Score: 755 GMAT Focus
GPA: 3.92
Pre-MBA industry: Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals
Post-MBA industry: Finance: Venture Capital
4 months ago
8 Dec 2025 02:12
Academics - 755 GMAT FE. 3.92 undergrad GPA from UCLA. Summa Cum Laude. Recipient of top award in Econ Major.
Professional - 9 years of experience and now at director level. 5 years of M&A experience and 3 - 4 years of ops experience. Been a part of (either in analysis, diligence lead, or transaction structuring / transaction packaging) over 50 deals totaling $6 billion in acquisitions and helped spearhead operating initiatives totaling ~$50 million of run-rate cost savings.
Extra-curricular - Runner (35 miles per week), movie goer (AMC A-Lister), on board of three non profits - a local YMCA, a Medicaid health center, and a K-8 school systems in SoCal
Seems you have already applied to the MBA programs listed above.
With your standout GMAT score, top tier college, and a top ranking percentile GPA. much of the results would depend on how compelling your overall story came out to be, and whether you were able to leverage your Extra Curriculars to show demonstrated examples of leadership, and such other traits that AdComs of super selective programs like to see in their candidates.
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