Dear
Admissionado,
Please could you provide me with an evaluation of my target school list:
28yo male, Korean (US & UK Citizen)
Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering, 3.67, graduated 2011
GMAT: 760/99%, Q: 49/78%, V: 44/98%, AWA: 6.0/91%, IR: 8/92%
Fellowship program, 7 months (including internship ngo in D.C.)
Operated 30 seat restaurant in Seoul, 1.5 years
Healthcare internship 1 month
Medical Device Startup 6 months (current)
Extracurriculars:
Captain of rugby club, Columbia University
Teach North Korean Refugees, Tutor
I applied to Rd 2 last year to the following schools:
Wharton (rejected)
CBS (rejected)
Ross (waitlisted without interview, rejected)
Fuqua (waitlisted without interview, rejected)
Johnson (MBA/MHA dual degree - accepted, but couldn't attend for personal reasons)
This year I am hoping to apply to 2 of the following schools in Rd. 2:
Booth
Kellogg
Tuck
Ross
Fuqua
(Johnson)
(UNC)
I hope to work in a strategy role in the healthcare industry and have been trying to target schools with good healthcare programs.
I understand that I have a very patchy work history (several gaps greater than 3 months) and an apparent lack of focus (which I have tried to correct by joining my current company, a medical device startup) - but I am curious as to which of my target schools are reaches-possibles-safeties. I only have time to apply to 2 and wanted shoot for the best schools I had a chance at. Failing that, I would look to target the entire list come Rd. 1 of next year. Your evaluation and advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.