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15 Jul 2014, 18:01
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Hi!
Thank you so much in advance for your help, very much appreciate it. I'm looking for a quick profile evaluation and some advice on a specific question regarding medical leave from college.
Background:
White, US Citizen
Female
26 years old
GMAT:
I have not taken the test yet. I took a practice test with the Economist program without studying to get a baseline and scored a 710 (Q48, V41). I expect to improve this by at least 20 points with some studying if not more. I tend to test well and had a 2380/2400 on the SAT.
Education:
Top 10 US University
Economics & Public Policy (double major)
GPA : 3.0
So I recognize that my GPA is very low. My academic record was very inconsistent, some semesters I did well others I did poorly. I even failed one class due to turning in a term paper a few hours late. That professor is a big advocate of mine though and offered to write me any letters of recommendation I may need in the future. Should I take advantage of this? I had some personal / medical issues during college and ended up taking a year off to resolve them. I finished out strongly after this but there wasn't much time left. Should I address this and if so where? An optional essay? How much detail do I need to give about the circumstances?
Work Experience:
3 years as of date
I work as a project lead consultant at a boutique strategy consultancy with expertise in a scientific area. I started as a contractor and was hired full-time as an analyst and then promoted twice.
Extracurricular:
I've always been involved in dance, from childhood through college, but have not been involved in it in any official capacity since graduation
Target Schools:
I need some help here figuring out if I'm a potentially good candidate at some of these schools. I know my profile has some strengths (likely GMAT, work experience) and weaknesses (GPA, extracurricular).
UVA Darden, Cornell Johnson, UCLA Anderson, Michigan Ross, Columbia, UT Austin McCombs
Thanks!!
Thank you so much in advance for your help, very much appreciate it. I'm looking for a quick profile evaluation and some advice on a specific question regarding medical leave from college.
Background:
White, US Citizen
Female
26 years old
GMAT:
I have not taken the test yet. I took a practice test with the Economist program without studying to get a baseline and scored a 710 (Q48, V41). I expect to improve this by at least 20 points with some studying if not more. I tend to test well and had a 2380/2400 on the SAT.
Education:
Top 10 US University
Economics & Public Policy (double major)
GPA : 3.0
So I recognize that my GPA is very low. My academic record was very inconsistent, some semesters I did well others I did poorly. I even failed one class due to turning in a term paper a few hours late. That professor is a big advocate of mine though and offered to write me any letters of recommendation I may need in the future. Should I take advantage of this? I had some personal / medical issues during college and ended up taking a year off to resolve them. I finished out strongly after this but there wasn't much time left. Should I address this and if so where? An optional essay? How much detail do I need to give about the circumstances?
Work Experience:
3 years as of date
I work as a project lead consultant at a boutique strategy consultancy with expertise in a scientific area. I started as a contractor and was hired full-time as an analyst and then promoted twice.
Extracurricular:
I've always been involved in dance, from childhood through college, but have not been involved in it in any official capacity since graduation
Target Schools:
I need some help here figuring out if I'm a potentially good candidate at some of these schools. I know my profile has some strengths (likely GMAT, work experience) and weaknesses (GPA, extracurricular).
UVA Darden, Cornell Johnson, UCLA Anderson, Michigan Ross, Columbia, UT Austin McCombs
Thanks!!
16 Jul 2014, 04:44
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PinkChihuahua
Hey PinkChihuahua,
What a name! What a name! I like it….
Allright, it's a bit hard to say without a GMAT… but let's assume a 700, nice round number for argument's sake. If you can hit a 700, I think those schools on your list should be about good for you. Yeah you have this grades issue, but your school list is both ambitious and reasonable, so if you can write them a good story about why you messed up, and own up to your mistakes, I feel it is something they will be willing to look over as long as everything else is in place.
Another thing that's a bit hard for me to tell is the strength of your work experience - I don't know what you do, where you work, what your achievements are, whether you have leadership, etc. Only that you work for a boutique consulting firm, which could mean lots of things. It is something which you of course will work on in your application - to make your job seem as impressive as you can, but right now I still need more detail!
Hope this helps,
Jon
16 Jul 2014, 06:42
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Hi Jon!
Thank you so much for your response and I'm happy to hear my school list could be appropriate.
As far as work experience, my position is essentially middle management at my firm. My job is to lead the project - everything from developing the project plan, guiding the due diligence, putting together the presentation and strategic recommendations, presenting to the client, communicating with the client throughout the project, and managing a team of analysts / senior analysts throughout. I'm currently leading an internal initiative to develop tools and resources for the firm to help with research and analytical thinking processes. My company is not well known by the public as it is a boutique, but we specialize in pharmaceutical and biotech consulting, advising our clients on market strategy in areas of payer messaging & contracting, pricing, distribution, patient & provider programs, & strategic stakeholder engagement / partnerships, among others. Our clients are all top 10 organizations in the field and fortune 500 companies who we work closely with across their portfolios. Many recommendations on the projects I led have been implemented by our clients. I was promoted twice (from analyst to senior analyst to consultant) and increased my salary by nearly 80% within two years. I expect to have very strong recommendations from the partners at my company who act as my direct supervisors.
As far as the professor who failed me offering to write me a recommendation... would it be meaningful to an admissions committee to have some like that attest to my performance in the classroom despite whatever issues and mistakes I may have made in my undergraduate career? I took a couple courses with him and he was my academic adviser, so he knows me better than most professors. I will still have professional recommendations so it would be supplemental.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your response and I'm happy to hear my school list could be appropriate.
As far as work experience, my position is essentially middle management at my firm. My job is to lead the project - everything from developing the project plan, guiding the due diligence, putting together the presentation and strategic recommendations, presenting to the client, communicating with the client throughout the project, and managing a team of analysts / senior analysts throughout. I'm currently leading an internal initiative to develop tools and resources for the firm to help with research and analytical thinking processes. My company is not well known by the public as it is a boutique, but we specialize in pharmaceutical and biotech consulting, advising our clients on market strategy in areas of payer messaging & contracting, pricing, distribution, patient & provider programs, & strategic stakeholder engagement / partnerships, among others. Our clients are all top 10 organizations in the field and fortune 500 companies who we work closely with across their portfolios. Many recommendations on the projects I led have been implemented by our clients. I was promoted twice (from analyst to senior analyst to consultant) and increased my salary by nearly 80% within two years. I expect to have very strong recommendations from the partners at my company who act as my direct supervisors.
As far as the professor who failed me offering to write me a recommendation... would it be meaningful to an admissions committee to have some like that attest to my performance in the classroom despite whatever issues and mistakes I may have made in my undergraduate career? I took a couple courses with him and he was my academic adviser, so he knows me better than most professors. I will still have professional recommendations so it would be supplemental.
Thanks!
