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Joined: 01 Sep 2013
Last visit: 19 May 2021
Posts: 310
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Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Anderson FEMBA"20 (A$)
GMAT 1: 710 Q47 V41
GPA: 3.7
WE:Corporate Finance (Aerospace and Defense)
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28 May 2014, 15:24
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Thank you for taking the time to review my profile; I really appreciate it. Let me know what you think!
My profile:
My Career Goals:
My School List:
My profile:
- Work Experience: 5.5 years at a Fortune 50 at Matriculation (Corporate finance in the Manufacturing industry)
- Age: 28 at Matriculation
- GMAT: 710 (Q49 Q38) AWA 6.0, IR 7 (Will be retaking in a couple of months-hopefully will get a 740-750)
- School: West Coast state school with regional recognition
- Major: Accounting BS, Cum Laude
- GPA: 3.7
- Background: I received a full-ride scholarship to a regionally prominent state school, and now work for a major F50 manufacturing company. I am a graduate of their finance leadership rotation program, and have worked in multiple divisions and financial functions with international experience.
- Extracurricular: I have been a national leader for 3 years with a non-profit dedicated to developing leadership skills in minorities and various other leadership roles in organizations inside and outside of work. I also regularly conduct leadership/teamwork workshops for non-profits and corporations, and I have been a very passionate mentor for over 20 young professionals and college students.
- Leadership: I have had multiple leadership roles in my work environment and in my extracurricular activities. The largest team I have led was around 25 people. Unfortunately, I have never been a manager with my company (co-workers are very "experienced").
- For Fun: Conceived and executed a leadership convention (raised $35,000 with 250 attendees), once shaved my head for charity (raised $2,500), and I have started a MBA applicant blog that is picking up a lot of attention (1,000 views in 10 days) (https://grantmeadmission.com)
- Bonus: Applied to Tuck this year, was waitlisted and then transferred to the reduced waitlist. I am 99% sure that I will not get off the waitlist (rumor is they are over-enrolled)
My Career Goals:
- Short Term: MBB Consulting focused on the manufacturing industry and/or tech
- Long Term: To be the first Chinese American CEO of a Fortune 500
My School List:
- Harvard
- Wharton
- MIT
- Tuck
- Duke
- Yale
03 Jun 2014, 11:08
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Hi,
Thanks for posting. Overall it sounds like you have the basis of a solid b-school application profile. In addition to the quant skills etc, you've got some great leadership experiences you can cite (the leadership program itself; serving as the national director for the non-profit-- very interested/would love to know more; the mentoring experiences are great; leading a team of 25 (it's ok if it was more short-term vs permanent, still good experience). The leadership convention you conceived of and ran sounds impressive as well, and shows that you are determined, driven, and get things done.
As listed here, your goals could be flushed out further, to make sure you have a very clear and compelling case for WHY you want and NEED the MBA and exactly how you'll use it (but I also know this was a brief notes-style list of your profile, so understandable).
Sounds like your main tasks from here on out are working on your ESSAYS (lots of potential there, to show exactly who you are and what you'll contribute to a class, as well as why you need the degree and why their school), and school research. Be sure to show you KNOW each school well, and can vouch for why it's right for you. As for the GMAT a 710 doesn't bother me much as it's not likely to keep you OUT if the rest is stellar, but if you're set to re-take and feel you can make a difference that's fine.
Let us know how else we can help or what q's you have, and if interested at any point we offer a free 30 minute consult at https://www.mbamission.com/consult.php. Keep us posted on q's and your progress!
Thanks for posting. Overall it sounds like you have the basis of a solid b-school application profile. In addition to the quant skills etc, you've got some great leadership experiences you can cite (the leadership program itself; serving as the national director for the non-profit-- very interested/would love to know more; the mentoring experiences are great; leading a team of 25 (it's ok if it was more short-term vs permanent, still good experience). The leadership convention you conceived of and ran sounds impressive as well, and shows that you are determined, driven, and get things done.
As listed here, your goals could be flushed out further, to make sure you have a very clear and compelling case for WHY you want and NEED the MBA and exactly how you'll use it (but I also know this was a brief notes-style list of your profile, so understandable).
Sounds like your main tasks from here on out are working on your ESSAYS (lots of potential there, to show exactly who you are and what you'll contribute to a class, as well as why you need the degree and why their school), and school research. Be sure to show you KNOW each school well, and can vouch for why it's right for you. As for the GMAT a 710 doesn't bother me much as it's not likely to keep you OUT if the rest is stellar, but if you're set to re-take and feel you can make a difference that's fine.
Let us know how else we can help or what q's you have, and if interested at any point we offer a free 30 minute consult at https://www.mbamission.com/consult.php. Keep us posted on q's and your progress!
