Re: Part time program class of 2018 ( starting fall 15)
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22 Apr 2015, 10:30
Thanx Anxiouscat! Sorry, forgot to post stats:
9 years total work experience. Started off with manufacturing engineering, moved into project engineering for industrial plants and finally settled into the energy industry. Went through a rotational leadership program and got into the operations aspect of power generation, supervising a crew. Worked in power generation for 5 years and recently transferred into a financial role, trading energy.
Undergrad: Mechanical Engineering from a state university 3.02 gpa
Grad: Civil Engineering/Project Management hybrid from an ivy school with 3.41 gpa
I took the GRE with a 81 percentile for verbal and 71 percentile for quant
Essays from current manager, previous manager and a recent grad school professor
For the personal expression essay, I made a powerpoint instead
Extracurriculars were high. Joined a lot of company clubs, teams, mentoring roles, volunteer and fundraiser type events. Will be running the 2015 NYC marathon this fall.
Hope this helps and gluck!