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Ultrahenry
Joined: 30 Jan 2023
Last visit: 16 May 2024
Posts: 7
Location: China
Concentration: Finance, Technology
GMAT 1: 680 Q50 V31
GRE 1: Q170 V164
GPA: 2.87
30 Jan 2023, 02:25
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Hello team Stratus
Hows it going!
I am really looking into a estimate of my profile and possible feedback.
Will be much apprecietad if you can share something with m2:)
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Born of Year : 1991
Educational Qualifications :
Major: Bachelors of Law,Sociology. GPA:2.9/4. Percentile:75%
Second Major: International Economics and Trade. GPA 2.7/4 Percentile:70%
Year of graduation : 2014
Location : Mainland China
GRE:334 (Verbal:164 Quant:170)
TOEFL: 110
Work Experience
8 Years (By the time of 2023 R1 submitting) in 3 companies and 1 startup
Companies:
EY advisory (Financial service industry)
- Work directly with Leading partner on business development, presentation to client executive and won 1 million$ deal in first year. top consultant among tier(1/5)
- Mainly a foundation of my financial technology career path
Finup Group(a series B round Fintech startup, main product is online line of credits)
- leader of a line of business, managing a team of 30+(PM, BA, Devs,Ops), overall management based on business analytical protocal.
- Fastest growing product among the company. 1% of total revenue to ~50%. line of credit:1 billion CNY
Plug and Play Tech Center China office(A VC accellerator headquartered in Silicon Vally), Fintech Vertical
- building from scratch of one of the largest Fintech startup-to-corporate platform in China as founding core team member,then promoted to veritcal leader
- 4 years. 8 major corporate partner,executive level. 600+ startup sourced. 150 leading fintech related early stage startup in batch. Generated 30+ proof of concept, 18 million CNY revenue generated in lump sum,invest in 2 startups on angel round.
- innovation consulting for globa fortune 500 in building proof-of-concept and accelerator platforms, design and implemented 0-to-1 process in building innovative products and gtm for leading Fortune 500 corporates(mainly financial service groups)
Startup:
AIliving Technology ( a IoT startup design smart hardware and ERP for goverments, currently operating)
- Co-founded in 2018. Fundraising for angel round and 2 following rounds, raised 12 million CNY in total.
- Strategy advisory(not board member) on GTM strategy, BD opportunities.
- Team building and recruiting, grown from 4 people to 30 people in 2 years.
Goal:
short-term:
1. stay in US.
2. financial service industry consulting at Tier2 and above consulting firm(might including digital strategy, or operational strategy)
3. tech investment banking at BB or boutique IB, serving asian startups on M&A, IPO related deminds
long-term: Venture capital in asia market, investing in financial technology and enterprise growth stage startups. (or dive in to start-up as CFO or head of BD…)
Target :
Full time MBA 2 years at a M7
dream school: HBS, Stanford, Wharton.
My questions :
1. An honest opinion about where I am among my peers, especially in mainland china applicant..(I am a Chinese Passport Holder)?
2. What could I do to improve my profile?
3. How is adquateness of my target school setting..
4. As per my case, which are the schools that I have more chance to get in with $$.
5. anything you have thought about feel free to share with me:)
Hows it going!
I am really looking into a estimate of my profile and possible feedback.
Will be much apprecietad if you can share something with m2:)
-------------------------------------------
Born of Year : 1991
Educational Qualifications :
Major: Bachelors of Law,Sociology. GPA:2.9/4. Percentile:75%
Second Major: International Economics and Trade. GPA 2.7/4 Percentile:70%
Year of graduation : 2014
Location : Mainland China
GRE:334 (Verbal:164 Quant:170)
TOEFL: 110
Work Experience
8 Years (By the time of 2023 R1 submitting) in 3 companies and 1 startup
Companies:
EY advisory (Financial service industry)
- Work directly with Leading partner on business development, presentation to client executive and won 1 million$ deal in first year. top consultant among tier(1/5)
- Mainly a foundation of my financial technology career path
Finup Group(a series B round Fintech startup, main product is online line of credits)
- leader of a line of business, managing a team of 30+(PM, BA, Devs,Ops), overall management based on business analytical protocal.
