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mr7183
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Concentration: General Management, Operations
Schools: Darden '19 (M$)
GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V45
GPA: 3.6
28 Sep 2016, 11:32
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Demographic: White male, will be 29 upon matriculation
GPA: 3.6, top-ish liberal arts school (Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate)
GMAT: 760. Q 49, V 45, IR 7, AWA 6.0
Work Experience: Started my career at a regional boutique IB; left after a year and, after a work gap of a few months, I have spent the last 3+ years in Corp. Dev. / Strategy group at a S&P500, highly acquisitive industrial conglomerate. Great experience -- highly strategic work with significant direct exposure to lead executives. I've shown a lot of leadership in the org, but the company is going through an industrial recession and hasn't handed out promotions for almost 2 years. Should have great recs.
ECs: Not a ton there. There are a few things in college I can leverage and I am an active member in a few professional development organizations. I have a hobby I am very passionate about, but it's primarily an individual sport so I can only point to a few volunteer opportunities.
MBA Goal: I'd like to transition into a LDP or marketing rotational role and then hopefully an executive role long-term; I don't have an engineering background which prevents me from doing so at my current company. Industry preference is a consumer facing company, CPG or consumer products, where an engineering background is not necessary at executive level.
Targets: HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden, Ross
GPA: 3.6, top-ish liberal arts school (Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate)
GMAT: 760. Q 49, V 45, IR 7, AWA 6.0
Work Experience: Started my career at a regional boutique IB; left after a year and, after a work gap of a few months, I have spent the last 3+ years in Corp. Dev. / Strategy group at a S&P500, highly acquisitive industrial conglomerate. Great experience -- highly strategic work with significant direct exposure to lead executives. I've shown a lot of leadership in the org, but the company is going through an industrial recession and hasn't handed out promotions for almost 2 years. Should have great recs.
ECs: Not a ton there. There are a few things in college I can leverage and I am an active member in a few professional development organizations. I have a hobby I am very passionate about, but it's primarily an individual sport so I can only point to a few volunteer opportunities.
MBA Goal: I'd like to transition into a LDP or marketing rotational role and then hopefully an executive role long-term; I don't have an engineering background which prevents me from doing so at my current company. Industry preference is a consumer facing company, CPG or consumer products, where an engineering background is not necessary at executive level.
Targets: HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden, Ross
29 Sep 2016, 02:30
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mr7183
Demographic: White male, will be 29 upon matriculation
GPA: 3.6, top-ish liberal arts school (Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate)
GMAT: 760. Q 49, V 45, IR 7, AWA 6.0
Work Experience: Started my career at a regional boutique IB; left after a year and, after a work gap of a few months, I have spent the last 3+ years in Corp. Dev. / Strategy group at a S&P500, highly acquisitive industrial conglomerate. Great experience -- highly strategic work with significant direct exposure to lead executives. I've shown a lot of leadership in the org, but the company is going through an industrial recession and hasn't handed out promotions for almost 2 years. Should have great recs.
ECs: Not a ton there. There are a few things in college I can leverage and I am an active member in a few professional development organizations. I have a hobby I am very passionate about, but it's primarily an individual sport so I can only point to a few volunteer opportunities.
MBA Goal: I'd like to transition into a LDP or marketing rotational role and then hopefully an executive role long-term; I don't have an engineering background which prevents me from doing so at my current company. Industry preference is a consumer facing company, CPG or consumer products, where an engineering background is not necessary at executive level.
Targets: HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden, Ross
GPA: 3.6, top-ish liberal arts school (Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate)
GMAT: 760. Q 49, V 45, IR 7, AWA 6.0
Work Experience: Started my career at a regional boutique IB; left after a year and, after a work gap of a few months, I have spent the last 3+ years in Corp. Dev. / Strategy group at a S&P500, highly acquisitive industrial conglomerate. Great experience -- highly strategic work with significant direct exposure to lead executives. I've shown a lot of leadership in the org, but the company is going through an industrial recession and hasn't handed out promotions for almost 2 years. Should have great recs.
