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Hi,

I would really appreciate an honest profile evaluation. My 2 target schools are Wharton (feels like a stretch) and Kellogg. I graduated from a top 5 public university with a 3.45 GPA in Computer Science and Engineering. My current official gmat score is a 700, but I am retaking in 2 weeks and expect between a 720-730 based on my recent practice tests.

I currently have 5 years of work experience with a big 4 consulting firm in their technology and enterprise risk practice. Recently, I switched over to a mid-sized management consulting firm (ranked top 5 by consulting magazine for last 5 years) and am working for in the healthcare strategy practice. I do have some interesting accomplishment including ones related to business/practice development and also led a very succesfful recruiting initiative while at the Big 4 firm.

My short term goal post mba is to end up working for a leading strategy consulting firm within the healthcare practice. A particular area of interest is developing technology strategies for large healthcare organization and regions with the overall goal of making health care more effective and cost efficient. Longer term, I expect to take on a strategic leadership role for a large healthcare organization or even a public legislative role.

As you can see, I have not listed any extracurriculars in my profile. Unfortunately, I don't have any really worth mentioning since I graduated college. In college, I held a leadership role for a large student organization (2,000 plus members).

What do you think? Is Wharton too much of a stretch? How about Kellogg? Any other schools worth looking at based on my profile?

Thanks!
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Hi,

I would really appreciate an honest profile evaluation. My 2 target schools are Wharton (feels like a stretch) and Kellogg. I graduated from a top 5 public university with a 3.45 GPA in Computer Science and Engineering. My current official gmat score is a 700, but I am retaking in 2 weeks and expect between a 720-730 based on my recent practice tests.

I currently have 5 years of work experience with a big 4 consulting firm in their technology and enterprise risk practice. Recently, I switched over to a mid-sized management consulting firm (ranked top 5 by consulting magazine for last 5 years) and am working for in the healthcare strategy practice. I do have some interesting accomplishment including ones related to business/practice development and also led a very succesfful recruiting initiative while at the Big 4 firm.

My short term goal post mba is to end up working for a leading strategy consulting firm within the healthcare practice. A particular area of interest is developing technology strategies for large healthcare organization and regions with the overall goal of making health care more effective and cost efficient. Longer term, I expect to take on a strategic leadership role for a large healthcare organization or even a public legislative role.

As you can see, I have not listed any extracurriculars in my profile. Unfortunately, I don't have any really worth mentioning since I graduated college. In college, I held a leadership role for a large student organization (2,000 plus members).

What do you think? Is Wharton too much of a stretch? How about Kellogg? Any other schools worth looking at based on my profile?

Thanks!
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I believe they are stretch programs, but not so much so that I don't think you should apply. Given your goals, you almost have to apply to the elite programs, which tend to be stretch programs for most people. In that vein, you may also want to consider MIT Sloan, Haas, or Tuck. I think you should also consider NYU Stern, Duke Fuqua, and Yale.