Questions:
Given my profile, what would be my prospects in the outlined schools?
Nationality:
Kuwait, Middle East
Gender/Age:
Male / 27
GMAT Score:
630 (66 percentile). 46 Math (58 percentile), 31 Verbal (61 percentile) - 2018 (Planning to retake it again soon)
Education:
A) Undergraduate: Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Kuwait University, with a GPA of 3.51 and MGPA of 3.79.
B) Graduate: MBA at Gulf University of Science and Technology (Private University in Kuwait) - Dropped out after 2 semesters , with GPA 3.85.
C) CFA Level 1 - Candidate (Exam was cancelled due to Covid 19 so I only got the material and a training course
Professional Experience:
A) Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) (4 years):
A) Cyber Security Engineer-intern (3 months): during my last summer semester at the university I applied for an internship program at KNPC and was trained for a 3 months. I created many cyber security awareness campaigns and got familiarized with how the IT department serves the refineries which are the backbone of my country's main source of income. After my internship was over I received a certificate of achievement and got hired by them straight after graduation.
B) Telecommunications Engineer (2 years): I have worked with critical communications equipment in all KNPC sites including the refineries in terms of maintaining them and writing up contracts to replace or develop the existing the technology. I have also managed foremen and technicians that were working under me in varies sites (around 10 people).
C) System Engineer (2 years and still going): After two years I was rotated into a different team that handles all the major contracts in the IT Division and was placed in charge of a couple of contracts straight away because of my experience in handling them in my previous position. My team (one Senior Engineer and around six Engineers) also were in charge of IT Helpdesk which consists of over 150 contractors which we had to manage on a day-to-day basis. During my tenure at this position I was asked to spearhead a team that was tasked to renovate the IT Floor due to my expertise in handling contractors although it was completely out of my scope of work and knowledge. We completed the project and were appreciated by the upper-management for our efforts.
B) Vault Financial Advisory - startup (2 years):
I am a Co-Founder, CEO and the CIO of this company and run the day-to-day operations with my partner. We manage our clients assets in the U.S. Stock Market. We do so by either actively manage their portfolio or provide them research and advise on stocks that they are interested in.
Achievements:
A) 3rd Place Winner in KFAS’s Kuwait E-Awards 6th Annual Season - Was honored at the ceremony in Bayan Palace under the patronage of His Highness the late Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on 30th of May 2016.
B) 1st Place Winner for Best Project at the 29th Annual Engineer Design Exhibition.
C) Dean’s Honorary Student - Kuwait University (2013 – 2016)
Scholarship:
I have just received a Scholarship form Kuwait University for Master and PhD Programs that include:
A) Full Tuition and Fees
B) Medical Expenses
C) Allowance
D) Salary (in addition to the above allowance)
Objective:
Complete my PhD in Finance and work as a professor in Kuwait University in addition to further establishing my startup company.
Note: Due to Scholarship regulations, I have to first attain my MBA then go for a PhD in case you are wondering.
Schools:
Preference: LBS, Oxford, Wharton
Backup: HBS, MIT, Duke, University of Washington, UCLA, Stanford