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27 Apr 2014, 13:05
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Hi everybody! New member here 
Glad to meet all of you.
To give you a brief introduction about myself, I am an IT consultant for a mid-sized firm (~20,000 employees).
I have my Bachelor's and Master's degree in mechanical engineering from a top 5 engineering schools in the nation.
I have been working for a year and got promoted once. My expertise is in enterprise voice/business intelligence.
My undergrad GPA was excellent and my grad GPA was decent, both higher than 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Also, I have passed level 1 CFA exam and level 1 FRM exam in the past and I have a certification in Microsoft Windows Server.
I am a Korean and I can communicate fluently in both English and Korean.
Last year, I have applied for various financial engineering programs and got admitted to Columbia University fortunately.
However, I realized that financial engineering is too specialized for me, with not much exposure to management skills.
As a result, I am planning to apply for top 10 MBA programs (hopefully M7) after two to three years.
What I am hoping to get out of MBA is to join management consulting, IB, VC, or tech companies such as Google or Facebook.
I have not taken GMAT yet, but I have taken old GRE in the past and got 720/800/4.0, V/Q/AW.
In the next two months, I am going to commit myself and aim for a 750 or higher on GMAT.
I know that my current work is not impressive compared to other MBA applicants, so I wanted to gather some realistic advice.
Would joining a smaller company to impact business growth be considered a better career move for MBA application?
Honestly, it is very difficult for me to join a big consulting firm right now because my work experience is not sufficient.
Even if I were to join a big consulting firm, I would be working as another IT consultant, which would be marginally beneficial.
I am a quick learner as I have shown in the past by transitioning from engineering to IT business.
What would be the best career choice I can make at this point to maximize admission chance?
I am very open to suggestions, so feel free to share your opinion. Thank you so much in advance.
Glad to meet all of you.To give you a brief introduction about myself, I am an IT consultant for a mid-sized firm (~20,000 employees).
I have my Bachelor's and Master's degree in mechanical engineering from a top 5 engineering schools in the nation.
I have been working for a year and got promoted once. My expertise is in enterprise voice/business intelligence.
My undergrad GPA was excellent and my grad GPA was decent, both higher than 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Also, I have passed level 1 CFA exam and level 1 FRM exam in the past and I have a certification in Microsoft Windows Server.
I am a Korean and I can communicate fluently in both English and Korean.
Last year, I have applied for various financial engineering programs and got admitted to Columbia University fortunately.
However, I realized that financial engineering is too specialized for me, with not much exposure to management skills.
As a result, I am planning to apply for top 10 MBA programs (hopefully M7) after two to three years.
What I am hoping to get out of MBA is to join management consulting, IB, VC, or tech companies such as Google or Facebook.
I have not taken GMAT yet, but I have taken old GRE in the past and got 720/800/4.0, V/Q/AW.
In the next two months, I am going to commit myself and aim for a 750 or higher on GMAT.
I know that my current work is not impressive compared to other MBA applicants, so I wanted to gather some realistic advice.
Would joining a smaller company to impact business growth be considered a better career move for MBA application?
Honestly, it is very difficult for me to join a big consulting firm right now because my work experience is not sufficient.
Even if I were to join a big consulting firm, I would be working as another IT consultant, which would be marginally beneficial.
I am a quick learner as I have shown in the past by transitioning from engineering to IT business.
What would be the best career choice I can make at this point to maximize admission chance?
I am very open to suggestions, so feel free to share your opinion. Thank you so much in advance.
27 Apr 2014, 14:14
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Hi changert,
Welcome to the forum! This is a question we see on a pretty regular question because it's a really good question. To figure out if a potential career move is the right decision, think a few steps ahead. Don't worry too much about what the adcom will think - ask yourself if taking on the new role / new company will help you land the job you're going to bschool to get in the first place. So, for example:
Management Consulting: Will this give you the well rounded experience across functions to make you a good mgmt consultant? Will you be able to consider impact and develop holistic solutions?
Tech Company: Are you gaining experience in a function or field that a tech company like Google or Apple would find valuable? E.g. product management, ops, market / customer segmentation, etc.?
VC: Are you going to be working in an industry and a subindustry that a growing VC fund segment (or segments) is interested in? For example, if your new job takes you into data analytics, then that'll have a door opening power of ~1:1-3 on the flip side.
I hope that made sense - if you need me to clarify I'm happy to do so. Do you have specific options in mind?
Bhavik
Welcome to the forum! This is a question we see on a pretty regular question because it's a really good question. To figure out if a potential career move is the right decision, think a few steps ahead. Don't worry too much about what the adcom will think - ask yourself if taking on the new role / new company will help you land the job you're going to bschool to get in the first place. So, for example:
Management Consulting: Will this give you the well rounded experience across functions to make you a good mgmt consultant? Will you be able to consider impact and develop holistic solutions?
Tech Company: Are you gaining experience in a function or field that a tech company like Google or Apple would find valuable? E.g. product management, ops, market / customer segmentation, etc.?
VC: Are you going to be working in an industry and a subindustry that a growing VC fund segment (or segments) is interested in? For example, if your new job takes you into data analytics, then that'll have a door opening power of ~1:1-3 on the flip side.
I hope that made sense - if you need me to clarify I'm happy to do so. Do you have specific options in mind?
Bhavik
01 May 2014, 12:00
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Thank you Bhavik for your response. It seems like company name value is important, but what's more important is the quality of the experience and how everything ties up to create a holistic story. I will definitely keep your advice in my mind and come up with a plan that is relevant to my future goal.
