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Joined: 26 Jan 2011
Posts: 34
Given Kudos: 3
Concentration: Operations, Strategy
GPA: 3.7
WE:Research (Other)
Please evaluate my profile
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12 May 2011, 16:34
Hi Alex,
I have asked for a profile evaluation on a separate thread, but I would like to get more opinions. Here's where I stand:
Personal background:
Male, 23, applying for 2012 intake.
Schools I'm targeting:
Booth, Sloan, Wharton, Kellogg, Ross.
Undergrad:
Transferred to University of Michigan from a Malaysian college. Graduated in 2009 with a B.Sc in Cellular and Molecular Biology, overall GPA 3.7.
GMAT:
Took it earlier in Feb, got a 730; Q50, V39.
WE1: College Pro Painters (2008)
- Started up and ran my own student painting company; briefly, I developed and executed my own marketing and sales, hired and managed a crew of 9, did my own accounting and finances, handled customer relations. Booked $90,000 of jobs and produced $70,000 (the remainder I had to hand over to another franchisee because school started).
WE2: Academic research for Umich medical school (2009-present)
- Oversee logistical and administrative needs for my PI's lab, for example managing inventory, OSHA compliance, and shipping of research samples to collaborators
- Trained 2 undergraduates in basic life science research to prepare them for their own projects, before handing them over to postdocs or graduate students for said projects
- Helped, as part of a team, expand our laboratory's operations by setting up an auxiliary location.
- Conducted my own life sciences research; so far I have completed one project, the product which will expand the range of experiments we can perform to further knowledge in our field.
Extracurricular activities:
- Student government (several): held director positions in 2 organizations, was VP in another.
- Charity Fundraising: for various organizations that approached my organizations for assistance.
- Church volunteer: helped out at services and at adult baptism classes.
Why MBA:
My career goal is a strategy+management position in the biotech/biomedical industry with a secondary role in entrepreneurial development; briefly, I am most passionate about identifying and developing novel life sciences research with medical significance into commercial products that are readily accessible to those who need it. My current job has given me insight into how research is conducted, and into the challenges and obstacles that researchers encounter. The next step for me will be to refine what business skills I picked up from my College Pro experience and potentially develop more of them, specifically in the three areas that I mentioned, which is where the MBA comes in.
Do you have any advice that I should keep in mind when applying? Thanks!