- Fastest growing product among the company. 1% of total revenue to ~50%. line of credit:1 billion CNY
Plug and Play Tech Center China office(A VC accellerator headquartered in Silicon Vally), Fintech Vertical
- building from scratch of one of the largest Fintech startup-to-corporate platform in China as founding core team member,then promoted to veritcal leader
- 4 years. 8 major corporate partner,executive level. 600+ startup sourced. 150 leading fintech related early stage startup in batch. Generated 30+ proof of concept, 18 million CNY revenue generated in lump sum,invest in 2 startups on angel round.
- innovation consulting for globa fortune 500 in building proof-of-concept and accelerator platforms, design and implemented 0-to-1 process in building innovative products and gtm for leading Fortune 500 corporates(mainly financial service groups)
Startup:
AIliving Technology ( a IoT startup design smart hardware and ERP for goverments, currently operating)
- Co-founded in 2018. Fundraising for angel round and 2 following rounds, raised 12 million CNY in total.
- Strategy advisory(not board member) on GTM strategy, BD opportunities.
- Team building and recruiting, grown from 4 people to 30 people in 2 years.
Goal:
short-term:
1. stay in US.
2. financial service industry consulting at Tier2 and above consulting firm(might including digital strategy, or operational strategy)
3. tech investment banking at BB or boutique IB, serving asian startups on M&A, IPO related deminds
long-term: Venture capital in asia market, investing in financial technology and enterprise growth stage startups. (or dive in to start-up as CFO or head of BD…)
Target :
Full time MBA 2 years at a M7
dream school: HBS, Stanford, Wharton.
My questions :
1. An honest opinion about where I am among my peers, especially in mainland china applicant..(I am a Chinese Passport Holder)?
2. What could I do to improve my profile?
3. How is adquateness of my target school setting..
4. As per my case, which are the schools that I have more chance to get in with $$.
5. anything you have thought about feel free to share with me:)
01 Mar 2023, 19:05
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Hi Ultrahenry - thanks for reaching out to Stratus! I'd be happy to review your profile.
Congrats on your strong GRE, it'll help offset your average GPA (that you should explain in an optional essay). Among other mainland Chinese applicants I've seen applying to top programs, your profile is on par. To improve your profile, I'd recommend getting involved in leadership outside of work / extracurriculars, if you haven't already (and just didn't bother to mention them).
Your target schools are a reach for anyone, but slightly more challenging given your age/length of work experience. Have you considered executive MBA or part time programs? I've seen clients get in with your stats to Wharton's Executive MBA program with well-communicated, inspiring stories.
If you are pursuing scholarships, I'd ratchet down your school list to top 10-20 programs. And even so, I'd still lean more towards executive MBA/part time programs. It isn't impossible to get into a full-time program at your age, but the odds are not realistically in your favor.
If you want to reach out for a free consult, I or anyone on our Stratus team would be glad to explain more about the steps you should be taking to get to your best applications. I see some great, unique elements in your profile. Storytelling is something we help our clients with every single day--connecting the dots from your past to where you want to go in your future will help the adcom determine how much they want to invest in your story.
Link to sign up for free consult is here: https://www.stratusadmissionscounseling ... sultation/
Congrats on your strong GRE, it'll help offset your average GPA (that you should explain in an optional essay). Among other mainland Chinese applicants I've seen applying to top programs, your profile is on par. To improve your profile, I'd recommend getting involved in leadership outside of work / extracurriculars, if you haven't already (and just didn't bother to mention them).
Your target schools are a reach for anyone, but slightly more challenging given your age/length of work experience. Have you considered executive MBA or part time programs? I've seen clients get in with your stats to Wharton's Executive MBA program with well-communicated, inspiring stories.
If you are pursuing scholarships, I'd ratchet down your school list to top 10-20 programs. And even so, I'd still lean more towards executive MBA/part time programs. It isn't impossible to get into a full-time program at your age, but the odds are not realistically in your favor.
If you want to reach out for a free consult, I or anyone on our Stratus team would be glad to explain more about the steps you should be taking to get to your best applications. I see some great, unique elements in your profile. Storytelling is something we help our clients with every single day--connecting the dots from your past to where you want to go in your future will help the adcom determine how much they want to invest in your story.
Link to sign up for free consult is here: https://www.stratusadmissionscounseling ... sultation/
