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Hi Everyone,
First of all, thank you for taking time to review my profile. I will be applying for Fall 2019 intake, and am targeting UCLA, USC and Haas. Please have a read and let me know my chances on getting accepted to these schools.

Here is my profile summary.

Age - 27
Undergraduate Degree - Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Work Experience -48 (1.5 years in Consulting, 1.5 years in Business Development across various industries and 1 year in Business Development for Consumer Goods industry)
GMAT - 700 (88 percentile, 39 Verbal, 47 GMAT, 5 AWA, 3 IR)
Goal - to return to Myanmar and take up a senior position in consumer goods industry

To provide more colors to my background, below is the backstory to the summary.

After graduating from college in 2013, I went back to Myanmar as the country was opening up with many career and business opportunities after emerging from the military dictatorship. I started my career as a Research Analyst at a US Management Consulting Firm focused on Southeast Asia. I joined consulting as I was still unsure of which career path to take and I wanted to get exposure to different industries and roles. After 16 months, this opportunity to join one of the largest conglomerates in Myanmar came knocking. I worked as a Business Development Associate for the whole group, working on financial modelling, business planning and fund raising across consumer goods, technology and tourism industries. Some highlights include raising US6m to invest in tourism assets in Myanmar, developing financial models for a M&A deal with a global beverage brand and assisting in a M&A with the world's largest alcoholic beverages company. After another 16 months of working across different industries, I wanted to become an expertise on the consumer goods industry and discussed with my manager to move to the Group's KFC Myanmar business as a market development associate. I have been at KFC Myanmar for 7 months now and am to get my promotion as a senior associate in March.
My first reason for pursuing an MBA is to improve my leadership skills so that I can take up managerial positions. My second reason is that since I never had a formal business education, I want to receive a formal business education that will improve my overall business skills by improving my knowledge in areas such as Finance and Marketing.
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Hi Everyone,
First of all, thank you for taking time to review my profile. I will be applying for Fall 2019 intake, and am targeting UCLA, USC and Haas. Please have a read and let me know my chances on getting accepted to these schools.

Here is my profile summary.

Age - 27
Undergraduate Degree - Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Work Experience -48 (1.5 years in Consulting, 1.5 years in Business Development across various industries and 1 year in Business Development for Consumer Goods industry)
GMAT - 700 (88 percentile, 39 Verbal, 47 GMAT, 5 AWA, 3 IR)
Goal - to return to Myanmar and take up a senior position in consumer goods industry

To provide more colors to my background, below is the backstory to the summary.

After graduating from college in 2013, I went back to Myanmar as the country was opening up with many career and business opportunities after emerging from the military dictatorship. I started my career as a Research Analyst at a US Management Consulting Firm focused on Southeast Asia. I joined consulting as I was still unsure of which career path to take and I wanted to get exposure to different industries and roles. After 16 months, this opportunity to join one of the largest conglomerates in Myanmar came knocking. I worked as a Business Development Associate for the whole group, working on financial modelling, business planning and fund raising across consumer goods, technology and tourism industries. Some highlights include raising US6m to invest in tourism assets in Myanmar, developing financial models for a M&A deal with a global beverage brand and assisting in a M&A with the world's largest alcoholic beverages company. After another 16 months of working across different industries, I wanted to become an expertise on the consumer goods industry and discussed with my manager to move to the Group's KFC Myanmar business as a market development associate. I have been at KFC Myanmar for 7 months now and am to get my promotion as a senior associate in March.
My first reason for pursuing an MBA is to improve my leadership skills so that I can take up managerial positions. My second reason is that since I never had a formal business education, I want to receive a formal business education that will improve my overall business skills by improving my knowledge in areas such as Finance and Marketing.
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Dear aungp617,
Assuming everything else in your profile is strong, you can make a powerful application. For your target schools, you have a high chance at USC (maybe even with Fin Aid. That said, if you could get a GMAT of 720, you can be quite confident of all these schools).

I can be much more confident of the strength of your app if you could pm me your resume.
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Hi Everyone,
First of all, thank you for taking time to review my profile. I will be applying for Fall 2019 intake, and am targeting UCLA, USC and Haas. Please have a read and let me know my chances on getting accepted to these schools.

Here is my profile summary.
hi @aungp617, details below-- but my scan of your profile says that you have some really great work experience that you can leverage to be successful in MBA applications- potentially even with the current GMAT-- although since there is time I suggest you see if you can squeeze just a wee bit more out of your brain to try for a few more points. But what stands out to me is the great work and progression and how it is a great building block for your post MBA goals.
Age - 27
Undergraduate Degree - Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Work Experience -48 (1.5 years in Consulting, 1.5 years in Business Development across various industries and 1 year in Business Development for Consumer Goods industry)
GMAT - 700 (88 percentile, 39 Verbal, 47 GMAT, 5 AWA, 3 IR)
Goal - to return to Myanmar and take up a senior position in consumer goods industry

To provide more colors to my background, below is the backstory to the summary.

After graduating from college in 2013, I went back to Myanmar as the country was opening up with many career and business opportunities after emerging from the military dictatorship. I started my career as a Research Analyst at a US Management Consulting Firm focused on Southeast Asia. I joined consulting as I was still unsure of which career path to take and I wanted to get exposure to different industries and roles. After 16 months, this opportunity to join one of the largest conglomerates in Myanmar came knocking. I worked as a Business Development Associate for the whole group, working on financial modelling, business planning and fund raising across consumer goods, technology and tourism industries. Some highlights include raising US6m to invest in tourism assets in Myanmar, developing financial models for a M&A deal with a global beverage brand and assisting in a M&A with the world's largest alcoholic beverages company. After another 16 months of working across different industries, I wanted to become an expertise on the consumer goods industry and discussed with my manager to move to the Group's KFC Myanmar business as a market development associate. I have been at KFC Myanmar for 7 months now and am to get my promotion as a senior associate in March.
My first reason for pursuing an MBA is to improve my leadership skills so that I can take up managerial positions. My second reason is that since I never had a formal business education, I want to receive a formal business education that will improve my overall business skills by improving my knowledge in areas such as Finance and Marketing.
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great reasons for MBA-- now do the school specific research to show why you fit
I think with compelling essays you can be very competitive. We'd love to talk to give you an idea of how our process helps people tell their most compelling narrative. To reach out for a free consult go to this link: https://stratusadmissionscounseling.com ... b-visitor/