Thanks for sharing your profile @OLMA ! Let's start with what adcoms will notice first: Work depth & scope, digitalisation consultant building live dashboards and reducing fleet downtime; international exposure; promoted to Project Package Lead. This is nice, it reads as operator + strategist. 6+ years is in the sweet spot for M7 programs (they typically admit 4-7 year candidates). Wharton and Booth report average work experience ≈5 years; you’ll be above average in experience and can pitch maturity/leadership. A 3.87 GPA from AUC is a nice academic signal.

Your 320 GRE is respectable but below the typical quantitative/verbal medians used by top programs; Wharton/Booth medians map to higher scores and use tests as a quick filter. Raising your test signal will remove the biggest numeric uncertainty.

Quantify your project outcomes: Admissions love crisp metrics. For each major project (dashboards, downtime reduction, package lead projects), give: timeframe, your role, team size, before > after metrics, business value (hours saved, $ saved, % downtime reduction), and stakeholder level (C-suite? ministry?). Example: “Reduced fleet downtime by 18% over 6 months, increasing uptime from X% to Y% and saving $Z/month.”

Clarify & sharpen your post-MBA plan: Short-term: precise consulting target (strategy/operations at MBB, Big4 strategy, or boutique energy/infra practice). Name 2-3 target employers/roles. Long-term: explain why consulting (like a platform to scale industry impact across energy infrastructure / move into energy-focused PE or corporate strategy). Schools want believable, sequenced plans. LOR, pick 2 recommenders who can speak to (A) your technical & quantitative ownership (project sponsor or manager) and (B) your leadership & stakeholder influence (senior client, ministry exec, or direct supervisor). Provide each with a one-page brief with metrics and suggested anecdotes.

You have good extracurriculars (football, volunteering). Pick 3 well-crafted STAR stories: (1) high-stakes dashboard deployment, (2) leadership as Project Package Lead, (3) a failure + learning where you improved the process. These will anchor essays and interviews.

Regarding the schools:
For Wharton, you can emphasize quantitative rigor + ability to scale digital transformation across energy systems; mention Wharton’s analytics electives, major in Business Analytics & energy/operations clubs; highlight leadership in cross-border projects.

For Booth, you can emphasize analytical, data-driven decision-making and your building of live dashboards; connect to Booth’s empirical, evidence-based curriculum and labs.

For Fuqua, you can emphasize teamwork, leadership in operations, and how Fuqua’s collaborative culture and consulting pathways will help you transition into strategy/operations consulting.

You can also explore INSEAD, LBS, Kellogg, or Columbia.

You can take a look at this MBA Essay workshop: Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton video on YouTube.

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 @Olma
Thanks for reaching out.

Yours is quite a well-rounded profile: Stellar GPA and quality work experience. You’re also applying in an optimal time in your career. The UK offshore energy experience will make quite the highlight in your applications. So will the roles you have taken up. The extracurriculars are very well shaping you as a leader and community-spirited person and make a good differentiation angle.

Now, the energy to consulting transition is a fine path but you will have to be more specific about what you intend to do here.
About the GRE score. See, you’re targeting some of the most competitive B-Schools. So, 320 is a good entry point for them but to have a solid footing in the applicant pool, I would suggest you boost it by another 5 to 10 points. This will help a lot with Booth and Wharton. Fuqua should be fine with 320. Also are you only targeting US schools or are you open to European schools?

We’d love to offer a free 1-on-1 profile evaluation to dive deeper into your strengths, discuss more about your queries and concerns, talk through your fit across schools, and co-create a tailored application game plan!

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