Thanks for sharing your profile @Nathaniel Gyan Amoah ! Big picture: you’ve delivered great operational and financial impact at scale in a resource-constrained environment, that’s precisely the kind of leadership story many business schools prize. Your core challenge will be converting that story into a crisp “why MBA → why now → why these schools → how the MBA will get you into tech.”

What adcoms will notice first:
Outcomes & scale: your numeric results (asset growth, cash flow, treasury investments, faster loan approvals) are nice. Admissions committees love measurable social/financial impact. Ownership & product/tech orientation: migration to AWS and process improvements show you’re not just a banker but an operator who builds systems, making the jump to tech believable. Trajectory & leadership: membership growth and operational improvements speak to strategic thinking and execution. 3.4 GPA, not stellar, but can be offset by work impact and (if needed) a strong test score.

Test score (GMAT/GRE) not provided; the career narrative must explain the pivot to tech and short-term role targets.

Overall, with a polished application, you can be competitive at your target schools. The biggest levers to increase admission probability are a strong test score (if you don’t have one yet), a crisp career plan for tech (short-term role + 3 to 5 year path), and 2 recommenders who can quantify your impact.

Adcoms want to see a believable, specific short-term role that the MBA will enable. Example pathways into tech: Product Manager at a fintech or payments company (uses your finance + systems background). Product Operations or Platform Strategy role at a tech firm that serves financial services. Strategy/consulting role in tech practice (builds a bridge to product later).

Build essays that connect: credit union turnaround → product/process design → AWS migration → tech/ops skills → product/tech leadership in industry. Highlight specific skills (data analysis, AWS architecture, automation, rapid decision-making) and how they transfer to PM or tech strategy roles.

If possible, lead/complete a short product/tech project: like build a data dashboard that reduces approval delays further, or prototype a fintech payments flow for your institutions. Deliver measurable KPIs.

We would love to learn more about your academic background, extracurricular activities, professional experiences, and personal journey so we can offer a more tailored assessment of your profile and evaluate your chances at your target schools more accurately. Feel free to book a profile evaluation session.

Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond

Hi Nathaniel Gyan Amoah, your work experience has been very impactful. Just want to understand - where do you work? Is it a bank and in what role? Have you also been an entrepreneur or have you referred to your entrepreneurial capability? When you are applying, do keep your messaging clear so that the b-schools understand exactly what you do, and the resume would be a great place to begin doing this.
I am missing more information about your GMAT score, GPA, ECAs and overall work experience, but given the impressive achievements you have mentioned here, perhaps you could apply to more higher ranked MBA programs (in addition to Ross and Cornell).
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