ECs: Not a ton there. There are a few things in college I can leverage and I am an active member in a few professional development organizations. I have a hobby I am very passionate about, but it's primarily an individual sport so I can only point to a few volunteer opportunities.
MBA Goal: I'd like to transition into a LDP or marketing rotational role and then hopefully an executive role long-term; I don't have an engineering background which prevents me from doing so at my current company. Industry preference is a consumer facing company, CPG or consumer products, where an engineering background is not necessary at executive level.
Targets: HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden, Ross
Well. with a 760 and 3.6 at a good school, and your work you are for sure in the running. Meaning Top 15 for sure. The only question is: is it top5, top 10 or top 15?
Right now I'll be honest, it's a biiiiit hard to tell (it does SEEM awesome though
), but I don't yet have a clear idea of what you are actually doing, what sort of projects you are working on, what your greatest achievements are, what kind of leadership you have etc. I also don't know what company, not even what your job title is!Also when you write about your goals - what's not clear is how it is linked to your current work/function/industry (probably because you haven't exactly told me what they are
)so basically, in sum - it looks great! I need more detail!
So, feel free to drop us a line for a free consultation.
Best,
JF
29 Sep 2016, 03:33
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Greetings!
I am 26, female, Indian
GMAT 760 (VA-42, QA-50, IR-4, AWA-6)
Chemical Engineer, 2011, NIT Warangal (A reputed public engineering school in India) | GPA - 7.32 on scale of 10
Advertising professional with 4 years of work experience. Currently a creative supervisor in Dentsu, a leading Japanese network ad agency, handling some of the biggest brands in auto, telecom, tech and F&B respectively. Before advertising, I have one year of supply chain experience with a global CPG giant.
As one may deduce, I shifted to advertising from supply chain. The decision was led by a mix of factors - a desire to build a career involving brands, as well as an evaluation of personal interests and capabilities.
I want to do an MBA to propel my career further in marketing.
However, there is a caveat. I have a string of rejects from last year's MBA applications - Fuqua, Ross, Yale, Kellogg, ISB (the last one was reject after an interview, which didn't go well for certain reasons). However, I have since managed improvements in my profile (promotion, leadership opportunities, community involvement) and a GMAT score improvement (I applied with a 710 score then. Now it is 760)
How do you think the mix of my schools for this year should be? I have written essays I believe to be reasonably good, for Columbia and Tuck. And also looking at ISB reapp, and HEC Paris. But last year's rejects are weighing me down.
Any suggestions or pointers?
Thank you so much for taking out time to evaluate this.
I am 26, female, Indian
GMAT 760 (VA-42, QA-50, IR-4, AWA-6)
Chemical Engineer, 2011, NIT Warangal (A reputed public engineering school in India) | GPA - 7.32 on scale of 10
Advertising professional with 4 years of work experience. Currently a creative supervisor in Dentsu, a leading Japanese network ad agency, handling some of the biggest brands in auto, telecom, tech and F&B respectively. Before advertising, I have one year of supply chain experience with a global CPG giant.
As one may deduce, I shifted to advertising from supply chain. The decision was led by a mix of factors - a desire to build a career involving brands, as well as an evaluation of personal interests and capabilities.
I want to do an MBA to propel my career further in marketing.
However, there is a caveat. I have a string of rejects from last year's MBA applications - Fuqua, Ross, Yale, Kellogg, ISB (the last one was reject after an interview, which didn't go well for certain reasons). However, I have since managed improvements in my profile (promotion, leadership opportunities, community involvement) and a GMAT score improvement (I applied with a 710 score then. Now it is 760)
How do you think the mix of my schools for this year should be? I have written essays I believe to be reasonably good, for Columbia and Tuck. And also looking at ISB reapp, and HEC Paris. But last year's rejects are weighing me down.
Any suggestions or pointers?
Thank you so much for taking out time to evaluate this.
