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03 Jan 2008, 17:08
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Hi Paul,
What do you think of my chances? Should I be lowering my sites, raising them, or am I on target?
27/male/White/US citizen
GMAT: 720 (95%)
Verbal: 44 (97%)
Quant: 45 (77%)
AWA: 5 (61%)
Education:
Hamilton College
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Geology Minor: Economics
GPA: 78.9/100
Played 4 years of D III soccer, starter for 3 years
Professional Exp:
URS Corp, Geoenvironmental Consulting Group
-geologist for an environmental consulting group. We do groundwater and soil contamination investigations and
remediation projects. (superfund type stuff)
-4.5 years experience, 3 promotions
-Primary experience is in groundwater contaminated with chemical warfare materials, chlrorinated solvents and
fuel.
-Supervise drilling/sampling teams of 4-5 staff, manage field projects and report writing tasks, write technical
and cost proposals, write reports etc.
-other:
-largest project I worke on won DoD award for best environmental program in 2006. My team also won
our 2006 office(400 staff) teamwork award for this project. (is that work mentioning by the way on
applications?)
-I have written two technical papers on this project which have been published and have also given a
presenstation at a professional conference on this project as well.
Other:
I recieved an A- at AU's Kogood school in a 1st year mba economics class over the summer. (try to off set my under grad gpa a bit.
Also taken 5-6 diff continuing ed courses in technical subj matter for career related reasons.
Proffesional Goals:
I want to work in finance or management consulting with some sort of focus/specialization in global warming and sustainable design/technology.
I am planning on applying for 2008 to full time programs at the following:
2nd round: Yale, NYU, Georgetown, U of Md, Vanderbilt
3rd round: UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell, Duke
How is that list of schools? How much do you think my chances are hurt by applying in the third round for those schools? Is it wishful thinking to hope that they won't be hurt as much as some others because of my slightly different professional background?
thanks for your help!
Dave
What do you think of my chances? Should I be lowering my sites, raising them, or am I on target?
27/male/White/US citizen
GMAT: 720 (95%)
Verbal: 44 (97%)
Quant: 45 (77%)
AWA: 5 (61%)
Education:
Hamilton College
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Geology Minor: Economics
GPA: 78.9/100
Played 4 years of D III soccer, starter for 3 years
Professional Exp:
URS Corp, Geoenvironmental Consulting Group
-geologist for an environmental consulting group. We do groundwater and soil contamination investigations and
remediation projects. (superfund type stuff)
-4.5 years experience, 3 promotions
-Primary experience is in groundwater contaminated with chemical warfare materials, chlrorinated solvents and
fuel.
-Supervise drilling/sampling teams of 4-5 staff, manage field projects and report writing tasks, write technical
and cost proposals, write reports etc.
-other:
-largest project I worke on won DoD award for best environmental program in 2006. My team also won
our 2006 office(400 staff) teamwork award for this project. (is that work mentioning by the way on
applications?)
-I have written two technical papers on this project which have been published and have also given a
presenstation at a professional conference on this project as well.
Other:
I recieved an A- at AU's Kogood school in a 1st year mba economics class over the summer. (try to off set my under grad gpa a bit.
Also taken 5-6 diff continuing ed courses in technical subj matter for career related reasons.
Proffesional Goals:
I want to work in finance or management consulting with some sort of focus/specialization in global warming and sustainable design/technology.
I am planning on applying for 2008 to full time programs at the following:
2nd round: Yale, NYU, Georgetown, U of Md, Vanderbilt
3rd round: UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell, Duke
How is that list of schools? How much do you think my chances are hurt by applying in the third round for those schools? Is it wishful thinking to hope that they won't be hurt as much as some others because of my slightly different professional background?
thanks for your help!
Dave
05 Jan 2008, 12:34
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Dave,
Your GMAT largely compensates for your GPA, but you didn't say anything about extracurriculars as in social impact / volunteering etc. This is important to show well-roundedness and leadership outside of work. Assuming you've got something to talk about there, then I'd say your school list is about right, with some "reaches" (Duke, UVa, NYU, Yale), some "competitives" (UNC, Cornell), and some "safeties." Your profile fairly unusual in terms of career focus so that's big asset and you clearly have leadership to talk about (and, yes, your work-related awards etc. are worth mentioning in the essays, resume, even reco letters), so my comments on your odds may if anything be a bit on the conservative side. But I would not add any more schools to the "reach" category.
The odds of admission go down in the third round, but the people who get in are more likely to be people like yourself who are less likely to be a profile that the school has already admitted. So by all means, apply in the third round.
Good luck,
Your GMAT largely compensates for your GPA, but you didn't say anything about extracurriculars as in social impact / volunteering etc. This is important to show well-roundedness and leadership outside of work. Assuming you've got something to talk about there, then I'd say your school list is about right, with some "reaches" (Duke, UVa, NYU, Yale), some "competitives" (UNC, Cornell), and some "safeties." Your profile fairly unusual in terms of career focus so that's big asset and you clearly have leadership to talk about (and, yes, your work-related awards etc. are worth mentioning in the essays, resume, even reco letters), so my comments on your odds may if anything be a bit on the conservative side. But I would not add any more schools to the "reach" category.
The odds of admission go down in the third round, but the people who get in are more likely to be people like yourself who are less likely to be a profile that the school has already admitted. So by all means, apply in the third round.
Good luck,
06 Jan 2008, 12:09
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Paul,
Thanks for the advice! One more question for ya in relation to my GPA: I was diagnosed with ADD after college. Is this, and how it relates to my low GPA, somthing that makes sense to address in optional essays? Are their any drawbacks or things I should consider if I was to address it?
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks for the advice! One more question for ya in relation to my GPA: I was diagnosed with ADD after college. Is this, and how it relates to my low GPA, somthing that makes sense to address in optional essays? Are their any drawbacks or things I should consider if I was to address it?
Thanks,
Dave
