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11 May 2019, 15:33
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Hello,
You have a great profile and an interesting story. In terms of your specific questions:
1) RECOMMENDATIONS:
It will depend on the school. Generally speaking the recommender from your non-profit sounds like the better choice. It is important that 1) the recommender know your work well so he / she can provide detailed examples explaining how you have made a difference 2) the recommender knows what is expected from the letter or at least is coachable. Sometimes recommenders think they are writing a good recommendation but if they don't know what is considered "good," could inadverently hurt you (or at the very least not help you). Schools do not just want to know what you did but how you did it and the impact you made. I wouldn't be concerned about the level of English as you can have the letter translated (note: it must be an official translation). It is far better to have someone write in a language in which they are comfortable than to try and write in English.
Although you have not worked at the non-profit for long 1) You will have completed (or be close to completing) the project 2) The recommender is familiar with your work 3) You were recruited to work on the project (it is great that someone asked you to join!) and 4) the recommender is familiar with MBA programs and the type of candidate they want to admit.
The issue is that some schools only want professional recommendations - so it is a bit situation dependent.
2) At first glance I think your schools are realistic and well-chosen. You have a strong academic background; interesting work experience; a global background; solid and clear goals; interesting activities outside of work; and a clear understanding of why you want to go to business school. It will be important that your application / essays clearly differentiate you by telling YOUR story. It will also be important that you can articulate why you would be a good fit for the schools you have chosen. The schools you mention (Tuck in particular) are very focused on ensuring you know why you want to attend THEIR school and can articulate it throughout the application.
3) I think you should retake the GMAT. While your overall score is in line / just below average scores at these schools, your quantitative score (which schools care about more) is low. Since neither your your undergraduate degree nor your job seem to have a strong quant component (at first glance) you need to be able to prove to the schools that you have the analytic ability to do the work.
There is a lot of information in here and I am happy to provide a more detailed profile evaluation if you would like. Email me at [email protected] to set up some time.
Pamela Jaffe
The Jaffe Advantage
www.jaffeadvantage.com
[email protected]
You have a great profile and an interesting story. In terms of your specific questions:
1) RECOMMENDATIONS:
It will depend on the school. Generally speaking the recommender from your non-profit sounds like the better choice. It is important that 1) the recommender know your work well so he / she can provide detailed examples explaining how you have made a difference 2) the recommender knows what is expected from the letter or at least is coachable. Sometimes recommenders think they are writing a good recommendation but if they don't know what is considered "good," could inadverently hurt you (or at the very least not help you). Schools do not just want to know what you did but how you did it and the impact you made. I wouldn't be concerned about the level of English as you can have the letter translated (note: it must be an official translation). It is far better to have someone write in a language in which they are comfortable than to try and write in English.
Although you have not worked at the non-profit for long 1) You will have completed (or be close to completing) the project 2) The recommender is familiar with your work 3) You were recruited to work on the project (it is great that someone asked you to join!) and 4) the recommender is familiar with MBA programs and the type of candidate they want to admit.
The issue is that some schools only want professional recommendations - so it is a bit situation dependent.
2) At first glance I think your schools are realistic and well-chosen. You have a strong academic background; interesting work experience; a global background; solid and clear goals; interesting activities outside of work; and a clear understanding of why you want to go to business school. It will be important that your application / essays clearly differentiate you by telling YOUR story. It will also be important that you can articulate why you would be a good fit for the schools you have chosen. The schools you mention (Tuck in particular) are very focused on ensuring you know why you want to attend THEIR school and can articulate it throughout the application.
3) I think you should retake the GMAT. While your overall score is in line / just below average scores at these schools, your quantitative score (which schools care about more) is low. Since neither your your undergraduate degree nor your job seem to have a strong quant component (at first glance) you need to be able to prove to the schools that you have the analytic ability to do the work.
There is a lot of information in here and I am happy to provide a more detailed profile evaluation if you would like. Email me at [email protected] to set up some time.
Pamela Jaffe
The Jaffe Advantage
www.jaffeadvantage.com
[email protected]
13 May 2019, 03:44
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A few more thoughts and perspective for you delain:
Hope this helps some more.
Cheers,
- The nature of your experience looks pretty interesting though fractured (?). What kind of product/service do you deal with in your current job and the brand of your employer? While the contours look good, it would also be important to understand the impact you've had given the relatively shorter span you've had in both the jobs - something to mull about vis-a-vis the timing of your application.
- The international experience and the ECs effort sound very good and something to leverage well in your applications. Unless US is a given, could mean opening doors for you at some top European programs too.
- Read here for broad inputs on choice of recommender. A bit conflicting input here, but you should definitely find a way to get a recommendation from your current job - it's something you'd need vouched for and not gonna be easy to explain away am afraid. Some schools may provide the option of a third reco in which case only the India reco could work.
- There isn't really a magic minimum GMAT number. The way I'd put it is to say that while the score itself may not be a deal breaker, a higher score will help also in your post-MBA plans - consulting firms look at GMAT score while recruiting.
- On that note, while consulting can almost always be justified, entrepreneurship can be tricky. Think hard about why it must be your consulting and not being part of an existing firm if it doesn't really do anything new/different.
Hope this helps some more.
Cheers,
