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gmatfan5
Joined: 18 Jun 2020
Last visit: 29 Oct 2020
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Location: United States
Schools: CBS '23 (S) Harvard '23 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42
GPA: 3.62
01 Jul 2020, 11:49
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Hello all, and hope everybody is staying safe! Would love to hear your recommendations on best spots to apply given my career goals, and also places that you think I would have a decent shot of getting into. Thanks in advance! Ideally, I throw my hat in the ring for some M7 schools but am curious how realistic that is, or if my efforts are better focused elsewhere.
Background:
White Male
Age 26
College:
Finance degree from "Public Ivy" (but not one that's quite UVA/Berkeley caliber) with top 10 undergraduate business school
3.6 GPA
GMAT: 730
Work Experience:
4 years at top real estate mortgage banking firm (though unsure if MBA programs have a sense for what "top" mortgage banking firms are, so not sure how much this helps me). Have held multiple roles within the firm, a path I chose to broaden my skill set.
Extracurriculars:
Admittedly a weak spot. Outside of work I stay involved with a leadership role in my high school's alumni association, which is something I'm passionate about, but I'm not sure how this would be viewed by an MBA admissions office.
Post MBA Goals:
A lot of the interest in pursuing an MBA is to explore the PropTech field, where I could leverage my real estate knowledge but would certainly be looking at it though a different lens that MBA classes and connections would really help with. Ideally, I would secure a PropTech internship and then move on to a PropTech firm, and hopefully make connections at business school with more tech-oriented folks that could lead to a startup partnership down the road.
Other comments:
Would be nervous to seek a recommendation from a direct supervisor given economic uncertainty during the pandemic, but could get a good recommendation from a direct supervisor who now works for a competitor.
Background:
White Male
Age 26
College:
Finance degree from "Public Ivy" (but not one that's quite UVA/Berkeley caliber) with top 10 undergraduate business school
3.6 GPA
GMAT: 730
Work Experience:
4 years at top real estate mortgage banking firm (though unsure if MBA programs have a sense for what "top" mortgage banking firms are, so not sure how much this helps me). Have held multiple roles within the firm, a path I chose to broaden my skill set.
Extracurriculars:
Admittedly a weak spot. Outside of work I stay involved with a leadership role in my high school's alumni association, which is something I'm passionate about, but I'm not sure how this would be viewed by an MBA admissions office.
Post MBA Goals:
A lot of the interest in pursuing an MBA is to explore the PropTech field, where I could leverage my real estate knowledge but would certainly be looking at it though a different lens that MBA classes and connections would really help with. Ideally, I would secure a PropTech internship and then move on to a PropTech firm, and hopefully make connections at business school with more tech-oriented folks that could lead to a startup partnership down the road.
Other comments:
Would be nervous to seek a recommendation from a direct supervisor given economic uncertainty during the pandemic, but could get a good recommendation from a direct supervisor who now works for a competitor.
03 Jul 2020, 16:10
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Hi gmatfan5,
It's a little hard to evaluate your chances or talk about specific school names without fully talking to you more about your leadership and work experience in depth (what you have below under WE is a little vague), plus your plans for the future in PropTech (are you thinking of becoming a PM, or what kind of role?). The way I'd approach it is that I'd think about the role you're trying to get, and then consider what are the skills and experiences I'll need to get that role? That might be gaining skills in strategy, general management, analytics, entrepreneurship, etc. Do you need to load up on a lot of classes in one area or are you looking for something more broad/general?
I'd also think about: where are the firms I'm looking to work in geographically, how big are they, how do they recruit, and is there a pipeline of graduates from anywhere in particular? If a firm is big, established and recruits a lot of candidates, you might be able to go to a top school anywhere and gain placement there. However, when a firm is smaller and hires more opportunistically (closer to when they'd bring someone on board), you will have to do more legwork to get opportunities there -- so being relatively nearby, or, alternatively, leveraging a strong network at the firm or in the industry, could be helpful.
So in the absence of that extra info, it's really tough to advise you on names but I'd build a list of reach, target and safety schools and use your GMAT score as a rough guide, with any M7 name as potentially more of a reach, schools where you slightly beat the GMAT average as "target" and schools where you far outpace the GMAT average as more "safe."
Some names for Tech include Cornell/Cornell Tech, Foster, Fuqua, Haas, McCombs, MIT, NYU/NYU Tech, Ross, Tepper, UCLA, UNC
Some names for Real Estate include Booth, Columbia, Cornell, Haas, Kellogg, MIT, NYU, UCLA, UNC, Wharton
Some of the above names are on both lists - do they have a presence in PropTech? You have a bit of HW to do...
Oh and quick FYI - you need 2 recommendations for most schools (exceptions include MIT Sloan and Ross)...
Good luck! If you want to talk more in depth, feel free to sign up for a consultation!
Julie-Anne Heafey
Senior Consultant
mbaMission
It's a little hard to evaluate your chances or talk about specific school names without fully talking to you more about your leadership and work experience in depth (what you have below under WE is a little vague), plus your plans for the future in PropTech (are you thinking of becoming a PM, or what kind of role?). The way I'd approach it is that I'd think about the role you're trying to get, and then consider what are the skills and experiences I'll need to get that role? That might be gaining skills in strategy, general management, analytics, entrepreneurship, etc. Do you need to load up on a lot of classes in one area or are you looking for something more broad/general?
I'd also think about: where are the firms I'm looking to work in geographically, how big are they, how do they recruit, and is there a pipeline of graduates from anywhere in particular? If a firm is big, established and recruits a lot of candidates, you might be able to go to a top school anywhere and gain placement there. However, when a firm is smaller and hires more opportunistically (closer to when they'd bring someone on board), you will have to do more legwork to get opportunities there -- so being relatively nearby, or, alternatively, leveraging a strong network at the firm or in the industry, could be helpful.
So in the absence of that extra info, it's really tough to advise you on names but I'd build a list of reach, target and safety schools and use your GMAT score as a rough guide, with any M7 name as potentially more of a reach, schools where you slightly beat the GMAT average as "target" and schools where you far outpace the GMAT average as more "safe."
Some names for Tech include Cornell/Cornell Tech, Foster, Fuqua, Haas, McCombs, MIT, NYU/NYU Tech, Ross, Tepper, UCLA, UNC
Some names for Real Estate include Booth, Columbia, Cornell, Haas, Kellogg, MIT, NYU, UCLA, UNC, Wharton
Some of the above names are on both lists - do they have a presence in PropTech? You have a bit of HW to do...
Oh and quick FYI - you need 2 recommendations for most schools (exceptions include MIT Sloan and Ross)...
Good luck! If you want to talk more in depth, feel free to sign up for a consultation!
Julie-Anne Heafey
Senior Consultant
mbaMission
