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27 Feb 2008, 10:33
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Paul,
Please evaluate my profile when you get a chance. Also, I look forward to reading "Great Application Essays for Business School" and "Your MBA Game Plan" over the next couple months as I prepare for the upcoming application season.
Brief profile: I grew up in a small rural town in the south, attended community college for a year, and transferred to a large public in-state school (largest in the tri-state area) where I graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Since graduating, I have worked at 2 different companies within the power industry as a mechanical engineer. I plan to pursue an MBA in order to change careers to Investment Banking. My short-term goal is to work for an investment bank, ideally covering the power/energy sector. Long-term, after 3-5 years at an I-Bank, I will possibly go back to work for a power/energy company within their internal finance department. The other option would be to stay in I-Banking long-term. I will be applying to either 4 or 5 programs this fall for admittance in fall 2009.
Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance
GMAT: 700 (92%ile), Q: 48 (85%ile), V: 38 (84%ile), AWA : TBD, but expecting 5.0 or greater
GPA: 3.88 overall (3.85 when 44 hours of community college transfer credit are factored in)
UG: BS in Mechanical Engineering from a top-tier engineering school (relatively well-known state school)
Work experience:
- 4.5 years as a mechanical engineer in the power industry at matriculation.
- First company - 2.5 years experience, very well-known and respected Fortune 500 company. I was employed in the power division of this company. Although I was never in a managerial role, I led several high profile projects. Also, no one directly reported to me, but I was responsible for coordinating several people in order to successfully complete the projects. Most of my stories will come from this job experience. I left to pursue a different opportunity within the same industry.
- Second company – 2 years experience, relatively young Fortune 500 company also within the power industry. I had similar responsibilities as the first job, but not quite as much leadership. I received one promotion, which was on schedule for a typical engineering career path.
- I plan to get a solid recommendation from a supervisor at each company.
Nationality: US (Caucasian)
Age: 26 (27 at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community:
- In college, my main EC activity was intramural sports (flag football, basketball, and softball). I was also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (no positions held).
- While at the first company, I participated in the company’s volunteer organization, where I helped organize fund raising events (no positions held). I also played on the company softball team.
- While at the second company, I became involved in a local volunteer organization where I tutored GED students. Soon, I will be taking a leadership role within this organization where I will be responsible for a similar tutoring program. There will be approximately 6 volunteers that I will be responsible for leading. I plan to stay active in this until I matriculate. I also participate in Alumni Association events, but I hold no positions in that organization.
- Non-community activities – I stay pretty active: mountain and road biking, amateur auto racing, and organized adult-league sports (softball, kickball, flag football).
Schools planning to apply to: Penn (reach), Columbia (reach), Chicago (reach), Duke (target), UNC (in-state safety). I am also considering replacing one of the reaches with Michigan since it is more of a target level program for me.
Do you agree with my school choices? Do you see anything that I can work on over the next couple months? Do you think the rural southern background will help with diversity? I noticed that people from the south make up less than 5% of their enrolled class at many northern schools.
Thanks in advance.
Please evaluate my profile when you get a chance. Also, I look forward to reading "Great Application Essays for Business School" and "Your MBA Game Plan" over the next couple months as I prepare for the upcoming application season.
Brief profile: I grew up in a small rural town in the south, attended community college for a year, and transferred to a large public in-state school (largest in the tri-state area) where I graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Since graduating, I have worked at 2 different companies within the power industry as a mechanical engineer. I plan to pursue an MBA in order to change careers to Investment Banking. My short-term goal is to work for an investment bank, ideally covering the power/energy sector. Long-term, after 3-5 years at an I-Bank, I will possibly go back to work for a power/energy company within their internal finance department. The other option would be to stay in I-Banking long-term. I will be applying to either 4 or 5 programs this fall for admittance in fall 2009.
Program: MBA-FT
Area of interest in MBA: Finance
GMAT: 700 (92%ile), Q: 48 (85%ile), V: 38 (84%ile), AWA : TBD, but expecting 5.0 or greater
GPA: 3.88 overall (3.85 when 44 hours of community college transfer credit are factored in)
UG: BS in Mechanical Engineering from a top-tier engineering school (relatively well-known state school)
Work experience:
- 4.5 years as a mechanical engineer in the power industry at matriculation.
