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boyie
Joined: 01 Aug 2013
Last visit: 05 May 2014
Posts: 5
Concentration: Strategy, General Management
Schools: Kellogg '16 Booth '16 Stanford '16
WE:Law (Law)
01 Aug 2013, 09:22
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My profile:
Educational Background:
The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Chemistry- GPA 2.69 (ouch, I focused on undergrad research a lot)
Northwestern University
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering - GPA 3.65
Age: 29
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
GRE Exam: 700 Quant/700 Verbal/5.5 Essay (I took the GRE over 5 years ago when I applied to graduate schools)
GMAT: --- currently in prep period
Work Experience - 3 years
For some time after graduate school, I thought I wanted to pursue the legal field and thus I worked at an early stage pharmaceutical company handling their patent portfolios. In addition to drafting/prosecuting patents, I developed and implemented the intellectual property strategy that handled our numerous trademarks and copyrights along with our sizable portfolio. I was also involved with business development, often checking up on contracts, performing due diligence on deals with bigger pharmaceutical companies and other things like that. As I became more serious with law, I ended up getting poached at a rather reputable law firm in their intellectual property department.
For the past two years that's where I've been, drafting/prosecuting patents, assisting in patent and copyright litigation doing research, and advising clients on developing intellectual property strategies to align their IP with their business goals. It's that last part that I truly enjoyed to where a few of the startups I work with are wanting to poach me from my firm. I love aligning IP with product development and R&D goals for these high tech startups, and I am currently in the process of founding my own startup in medical diagnostics as a result, working with an inventor from a top school.
Extra Curricular:
I have served as a director for a non profit organization that helps at risk youth get off the streets, where I handle financials and help write grants to get more money. Unfortunately, my law firm took up time, so I had to drop that, but I still regularly volunteer my time through the Citizen Schools program, where I taught for a year changing the solar cars and technology modules to excite the kids more. It has been a blast.
My Goals:
I have been really excited by Stanford, Northwestern, Chicago and Harvard due to their strong connections to the startup hubs of the Bay Area, Chicago and Boston. I want to get an MBA to fill in the missing pieces I need (mainly business foundations, valuation, general management, finance) to really bring my startup to life and eventually go into venture capital. I am considering applying to the JD/MBA programs, but really, I feel my focus should be on the MBA due to what I want to do later on.
Are my goals reasonable? What are some other schools that I should look at? Any advice or tips on ways to strengthen my application would be appreciated.
Again, thanks for reading and I appreciate any feedback you might have.
Educational Background:
The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Chemistry- GPA 2.69 (ouch, I focused on undergrad research a lot)
Northwestern University
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering - GPA 3.65
Age: 29
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
GRE Exam: 700 Quant/700 Verbal/5.5 Essay (I took the GRE over 5 years ago when I applied to graduate schools)
GMAT: --- currently in prep period
Work Experience - 3 years
For some time after graduate school, I thought I wanted to pursue the legal field and thus I worked at an early stage pharmaceutical company handling their patent portfolios. In addition to drafting/prosecuting patents, I developed and implemented the intellectual property strategy that handled our numerous trademarks and copyrights along with our sizable portfolio. I was also involved with business development, often checking up on contracts, performing due diligence on deals with bigger pharmaceutical companies and other things like that. As I became more serious with law, I ended up getting poached at a rather reputable law firm in their intellectual property department.
For the past two years that's where I've been, drafting/prosecuting patents, assisting in patent and copyright litigation doing research, and advising clients on developing intellectual property strategies to align their IP with their business goals. It's that last part that I truly enjoyed to where a few of the startups I work with are wanting to poach me from my firm. I love aligning IP with product development and R&D goals for these high tech startups, and I am currently in the process of founding my own startup in medical diagnostics as a result, working with an inventor from a top school.
Extra Curricular:
I have served as a director for a non profit organization that helps at risk youth get off the streets, where I handle financials and help write grants to get more money. Unfortunately, my law firm took up time, so I had to drop that, but I still regularly volunteer my time through the Citizen Schools program, where I taught for a year changing the solar cars and technology modules to excite the kids more. It has been a blast.
My Goals:
I have been really excited by Stanford, Northwestern, Chicago and Harvard due to their strong connections to the startup hubs of the Bay Area, Chicago and Boston. I want to get an MBA to fill in the missing pieces I need (mainly business foundations, valuation, general management, finance) to really bring my startup to life and eventually go into venture capital. I am considering applying to the JD/MBA programs, but really, I feel my focus should be on the MBA due to what I want to do later on.
Are my goals reasonable? What are some other schools that I should look at? Any advice or tips on ways to strengthen my application would be appreciated.
Again, thanks for reading and I appreciate any feedback you might have.
04 Aug 2013, 17:51
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Hey boyie - thanks for asking for a profile review and we'd be happy to get into a discussion with you, but we're a little late to the party and we can see that the other consultants you've asked for help from have already responded. There's not much we can add to the comments you've already received - except to say that your demographic group is going to be a VERY BIG advantage for you (not just a slight one), and your profile is super differentiated. You're targeting some very good schools but you have enough going on in your interesting background that you have a real shot at things.
Too bad that GRE score is expired and you have to go through GMAT hell...
Hopefully you do great on it. But even if you just do OK - we are feeling very bullish on your chances.
Instead of revisiting old territory from what others have already said about your background, why don't you hit us up with any specific questions you have? Anything we can drill down into for you? You gave a lot of great information here and we like what we see. To make the most of this opportunity let's focus on what you need to know, and go from there.
Deal?
EssaySnark
Too bad that GRE score is expired and you have to go through GMAT hell...
Hopefully you do great on it. But even if you just do OK - we are feeling very bullish on your chances.Instead of revisiting old territory from what others have already said about your background, why don't you hit us up with any specific questions you have? Anything we can drill down into for you? You gave a lot of great information here and we like what we see. To make the most of this opportunity let's focus on what you need to know, and go from there.
Deal?
EssaySnark
boyie
Joined: 01 Aug 2013
Last visit: 05 May 2014
Posts: 5
Concentration: Strategy, General Management
Schools: Kellogg '16 Booth '16 Stanford '16
WE:Law (Law)
04 Aug 2013, 20:51
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You're feeling bullish on my chances? Really? Wow! What I've heard from the other consultant was that my terrible UGPA will sink my chances at most schools. I do have a question though. People keep on talking about demographic. How much does that actually affect your chances? I'd love to find out more about that.
