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08 Jul 2018, 05:20
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Profile: Looking for a career transition into technology and would like to go to a top 20 US school
29yo, white European from London.
GMAT: yet to be taken but targeting a 700
GPA: 4.0 in undergraduate degree. Also have a masters in management degree from UCL.
Work experience 5 years. 3 of those at a global financial services management consultancy firm (5000+ employees). Have worked on projects throughout for Tier 1 investment bank. 2 promotions and strong performer with many additional extra-curricular work to support wider firm.
Extra curricular: mentor young students from low income families to develop skills and confidence to succeed
Any thoughts/guidance would be much appreciated! Thanks
29yo, white European from London.
GMAT: yet to be taken but targeting a 700
GPA: 4.0 in undergraduate degree. Also have a masters in management degree from UCL.
Work experience 5 years. 3 of those at a global financial services management consultancy firm (5000+ employees). Have worked on projects throughout for Tier 1 investment bank. 2 promotions and strong performer with many additional extra-curricular work to support wider firm.
Extra curricular: mentor young students from low income families to develop skills and confidence to succeed
Any thoughts/guidance would be much appreciated! Thanks
09 Jul 2018, 06:51
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Hi louisforte,
Thank you for your post. Here are a few observations:
1. GMAT Score
I know this is easier said than done, but a 730 is a better target than a 700, especially if you want to boost your chances in the T10/15. There are only a couple of programs in the U.S. top 20 with a median GMAT score of 700 (CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler, maybe one more depending on which school you tag as #20). And there are only three others with median GMAT scores of 710 (Fuqua, Johnson, McCombs). All of the rest boast median GMAT scores of 720+.
As a white male from Europe who works in finance / consulting, you should ideally try to position yourself on top of schools' GMAT averages. Your GMAT result, whatever it ends up being, will have a meaningful effect on your school strategy. (So too should your interest in transitioning to technology.) You can read more about the "rising GMAT score phenomenon" here: https://www.avantiprep.com/blog/deconst ... -arms-race
2. Career Goals
I realize you can't include every detail in your post, but your career goal of "transitioning into technology" will naturally need to be much, much more specific.
What company or companies do you want to work for? In what role(s)? Where? Why? What type of projects do you hope to work on and impact do you hope to have? Within the technology industry, what specializations will you aim to develop or areas will you focus on? What are your long-term goals? Why? How does who you are and what you've done to this point – plus the MBA – lead to your goals? What knowledge, skills, and experience do you already have that are relevant to these goals? What knowledge, skills, and experience do you lack and therefore need to acquire via the MBA?
On its face, I worry a little bit about how you're going to articulate your "financial consulting to technology" transition. Career pivots are fine, but you'll need to find and articulate how these interests evolved, what knowledge/skills/experience you have that are relevant, why and how this transition is credible, and what exactly you're going to do to fill these seemingly large gaps between what you do now and what you want to do next. Right now, it feels like a vague (and perhaps somewhat random) career plan. You can read more about how to think about career goal specificity here: https://www.avantiprep.com/blog/the-mos ... on-process
3. What Makes You Stand Out
Again, I know you can't include every detail in your post, but I don't quite see what makes you "stand out" from your post. Work experience and extracurriculars seem solid, but what are the differentiators? You will want to really unpack your experiences to identify and articulate those. If you don't, you will risk falling into a big bucket of very similar applicants with very similar scores. Consider what unique projects or impact you've had at work (or outside of work), what drives you, how your recommenders can help differentiate you, what you can uniquely contribute to an MBA program, etc. You are unique -- make sure that comes across in your stories and application!
Hope this helps. Happy to chat if ever helpful: https://www.avantiprep.com/free-consultation.html
Best Regards,
Greg
Thank you for your post. Here are a few observations:
1. GMAT Score
I know this is easier said than done, but a 730 is a better target than a 700, especially if you want to boost your chances in the T10/15. There are only a couple of programs in the U.S. top 20 with a median GMAT score of 700 (CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler, maybe one more depending on which school you tag as #20). And there are only three others with median GMAT scores of 710 (Fuqua, Johnson, McCombs). All of the rest boast median GMAT scores of 720+.
As a white male from Europe who works in finance / consulting, you should ideally try to position yourself on top of schools' GMAT averages. Your GMAT result, whatever it ends up being, will have a meaningful effect on your school strategy. (So too should your interest in transitioning to technology.) You can read more about the "rising GMAT score phenomenon" here: https://www.avantiprep.com/blog/deconst ... -arms-race
2. Career Goals
I realize you can't include every detail in your post, but your career goal of "transitioning into technology" will naturally need to be much, much more specific.
What company or companies do you want to work for? In what role(s)? Where? Why? What type of projects do you hope to work on and impact do you hope to have? Within the technology industry, what specializations will you aim to develop or areas will you focus on? What are your long-term goals? Why? How does who you are and what you've done to this point – plus the MBA – lead to your goals? What knowledge, skills, and experience do you already have that are relevant to these goals? What knowledge, skills, and experience do you lack and therefore need to acquire via the MBA?
On its face, I worry a little bit about how you're going to articulate your "financial consulting to technology" transition. Career pivots are fine, but you'll need to find and articulate how these interests evolved, what knowledge/skills/experience you have that are relevant, why and how this transition is credible, and what exactly you're going to do to fill these seemingly large gaps between what you do now and what you want to do next. Right now, it feels like a vague (and perhaps somewhat random) career plan. You can read more about how to think about career goal specificity here: https://www.avantiprep.com/blog/the-mos ... on-process
3. What Makes You Stand Out
Again, I know you can't include every detail in your post, but I don't quite see what makes you "stand out" from your post. Work experience and extracurriculars seem solid, but what are the differentiators? You will want to really unpack your experiences to identify and articulate those. If you don't, you will risk falling into a big bucket of very similar applicants with very similar scores. Consider what unique projects or impact you've had at work (or outside of work), what drives you, how your recommenders can help differentiate you, what you can uniquely contribute to an MBA program, etc. You are unique -- make sure that comes across in your stories and application!
Hope this helps. Happy to chat if ever helpful: https://www.avantiprep.com/free-consultation.html
Best Regards,
Greg
