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Ccs127
Joined: 01 Oct 2012
Last visit: 03 Oct 2015
Posts: 19
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Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: HBS '17 (D) Kellogg MMM '17 (M) Booth '17 (WL)
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V41
GPA: 3.6
WE:Engineering (Manufacturing)
11 Aug 2014, 15:53
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Hi all,
I'm getting ready to apply R2 to a few schools. I'd greatly appreciate feedback on my profile:
Background:
- 26-year-old white male
Academic:
- 750 GMAT (Q50/V41/AWA6.0/IR8)
- BS in mechanical engineering from top non-Ivy (Duke/Johns Hopkins/Northwestern), 3.6 GPA
- MS in mechanical engineering from same school, 3.7 GPA
Work:
- 4 years working as a mechanical engineer at a midsize ($50-75M revenue, 50-75 employees) electronics company
- My role has exposed me to all aspects of the company: I've worked within the R&D group and production engineering (manufacturing), and hand-in-hand with business development & software teams for demos, marketing, procurement...there are very few areas of the company that I have not worked closely with
- Received promotion after 1.5 years and began heading up mechanical design for the R&D team, working primarily with 3-4 CS people to develop product demos and prototypes
- One of only two or three mechanical engineers in the company, so I'm directly responsible for much of what we produce
Extracurricular:
- Leadership role within engineering honor society during undergrad
- Volunteer at children's hospital (starting shortly...been on waiting list since January)
- Leadership role for city-wide fundraising effort connected to children's hospital (recruiting team for 500+ person event, largest event of its kind in the country)
- Other interests: guitarist in a band, playing local shows a few times a month; weightlift in the gym 5+ hours a week consistently for ~6 years; active Dance Marathon participant
Short-term goal:
- Transition to strategy consulting at MBB to get more experience in the business realm
Long-term goal:
- Transition from strategy consulting to product management at a tech company (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.)
Why MBA:
- Love working in product development, but want to have ability to lead a product from start to finish...have some experience, but no educational foundation for it
- Want to transition from small-picture (actual engineering of products) to big-picture (product management, logistics, operations, etc.)
Target schools:
- HBS
- Kellogg MMM
- Booth
- Sloan
- Wharton
- Stanford
Thanks for any input you can offer!
I'm getting ready to apply R2 to a few schools. I'd greatly appreciate feedback on my profile:
Background:
- 26-year-old white male
Academic:
- 750 GMAT (Q50/V41/AWA6.0/IR8)
- BS in mechanical engineering from top non-Ivy (Duke/Johns Hopkins/Northwestern), 3.6 GPA
- MS in mechanical engineering from same school, 3.7 GPA
Work:
- 4 years working as a mechanical engineer at a midsize ($50-75M revenue, 50-75 employees) electronics company
- My role has exposed me to all aspects of the company: I've worked within the R&D group and production engineering (manufacturing), and hand-in-hand with business development & software teams for demos, marketing, procurement...there are very few areas of the company that I have not worked closely with
- Received promotion after 1.5 years and began heading up mechanical design for the R&D team, working primarily with 3-4 CS people to develop product demos and prototypes
- One of only two or three mechanical engineers in the company, so I'm directly responsible for much of what we produce
Extracurricular:
- Leadership role within engineering honor society during undergrad
- Volunteer at children's hospital (starting shortly...been on waiting list since January)
- Leadership role for city-wide fundraising effort connected to children's hospital (recruiting team for 500+ person event, largest event of its kind in the country)
- Other interests: guitarist in a band, playing local shows a few times a month; weightlift in the gym 5+ hours a week consistently for ~6 years; active Dance Marathon participant
Short-term goal:
- Transition to strategy consulting at MBB to get more experience in the business realm
Long-term goal:
- Transition from strategy consulting to product management at a tech company (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.)
Why MBA:
- Love working in product development, but want to have ability to lead a product from start to finish...have some experience, but no educational foundation for it
- Want to transition from small-picture (actual engineering of products) to big-picture (product management, logistics, operations, etc.)
Target schools:
- HBS
- Kellogg MMM
- Booth
- Sloan
- Wharton
- Stanford
Thanks for any input you can offer!
12 Aug 2014, 12:12
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Hey there,
So there's a lot here I like. Let's start with your academics first. Great school, solid GPA, baller GMAT. You've got this bad boy sealed with a bow. Professionally, even though you're working for a smaller firm, it seems you're as cross functional as it gets. And, being just 1 of 3 MEs, you probably have some serious impact / scope stories to pull from. The good thing with smaller companies, in addition to getting to wear a lot of different hats, is tracking impact and results back to someone is a bit easier. With only <75 folks working there, we could do that with a fair amount of ease. From an involvement perspective, it's great that you're involved. Even though you haven't done a lot, the things you have done are clearly relatively very big deals.
