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chains1910
Joined: 28 May 2012
Last visit: 09 Jan 2018
Posts: 130
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Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Marketing
Schools: Kellogg '15 (D) Wharton '15 (D) McCombs '15 (D) McDonough '15 (A$) HBS '15 (D) Stern '15 (WL) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q43 V45
GMAT 2: 700 Q42 V42
GMAT 3: 760 Q48 V48
GPA: 3.51
WE:Marketing (Consulting)
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Schools: Kellogg '15 (D) Wharton '15 (D) McCombs '15 (D) McDonough '15 (A$) HBS '15 (D) Stern '15 (WL) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 3: 760 Q48 V48
Posts: 130
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21 Mar 2013, 07:10
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I ended up batting a pretty poor average in my application process, and I'm curious as to some of your thoughts on next steps. To give you an idea of my profile, I'm 24 years old, American male, had a 3.51 undergrad GPA from a Top 40-50 university, 760 (Q48/V48) GMAT, strong recs and essays, but weak work experience that entails smaller, off-brand companies and only 39 months of experience at matriculation.
I was admitted to McDonough with a very nice scholarship ($20k/year) and will be attending admit weekend to learn a little more. I visited to interview on campus, talked to many students and sat in on a class, and I am generally impressed with what I found. However despite my enjoyment of the facilities and culture, I'm concerned that it's strengths as a program are not aligned with my areas of interest - brand management and private sector consulting - which exacerbates concerns based on Georgetown's perception as somewhat of a tier 3 program.
It's a good opportunity, but I feel that another year of age and work experience may help my case at some higher-tier schools. I wouldn't reapply to Harvard/Wharton/MIT, but I was dinged with interview from Columbia, so I feel that I might make a strong ED candidate there for class of 2016. And while there is no way of knowing how far I got with Kellogg, I really loved my visits there and had great rapport with every student and adcom member I met.
Hopefully I will have more clarity after admit weekend at McDonough, but any thoughts on this situation?
Thank you all!
I was admitted to McDonough with a very nice scholarship ($20k/year) and will be attending admit weekend to learn a little more. I visited to interview on campus, talked to many students and sat in on a class, and I am generally impressed with what I found. However despite my enjoyment of the facilities and culture, I'm concerned that it's strengths as a program are not aligned with my areas of interest - brand management and private sector consulting - which exacerbates concerns based on Georgetown's perception as somewhat of a tier 3 program.
It's a good opportunity, but I feel that another year of age and work experience may help my case at some higher-tier schools. I wouldn't reapply to Harvard/Wharton/MIT, but I was dinged with interview from Columbia, so I feel that I might make a strong ED candidate there for class of 2016. And while there is no way of knowing how far I got with Kellogg, I really loved my visits there and had great rapport with every student and adcom member I met.
Hopefully I will have more clarity after admit weekend at McDonough, but any thoughts on this situation?
Thank you all!
21 Mar 2013, 07:25
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You're young with great stats. Without knowing you, I think you just haven't had enough leadership opportunities to display in your essays/resume and you should actively seek those out - both in and out of the work place. I would give it another go. Sure McDonough is nice, but do you want to go there wondering what if I re-applied to Kellogg, Columbia, etc? The MBA only happens once. Delaying by a year may be worth it.
chains1910
Joined: 28 May 2012
Last visit: 09 Jan 2018
Posts: 130
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 27
Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Marketing
Schools: Kellogg '15 (D) Wharton '15 (D) McCombs '15 (D) McDonough '15 (A$) HBS '15 (D) Stern '15 (WL) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q43 V45
GMAT 2: 700 Q42 V42
GMAT 3: 760 Q48 V48
GPA: 3.51
WE:Marketing (Consulting)
Products:
Schools: Kellogg '15 (D) Wharton '15 (D) McCombs '15 (D) McDonough '15 (A$) HBS '15 (D) Stern '15 (WL) CBS '15 (D)
GMAT 3: 760 Q48 V48
Posts: 130
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21 Mar 2013, 07:36
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That's kind of how I feel. Although I have a handful of personal reasons to want to go now, it might be rash decision to let those dictate.
Also I should have mentioned that I have decent out-of-work leadership experience (President of my fraternity's alumni chapter, founder/still contributor to a charity consulting event), but have not had permanent management situations at work.
