Vignicius wrote:
My name is Vignicius Curi de França, I am writing from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and I am thinking about to apply to the full time MBA of the following Universities: Georgetown University (MacDonough), University of California (Irvine), George Washington University and University of Rochester (Simon).
Based on that, I would like to know if I have a chance to get admitted with the following resume or I should try to improve something.
I am 29 years old (June/12/1985), married (3 years) and live in Brasil – Rio de Janeiro.
I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (grad: August / 2009 - GPA 71%) and in the last four years I have been working as a Category Supervisor at Vale Supply Chain Headquarter (Iron Ore Mining Company), focused on industrial maintenance, building maintenance, cleaning, gardening, feeding, and etc. At this position I am responsible to develop the supply chain strategies and to lead the hiring processes of infrastructure and industrial maintenance services of Vale operations in Brazil. I work with a team of eight supply chain analysts and we are in charge of a USD 200 MM annual spend.
Before Vale, I was a trainee at Votorantim Steel for one year and had the opportunity to participate in a building project, commissioning and startup of a Steel Mill (mini mill). In this project I worked initially in the project area and later as supervisor of maintenance of the continuous casting machine.
Still on my previous experiences, I would highlight one year internship in the field of industrial maintenance in Michelin, four months of work experience at Aspen, CO - USA, one year of scientific initiative in college (2 posts) and one year and a half at the Brazilian Air Force Academy as an aviator cadet.
Recently, I made an attempt on the GMAT and got a score of 600 points (AWA 6 / IR 4 / Q42 / V31). I will probably retake it on the first week of december and try to reach 660 points (my avg. score in the GMATPREP).
About the TOEFL, my total score is 102 (R27 / L26 / S24 / W25).
Thank you very much for your help.
Best Regards,
Vignicius Franca
Dear Vignicius Franca,
Well to begin with you seem to have a pretty unique and good profile - you come from Brazil, have what seems to be a good job with good responsibilities and leadership opportunities (I love the hiring stuff). Your military training could be a nice bonus for you too (did you finish the cadet school?), and is at any rate very interesting. Plus the fact that you have some US experience should add to your profile.
Right now your main weaknesses are of the academic order - a so-so GPA and a not so hot GMAT. Which in a way is a good thing, because the "easiest" thing to correct at this point is to get a better GMAT. And if you don't end up getting at least a 660 on your GMAT on this retake, I'd say it's probably worth your while to study more and retake again, even if it means applying next year.
But let's hope rather for the best-case scenario
In which case I feel your school list would be competitive. It will depend a bit on what the rest of your profile looks like, and feel free to drop us a line for a free consultation if you want to give me more info:
https://bit.ly/mbafcGCHope this helps!
All the best,
JF
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19 Nov 2014, 05:13