Here's what you're really going to have to develop: your goals. Your short term ones are fine. I get it. Have exposure to a lot of functions but you're still in an engineering role. Want to move a bit higher. Totally get that. But if you wanted to get into product management, you could do that without going consulting. Product management post MBA is a really hot career. So essentially what you have are TWO short term goals, not one short and one long. Does that make sense?
From a school perspective, IF your goal is M/B/B, you're good to go with the exception of Kellogg's MMM program - regular ol' Kellogg would be better. If, however, you're going the Product Management route, then Kellogg MMM makes sense. Also, you've really aggressive in your school list here. Which isn't a bad thing, but you should throw in a safer school or two. Also, M/B/B recruits at the top 16 or so. So think about where it'll be easy for you to get that job too.
Overall, I think you're in a good spot. Some great academics coupled with some business focused hardcore engineering experience. You have most of the moving pieces you need so you just need to nail down your goals in a way that makes sense. The schools will come together around that.
I hope that helps - let me know if you want me to clarify anything or if you have other questions!
Bhavik
So there's a lot here I like. Let's start with your academics first. Great school, solid GPA, baller GMAT. You've got this bad boy sealed with a bow. Professionally, even though you're working for a smaller firm, it seems you're as cross functional as it gets. And, being just 1 of 3 MEs, you probably have some serious impact / scope stories to pull from. The good thing with smaller companies, in addition to getting to wear a lot of different hats, is tracking impact and results back to someone is a bit easier. With only <75 folks working there, we could do that with a fair amount of ease. From an involvement perspective, it's great that you're involved. Even though you haven't done a lot, the things you have done are clearly relatively very big deals.
Here's what you're really going to have to develop: your goals. Your short term ones are fine. I get it. Have exposure to a lot of functions but you're still in an engineering role. Want to move a bit higher. Totally get that. But if you wanted to get into product management, you could do that without going consulting. Product management post MBA is a really hot career. So essentially what you have are TWO short term goals, not one short and one long. Does that make sense?
From a school perspective, IF your goal is M/B/B, you're good to go with the exception of Kellogg's MMM program - regular ol' Kellogg would be better. If, however, you're going the Product Management route, then Kellogg MMM makes sense. Also, you've really aggressive in your school list here. Which isn't a bad thing, but you should throw in a safer school or two. Also, M/B/B recruits at the top 16 or so. So think about where it'll be easy for you to get that job too.
Overall, I think you're in a good spot. Some great academics coupled with some business focused hardcore engineering experience. You have most of the moving pieces you need so you just need to nail down your goals in a way that makes sense. The schools will come together around that.
I hope that helps - let me know if you want me to clarify anything or if you have other questions!
Bhavik
Ccs127
Joined: 01 Oct 2012
Last visit: 03 Oct 2015
Posts: 19
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 3
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: HBS '17 (D) Kellogg MMM '17 (M) Booth '17 (WL)
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V41
GPA: 3.6
WE:Engineering (Manufacturing)
13 Aug 2014, 23:14
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Bhavik,
Thank you so much for your assessment.
What you said about short-term and long-term goals makes sense. I ultimately see myself going into product management--I have experience in product development and could see myself taking on a larger role in that capacity in the future--so I'll probably cut out the MBB track and go full-steam toward a PM role. My only question here is this: will I then be grouped with other engineers wanting to go into product management, rather than with engineers wanting to go into consulting? And would one group be easier to "stand out" in than the other, in your opinion?
My largest concern at this point is having to compete with engineers from the major tech companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.). Having worked for a smaller, relatively unknown company for four years, I feel like I have a lot of good experiences to draw from, but I worry that adcoms will question why I chose my current company over the majors (considering I could have probably worked for a well-known company, given my academic background). Is wanting to have a larger impact on a smaller company a valid reason here, or is that just going to sound scripted?
Thanks again for your assistance!
Thank you so much for your assessment.
What you said about short-term and long-term goals makes sense. I ultimately see myself going into product management--I have experience in product development and could see myself taking on a larger role in that capacity in the future--so I'll probably cut out the MBB track and go full-steam toward a PM role. My only question here is this: will I then be grouped with other engineers wanting to go into product management, rather than with engineers wanting to go into consulting? And would one group be easier to "stand out" in than the other, in your opinion?
My largest concern at this point is having to compete with engineers from the major tech companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.). Having worked for a smaller, relatively unknown company for four years, I feel like I have a lot of good experiences to draw from, but I worry that adcoms will question why I chose my current company over the majors (considering I could have probably worked for a well-known company, given my academic background). Is wanting to have a larger impact on a smaller company a valid reason here, or is that just going to sound scripted?
Thanks again for your assistance!
