LabSci2MBA wrote:
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Nationality/Ethnicity: African-American
Undergraduate Major: Clinical Laboratory Science
GPA: 3.22 (I went on a half semester medical leave my freshman year and some of my teachers were not very accommodating. I also struggled with the didactic clinical laboratory coursework, which was rote memorization. I excelled once we got to apply that learning in clinical rotations)
GMAT: took the official practice test cold and got 720 (47Q/41V)
First time around I didn't even know the structure of the test so my pacing was off.
I take my test officially Oct 2018
Work
I currently work as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist with a major healthcare organization. I have been working in this type of role for 5 years. In my line of work, official promotions based on merit are not a 'thing' for the most part. Unless you get very lucky and are in the right place at the right time, the team lead roles go to the person who has been there the longest (and people in my role usually stay at these jobs until retirement). The supervisory roles go to the people who have already been team leads. The only way for me to get to those roles without being there 10+ years, would be to already have my MBA or MHA. I have taken on a lot of 'unofficial' leadership positions like being in various committees and inspector roles. I am also the person my team tends to come to when a problem needs to be solved.
Extracurriculars
While in college, I held a number of leadership roles, including: Executive Treasurer of my College, a representative/congresswomen of our school's governing body and the Vice-President of my class for my major. I was also in various honor societies in college, primarily relating to my major. I volunteered with RAINN as an online crisis hotline operator as well as at other events with my leadership organizations.
Currently, I work with Donate Life as a Donor Life Advocate/Recipient Family Advocate, with Girls on the Run as a Coach, and as a court appointed special advocate for children in the foster system.
Post-MBA
After my MBA, I can see myself going 2 ways. Working in operations for a major medical device company (Siemens Healthineers, BD, etc.). or consulting work with healthcare systems.
School Short List
Duke
Stern
Johnson
Tepper
UNC
Emory
Any feedback would be very helpful. Thanks!
Hi,
I quite understand your reasoning for an MBA. Duke is an excellent program for Healthcare. Also consider Darden, Haas and McCombs. I am impressed that you got a ~720 without any practice. It can only get better from here. If you can make it in for some R1 deadlines in October it would be really helpful, specially at programs like Duke that will have their second deadline in October.