Hello everyone,
I'm thinking about applying to the NYU Langone part-time MBA program for fall 2014 entry and wanted to run my profile by you to get your thoughts.
Basic Stats
Citizenship: Austria (i.e. international but I've been in the US for 8 years on student and work visas)
Gender: Male
Age: 27 (28 at time of planned entry)
Work Experience: 5 (+2 more while I was in college)
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.92
Work Stats
Occupation #1: consulting (due diligence services for healthcare-focused private equity/venture capital funds to make sure they make good investment decisions)
Tenure: 5 years at same company (started after I got my BBA in 2009)
Promotions: 2 (started as an Associate, then became a Senior Associate, then a Manager, which I am now)
Leadership: lead a 3-person sub-division focused on medtech-focused investments
Occupation #2: consulting (co-founded a company focused a real estate investment execution in Europe while I was still in college – sold my stake 2 years later when I graduated)
Tenure: 2 years
Promotions: N/A – I was a managing partner – the company grew from 2 to 6 people
Leadership: co-founded the company
EC Stats
EC #1: Current President of the Washington DC Chapter of the student Honors Society Beta Gamma Sigma
Tenure: 2 years
Focus: Organize professional speaker series events for members and local students to create networking opportunities
Successes: 3 students told me that my events helped them find their jobs
EC #2: my company’s community service committee
Tenure: 2 years
Successes: co-organized events with various local non-profits like Bread for the City
EC #3: Alumni President of my Alma Mater’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Club
Tenure: 1.5 years
Successes: I was invited to be the club’s 1st Alumni President
Post-MBA Goals
Short-Term
Grow my current sub-division (triple its revenues) over the next 3 years
Long-Term
Within 1 year after getting my MBA, I want to join one of the top-5 medtech-focused consulting teams in the US
10 years down the road, I want to join a leading venture capital fund as their medtech investment expert
Extra info: I live in DC and will select the Weekends option so I can commute up via Amtrack.
I’ve explained my goals as well as my program selection in detail in my first 2 essays and am working on essay 3 as we speak.
Submission Timing: I plan to submit my application by the end of February 2014
Do you think I have a shot and my application strategy is sound?
Thanks in advance.
- E
PS: I plan to self-fund to avoid the strings attached to company funding. Can this hurt my chances/do I need to address this fact in my application?