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Education: Graduated 2008 from a top 40 school with a B.A. in Business Economics and a 3.6 GPA. My Econ/Stats grades are all A's and I am strong in the quant department. I don't doubt my ability to score around 750 on the GMAT with enough study/prep. I scored a 5 on AP Calc BC in high school - I can do the maths.
Resume/Work Experience: Pretty dreadful. I graduated into the recession without a job and a lot of personal problems. I worked in technical recruiting for five years, then did a coding bootcamp and have been working as a Software Engineer for the past two years. All no name companies, though I will consolidate some of the positions to avoid seeming like a job hopper. The only theme I can think of relates to my passion for technology. As you can imagine, I am not sure I can overcome this area.
Recommendations: I can probably muster a few from solid individuals I worked for before. Hopefully that is.
Why I want to go: I want to move into a Product Management role, build my network and hopefully get into venture capital one day. I am a passionate technologist and I want to increase my strategic thinking skills.
Personal Story/Essay Material: I am a first generation college graduate who moved here from overseas at the age of 16. My Mom is bipolar and my Dad is an emotionally abusive college dropout. Im not crying a river, but I want to know if I can work that into my essays and if they will care?
Given I score around 750 on the GMAT, what are my odds at a top 10 given I am 30, turning 31 in December, and would be hastily applying for round 2 in early January? I'd also be ok with UCLA.
If I dont stand a chance at UCLA, then I won't pursue an MBA as the opportunity cost/ROI won't be worth it in my opinion.
Resume/Work Experience: Pretty dreadful. I graduated into the recession without a job and a lot of personal problems. I worked in technical recruiting for five years, then did a coding bootcamp and have been working as a Software Engineer for the past two years. All no name companies, though I will consolidate some of the positions to avoid seeming like a job hopper. The only theme I can think of relates to my passion for technology. As you can imagine, I am not sure I can overcome this area.
Recommendations: I can probably muster a few from solid individuals I worked for before. Hopefully that is.
Why I want to go: I want to move into a Product Management role, build my network and hopefully get into venture capital one day. I am a passionate technologist and I want to increase my strategic thinking skills.
Personal Story/Essay Material: I am a first generation college graduate who moved here from overseas at the age of 16. My Mom is bipolar and my Dad is an emotionally abusive college dropout. Im not crying a river, but I want to know if I can work that into my essays and if they will care?
Given I score around 750 on the GMAT, what are my odds at a top 10 given I am 30, turning 31 in December, and would be hastily applying for round 2 in early January? I'd also be ok with UCLA.
If I dont stand a chance at UCLA, then I won't pursue an MBA as the opportunity cost/ROI won't be worth it in my opinion.
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I think you can have a chance at UCLA with your GMAT, your work experience will hold you back with the top 10 programs but UCLA sounds like it can be a fit. You will need to knock the essays out of the park and come with some strong reccs to balance out your weak work experience and average undergrad experience
