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22 Mar 2018, 20:28
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Hi - Thanks for sharing! Think you will get some serious discussion at many of the schools. I would try to get as much management/leadership roles in your position. You seem very qualified - but will need some luck. You will likely want to try as many schools as practicable - and perhaps replace some of the schools you list with other top 10 schools that might be a more amenable to your particular history. Hope a bit of help.
27 Mar 2018, 19:34
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Background and nationality :
22 year old college senior thinking of 2+2. I'd appreciate any feedback you may have. Born and raised in the US but ethnically Chinese.
Undergrad Information :
Good school (think Princeton) studying Chemical Engineering with minors in CS and finance
GPA: 3.7/4.0
GMAT: 740
Work experience and leadership:
Private equity (merchant banking) intern in one of (Morgan Stanley/Goldman Sachs)
Investment banking intern at Citibank
Computational biology researcher at university
Leadership positions in school finance club and Engineers Without Borders
Community and others :
Tutored low-income middle school students
Photographer for school newspaper
Post MBA goals:
Dream job is to be a product manager for a large tech company working with productivity software (think Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, etc). As someone who's worked 16 hour days cranking on Excel in past jobs, I'd love to be a part of the teams that decide new features and implementations for these products. There's a lot to be gained by adding features to make scripting tasks more user-friendly, and such a change would improve the daily lives of millions of office workers.
Anything else?
Post-graduation, I've decided to become a software engineer working with big data in the fintech space, rather than return to the bank I interned at. This fintech company is large and well-known (think Envestnet/Capital One). However, I'm curious how adcoms will think about this transition, as they may consider it risky to see that I'm switching from finance to the software industry. At the same time, I'd like to think that I'd be an attractive/unique candidate given my broad experiences in finance/big data/tech. My transition and motivations will certainly be featured in my essay, but I'm curious about others' views on how an adcom may perceive my situation. Additionally, I'm curious whether adcoms will put me in the pool of finance/consulting candidates or tech/engineering candidates. Thoughts on that would be helpful as well. Thanks in advance.
22 year old college senior thinking of 2+2. I'd appreciate any feedback you may have. Born and raised in the US but ethnically Chinese.
Undergrad Information :
Good school (think Princeton) studying Chemical Engineering with minors in CS and finance
GPA: 3.7/4.0
GMAT: 740
Work experience and leadership:
Private equity (merchant banking) intern in one of (Morgan Stanley/Goldman Sachs)
Investment banking intern at Citibank
Computational biology researcher at university
Leadership positions in school finance club and Engineers Without Borders
Community and others :
Tutored low-income middle school students
Photographer for school newspaper
Post MBA goals:
Dream job is to be a product manager for a large tech company working with productivity software (think Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, etc). As someone who's worked 16 hour days cranking on Excel in past jobs, I'd love to be a part of the teams that decide new features and implementations for these products. There's a lot to be gained by adding features to make scripting tasks more user-friendly, and such a change would improve the daily lives of millions of office workers.
Anything else?
Post-graduation, I've decided to become a software engineer working with big data in the fintech space, rather than return to the bank I interned at. This fintech company is large and well-known (think Envestnet/Capital One). However, I'm curious how adcoms will think about this transition, as they may consider it risky to see that I'm switching from finance to the software industry. At the same time, I'd like to think that I'd be an attractive/unique candidate given my broad experiences in finance/big data/tech. My transition and motivations will certainly be featured in my essay, but I'm curious about others' views on how an adcom may perceive my situation. Additionally, I'm curious whether adcoms will put me in the pool of finance/consulting candidates or tech/engineering candidates. Thoughts on that would be helpful as well. Thanks in advance.
27 Mar 2018, 19:54
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chemeji
Hi - Think you have a great shot but not a lot of time. I especially like that you have decided to join a tech firm - bit hard to be admitted from finance these days. Hope you have your recommenders lined up and get your essays crafted soon! Best -
