Alex, I would appreciate a candid evaluation of my profile.
General Info:
- 25/male/east indian origin/canadian citizen. applying for 2011 Fall
- GMAT 690 per
OG diagnostic. working to get it to ~720
- UG: Chemical Engineer from Univ of Waterloo in Canada (top program in country). GPA - 80% (not sure how to convert)
Work experience:
- By Fall 2011, would be 4 years working for a chemical company. promoted once in the 2 years Ive been there. Several applauses and leadership projects undertaken. Mentored/hired interns.
- I'm also working on a start-up outside of my day job above that I co-founded and am the chief exec of for the past 1.5 years. We have $30K in revenues and are working on expanding the business with funds from day job. 2 of us co-founders plus several consultants/contractors that I work with. Lots of leadership learnt/shown. Also have another company president and one other company ceo as mentors.
UG experience:
- Interned at pharma, oil and nuclear companies for a total of 2 years during UG for 4 months at a time
- Co-founded a company with 2 others and an engineering prof. Sought funding. Entered biz plan competition and was one of the top 5 finalists
- Recreational sports
Other ECs
- Member of city's environmental committee
- Board member of a Young Professional Organization in town
Passion - Start-ups, entrepreneurship
Reason to apply - I live in a small town in Canada. Very difficult to build a team, lack of enough smart people, resources. Want to go to a biz school to meet like-minded/smart ppl to start company with and also learn more about biz
Recommendations: Can get one from our mentor who is president of his company, one from my supervisor at day job and a couple from colleagues/co-founder
Schools:
HBS, Stanford, Booth, Mccombs (Asutin)
Questions:
- Do I have a shot in any of the schools above?
- My main reason to go to B-school is so I could start a company in a start-up hub like california, boston, chicago, austin where there are plenty of resources/capital, smart ppl/team building opportunities. Should I just try to get a job in those cities instead? i.e. will I meet ppl in my mba program that would want to start companies/take risks?
Appreciate your feedback. Thank you!