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04 Jul 2007, 23:05
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Dear Mr. Truthringer, et.al.,
If you would be kind enough, would you please take a look at my tersely written profile and answer a question or four regarding my candidacy.....
US Naval Academy 2000, History, 3.27 GPA (Roughly a 3.7 GPA last two years - had a bad freshman run with chemistry classes.)
US Naval War College, M.A. National Security and Strategic Affairs, 4.0 GPA (Finalist for top student)
730 GMAT - over 80% on both (2 years ago)
29yo - First in family to attend college - Mexican American and fluent Spanish Speaker.
Active duty Navy fighter pilot - done a few trips bombing Iraq from aircraft carriers with a few medals to boot. Also served as a aircraft tactics instructor, have led over 70 sailors, managed a multi-million dollar training contract, spent a few months in a team that wrote the allied master air attack plan.
Currently assigned as an exchange fighter pilot with the British Royal Air Force - I live in the UK, fly their squadron jets and lead their pilots into action over Iraq.
My extracurriculars have included teaching Mexican immigrants English (alone), coordinating trips to visit sick children with the squadron, and a few other random acts of volunteering. Sadly, no major leadership positions - a good deal of my time was spent on aircraft carriers, and I really have yet to settle down here in the United Kingdom and do anything besides fly, deploy and drink ale.
I would like to enter into consulting or IB - I feel that part of the MBA experience will be to sway me towards the better fit (although I probably will not say as much in any essay).
With that abstract out of the way, I have four questions:
1. I will not be able to leave the service until early 2010 - the military owns your soul for a while if you fly jets. is there much that should be done now regarding my candidacy? Will age be a major factor?
2. Is there anything I can (or should) do to compensate for my modest GPA? Will my Masters factor at all? Might post-bac. business classes here in the UK be in order?
3. I hate to "game" community service, because all I have done so far has been accomplished totally oblivious to the context of an academic application. That being said, is it warranted to bolster my extracirriculars further? I am assuming my love of Rugby, existentialist literature and the aforementioned ale will not help my cause....
4. What schools do YOU think I should shoot for - I would like to do the H/S/W trifecta with Columbia to boot.
I avidly look forward to reading your opinion, Sir.
If you would be kind enough, would you please take a look at my tersely written profile and answer a question or four regarding my candidacy.....
US Naval Academy 2000, History, 3.27 GPA (Roughly a 3.7 GPA last two years - had a bad freshman run with chemistry classes.)
US Naval War College, M.A. National Security and Strategic Affairs, 4.0 GPA (Finalist for top student)
730 GMAT - over 80% on both (2 years ago)
29yo - First in family to attend college - Mexican American and fluent Spanish Speaker.
Active duty Navy fighter pilot - done a few trips bombing Iraq from aircraft carriers with a few medals to boot. Also served as a aircraft tactics instructor, have led over 70 sailors, managed a multi-million dollar training contract, spent a few months in a team that wrote the allied master air attack plan.
Currently assigned as an exchange fighter pilot with the British Royal Air Force - I live in the UK, fly their squadron jets and lead their pilots into action over Iraq.
My extracurriculars have included teaching Mexican immigrants English (alone), coordinating trips to visit sick children with the squadron, and a few other random acts of volunteering. Sadly, no major leadership positions - a good deal of my time was spent on aircraft carriers, and I really have yet to settle down here in the United Kingdom and do anything besides fly, deploy and drink ale.
I would like to enter into consulting or IB - I feel that part of the MBA experience will be to sway me towards the better fit (although I probably will not say as much in any essay).
With that abstract out of the way, I have four questions:
1. I will not be able to leave the service until early 2010 - the military owns your soul for a while if you fly jets. is there much that should be done now regarding my candidacy? Will age be a major factor?
2. Is there anything I can (or should) do to compensate for my modest GPA? Will my Masters factor at all? Might post-bac. business classes here in the UK be in order?
3. I hate to "game" community service, because all I have done so far has been accomplished totally oblivious to the context of an academic application. That being said, is it warranted to bolster my extracirriculars further? I am assuming my love of Rugby, existentialist literature and the aforementioned ale will not help my cause....
4. What schools do YOU think I should shoot for - I would like to do the H/S/W trifecta with Columbia to boot.
I avidly look forward to reading your opinion, Sir.
15 Jul 2007, 19:38
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Apologies for my delay in response. I was out of the country for the past week.
Sounds like you'll certainly be a competitive applicant when you do apply -- great background and stories to use. Age shouldn't be a major factor. In general miliatary guys are older than the median age. I would recommend exploring other career ideas in the mean time before you apply other than IB and consulting. I'd say 80% of military applicants discuss doing one or the other in their essays. It's not bad to end up there, but it's certainly not a position of differentiation. If you do end up there for your essays, I'd definitely spend a lot of time learning about these career tracks and why they're a good fit for you and what you hope to accomplish in pursuing them.
Your GPA is well served by the fact that you ended strong, did well in your Masters and that you pulled a strong GMAT. I wouldn't worry about trying to juice it more.
You should be able to get a lot of mileage out of tutoring immigrants and flying to visit sick kids. Volunteering is always good for the soul, so if there are other opportunities in which you have interest, I'd say go for it. But, I wouldn't do it just to check a box. Your interest in existentialist literature might be a good point of discussion -- ale not so much
.
Depending on whether you lean toward banking or consulting, you might want to look at Tuck and Darden for consulting and Cornell for banking. Michigan is also very strong.
BTW, thanks for your service!
Sounds like you'll certainly be a competitive applicant when you do apply -- great background and stories to use. Age shouldn't be a major factor. In general miliatary guys are older than the median age. I would recommend exploring other career ideas in the mean time before you apply other than IB and consulting. I'd say 80% of military applicants discuss doing one or the other in their essays. It's not bad to end up there, but it's certainly not a position of differentiation. If you do end up there for your essays, I'd definitely spend a lot of time learning about these career tracks and why they're a good fit for you and what you hope to accomplish in pursuing them.
Your GPA is well served by the fact that you ended strong, did well in your Masters and that you pulled a strong GMAT. I wouldn't worry about trying to juice it more.
You should be able to get a lot of mileage out of tutoring immigrants and flying to visit sick kids. Volunteering is always good for the soul, so if there are other opportunities in which you have interest, I'd say go for it. But, I wouldn't do it just to check a box. Your interest in existentialist literature might be a good point of discussion -- ale not so much
.
Depending on whether you lean toward banking or consulting, you might want to look at Tuck and Darden for consulting and Cornell for banking. Michigan is also very strong.
BTW, thanks for your service!
16 Jul 2007, 11:41
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Truthringer,
Thank you for the great reply. I really appreciate the time you spend answering the questions here and your honesty in doing such. Good advice is rarely free, and free advice is rarely good - yours met both standards, and you have my thanks.
Should you find yourself in Scotland (or Qatar), please send me a line, and the single malt is on me.
Ron
Thank you for the great reply. I really appreciate the time you spend answering the questions here and your honesty in doing such. Good advice is rarely free, and free advice is rarely good - yours met both standards, and you have my thanks.
Should you find yourself in Scotland (or Qatar), please send me a line, and the single malt is on me.
Ron
