPA: 4.0
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 640 (first try, had a terrible test but managed a 640)
Total Work Experience : 13 years, 7.5 years management experience
Pre-MBA Industry : Credit and Financial Services
Target industry post-MBA: Credit and Digital Banking
Brief about Work Experience : Non-traditional, started off as an IT tech, then SQL DBA, then software dev. Started my under grad part time while working in 2013. Graduated in 2019.
What is your relation to the Recommenders? (Manager. client etc): A senior executive who I worked closely with for an important project.
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Some homeless volunteer work making sandwiches.
International Experience : Remotely collaborated with a team spread across the world for a short stint at a company a few years ago
Scholarship Given? : Have not applied yet
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : I am an entrepreneur at my core and have tried multiple times to start businesses but failed because of lack of financial, marketing and strategy skills.
Why WHU? : Excellent international offering, flexible curriculum, friendly faculty, fit in terms of values and my own personal value system.
Which Round did you apply in? : before 31st Jan deadline.
Which Intake (April/Sept) : Sept
Status of your application? (A or WL) : A
Short-Term Goal : Work as a Product Strategy Manager in N26
Long-Term Goal : Start my own digital banking integration firm.
Link to your interview debrief:
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Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : Yes -
Admissionado - Mark Lelouch - I would give Mark 10 stars if I could!
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Be yourself, be authentic, think through your plan and goals.