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Location: Peru
Schools: Duke '19 (S)
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V40
GPA: 4
WE:Marketing (Telecommunications)
19 May 2016, 07:31
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Hi, i'm a 32 years old male peruvian.
Gmat 710 (Q49,V37).
I'm an audio engineer technician (GPA 18/20, the highest of the class). I traveled to spain after graduation and worked in a Jazz big band at nights and as a baker at mornings. Three years later I' saved enought and came back to Perú and get an bachelors degree in Marketing Communications in a top 5 peruvian university in 2012 (GPA 18/20, again, the highest of my class). Now I work in a telecom company as a marketing coordinator.
What are my chances to get into full time MBA in Tuck, Hass, Sloan or Kellogg?
I'm concerned about my age and my weird story.
Thank you very much.
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Gmat 710 (Q49,V37).
I'm an audio engineer technician (GPA 18/20, the highest of the class). I traveled to spain after graduation and worked in a Jazz big band at nights and as a baker at mornings. Three years later I' saved enought and came back to Perú and get an bachelors degree in Marketing Communications in a top 5 peruvian university in 2012 (GPA 18/20, again, the highest of my class). Now I work in a telecom company as a marketing coordinator.
What are my chances to get into full time MBA in Tuck, Hass, Sloan or Kellogg?
I'm concerned about my age and my weird story.
Thank you very much.
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20 May 2016, 08:33
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Hi there! Thanks for sharing your info with us.
Strengths in your profile I see: excellent GPA, strong GMAT (not above average for most of the top schools you're looking at but very strong and well balanced quant/verbal), applying from Peru (which is not very common), your resourcefulness and work ethic to save money for college, your passion for music (very cool!)
Hard to evaluate the strength of your marketing experience...but hopefully you've got some good leadership experiences, project management, accomplishments, strong recommendations, etc.
Weaknesses: age (but this is less concerning to me since experience wise you're at a similar level to most MBA applicants, ie 4 years out of university), less traditional professional path (but since this was pre-university it's less concerning and I also think it could be turned into a real positive experience)
So overall I think you have a shot at some of the top schools. Kellogg makes sense if you want to continue in marketing especially. Sloan is very competitive but does tend to attract older candidates, same as Tuck, so that's a very good pick. Haas, like Sloan, can be quite competitive just numbers wise. I'd aim to have at least one more slightly safer option...perhaps one of the programs in Europe that also tend to have older students? Or maybe UCLA if you like west coast, plus they're quite strong in marketing. Happy to advise on other schools if you want to share more about your post-MBA goals.
Good luck!
Kate
Strengths in your profile I see: excellent GPA, strong GMAT (not above average for most of the top schools you're looking at but very strong and well balanced quant/verbal), applying from Peru (which is not very common), your resourcefulness and work ethic to save money for college, your passion for music (very cool!)
Hard to evaluate the strength of your marketing experience...but hopefully you've got some good leadership experiences, project management, accomplishments, strong recommendations, etc.
Weaknesses: age (but this is less concerning to me since experience wise you're at a similar level to most MBA applicants, ie 4 years out of university), less traditional professional path (but since this was pre-university it's less concerning and I also think it could be turned into a real positive experience)
So overall I think you have a shot at some of the top schools. Kellogg makes sense if you want to continue in marketing especially. Sloan is very competitive but does tend to attract older candidates, same as Tuck, so that's a very good pick. Haas, like Sloan, can be quite competitive just numbers wise. I'd aim to have at least one more slightly safer option...perhaps one of the programs in Europe that also tend to have older students? Or maybe UCLA if you like west coast, plus they're quite strong in marketing. Happy to advise on other schools if you want to share more about your post-MBA goals.
Good luck!
Kate
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