- First company - 2.5 years experience, very well-known and respected Fortune 500 company. I was employed in the power division of this company. Although I was never in a managerial role, I led several high profile projects. Also, no one directly reported to me, but I was responsible for coordinating several people in order to successfully complete the projects. Most of my stories will come from this job experience. I left to pursue a different opportunity within the same industry.
- Second company – 2 years experience, relatively young Fortune 500 company also within the power industry. I had similar responsibilities as the first job, but not quite as much leadership. I received one promotion, which was on schedule for a typical engineering career path.
- I plan to get a solid recommendation from a supervisor at each company.
Nationality: US (Caucasian)
Age: 26 (27 at matriculation)
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular/community:
- In college, my main EC activity was intramural sports (flag football, basketball, and softball). I was also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (no positions held).
- While at the first company, I participated in the company’s volunteer organization, where I helped organize fund raising events (no positions held). I also played on the company softball team.
- While at the second company, I became involved in a local volunteer organization where I tutored GED students. Soon, I will be taking a leadership role within this organization where I will be responsible for a similar tutoring program. There will be approximately 6 volunteers that I will be responsible for leading. I plan to stay active in this until I matriculate. I also participate in Alumni Association events, but I hold no positions in that organization.
- Non-community activities – I stay pretty active: mountain and road biking, amateur auto racing, and organized adult-league sports (softball, kickball, flag football).
Schools planning to apply to: Penn (reach), Columbia (reach), Chicago (reach), Duke (target), UNC (in-state safety). I am also considering replacing one of the reaches with Michigan since it is more of a target level program for me.
Do you agree with my school choices? Do you see anything that I can work on over the next couple months? Do you think the rural southern background will help with diversity? I noticed that people from the south make up less than 5% of their enrolled class at many northern schools.
Thanks in advance.
28 Feb 2008, 17:02
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maverick2011,
Good solid profile, if not breathtakingly unusual. I think the energy career focus, the community leadership, and the Southern Charm angle are your differentiators and recommend that you play them. If you have an interesting personal/family story (overcoming difficulty) that might help too. I agree that Penn, Columbia, and Chicago are reaches, with Chicago as the most feasible and Columbia the least. I do think that swapping Michigan for one of them would improve your odds a bit. I agree with your labels for Duke and UNC. Given your goals you might also consider Rochester Simon (safety), NYU Stern (target/reach), Texas, perhaps Carnegie Mellon (both targets).
--"Do you see anything that I can work on over the next couple months?" Not really, unless you see some promotion opportunities at work or think you could raise your GMAT score 40 points without too much effort.
--"Do you think the rural southern background will help with diversity?" Yes, modestly.
Good luck,
Good solid profile, if not breathtakingly unusual. I think the energy career focus, the community leadership, and the Southern Charm angle are your differentiators and recommend that you play them. If you have an interesting personal/family story (overcoming difficulty) that might help too. I agree that Penn, Columbia, and Chicago are reaches, with Chicago as the most feasible and Columbia the least. I do think that swapping Michigan for one of them would improve your odds a bit. I agree with your labels for Duke and UNC. Given your goals you might also consider Rochester Simon (safety), NYU Stern (target/reach), Texas, perhaps Carnegie Mellon (both targets).
--"Do you see anything that I can work on over the next couple months?" Not really, unless you see some promotion opportunities at work or think you could raise your GMAT score 40 points without too much effort.
--"Do you think the rural southern background will help with diversity?" Yes, modestly.
Good luck,
29 Feb 2008, 11:23
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Thanks for the great advice. Based on your response, I will probably apply to NYU instead of Columbia or Michigan. That way I will have more of a balanced “portfolio” (2 reaches, 2 targets, 1 safety). One question though, is there a reason that NYU is considered more of a target than a reach? They have a very low acceptance rate, just barely above Columbia’s (19.9% vs. 17.1%). Are you saying that my profile is more in line with the people that do get accepted there; that is, there is an overall lower caliber of applicants at NYU vs. Columbia?
