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08 Feb 2011, 15:43
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Hi,
I would really appreciate if you could estimate my odds. My profile is a bit rare in this forum since I've never worked for well-known companies. I'm a kind of enterpreneur. Let me explain.
- Spanish, 27 years old, male.
- B.S IT Engineering in a top tier university of Spain (I don't know my gpa, but i was ranked on 20% of the class).
- 730 on GMAT (Q:49, V:41) just taken once.
- 107 on TOEFL.
- Work experience: 2 years as a IT Engineer in a small firm. 2 years in a mobile services related start-up. We were only 4 people when we founded it, and now we have grown until 20. We rose 2M€ in a first round of investment, and currently we are waiting for a second one. Nowadays, the company operates in Spain, Latam and Uk.
- Extracurricular: I have led a group of 4 engineers to develop an Iphone/Android social app in our free time.
- Target US-Schools: (Tier1) MIT, CBS, (Tier2) Berkeley, NYU.
- Target Non-US-Schools: IESE, LBS.
- Post MBA Goal: I want to switch my career. I would like to enter in a top strategic consulting firm such as BCG o McK. However, I'm also interested in other fields (private equity and banking).
The thing that really puzzles me is my work profile. I don't know if somebody with my work experience (start-up and small firms) could get into a a top US B-School. What should I do in order to improve my application?
Thanks in advance for your advise!
I would really appreciate if you could estimate my odds. My profile is a bit rare in this forum since I've never worked for well-known companies. I'm a kind of enterpreneur. Let me explain.
- Spanish, 27 years old, male.
- B.S IT Engineering in a top tier university of Spain (I don't know my gpa, but i was ranked on 20% of the class).
- 730 on GMAT (Q:49, V:41) just taken once.
- 107 on TOEFL.
- Work experience: 2 years as a IT Engineer in a small firm. 2 years in a mobile services related start-up. We were only 4 people when we founded it, and now we have grown until 20. We rose 2M€ in a first round of investment, and currently we are waiting for a second one. Nowadays, the company operates in Spain, Latam and Uk.
- Extracurricular: I have led a group of 4 engineers to develop an Iphone/Android social app in our free time.
- Target US-Schools: (Tier1) MIT, CBS, (Tier2) Berkeley, NYU.
- Target Non-US-Schools: IESE, LBS.
- Post MBA Goal: I want to switch my career. I would like to enter in a top strategic consulting firm such as BCG o McK. However, I'm also interested in other fields (private equity and banking).
The thing that really puzzles me is my work profile. I don't know if somebody with my work experience (start-up and small firms) could get into a a top US B-School. What should I do in order to improve my application?
Thanks in advance for your advise!
10 Feb 2011, 04:27
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The fact that your work was with a startup or small firm is less relevant than the actual work you did: if you are doing strictly IT work, then it's going to be difficult to demonstrate that you have the business and interpersonal acumen to thrive in a top MBA program; however, if you're already contributing to the strategy and/or marketing of your companies, then those details and examples will help demonstrate that you will make a great classmate and future business person.
Consulting is going to be an easier career goal to prove since you don't seem to have any finance background yet. PE is certainly unrealistic, but IBD could be a potential goal if you can show some experience in the finance field.
PS With just a 12% acceptance rate, Haas is more selective than MIT and Columbia.
13 Feb 2011, 04:38
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Hi Jennifer,
thanks for your reply. Although my role is mainly about IT, I've been involved (or at least I've tried) in all of the most important decissions taken in the company (product development, sales strategy and marketing). Moreover I've lead teams of 3-4 engineers and I've got to travel abroad (as a pre-sales engineer) in order to open some important deals. I guess I'll have to "emphasize" this role (maybe the 20% of my time) in my applications instead of the IT one.
As far as I've read last days, you're right that, given my work exp and background, I've almost no chances to get into a PE/VC firm after MBA. I think that my problem right now is just deciding what I want to do: MC or IB. As a engineer, probably my profile would better fit into MC. I like problem solving, I'm good with numbers and I think I have strong analytic skills (sometimes required as a software developer). In fact, until two weeks ago I thought that I was made for MC. The problem is that, according to what people tell me, the work that you carry on in these firms is not always as challenging as you expected in the beginning. On the contrary, the most of the time you are gathering data, preparing some nice slides and doing some kind of "magic" with numbers to arrive to a preestablished results imposed by the customer. No time to think. Is it true?
In any case, I'll take not of your advise. Thanks again!!
thanks for your reply. Although my role is mainly about IT, I've been involved (or at least I've tried) in all of the most important decissions taken in the company (product development, sales strategy and marketing). Moreover I've lead teams of 3-4 engineers and I've got to travel abroad (as a pre-sales engineer) in order to open some important deals. I guess I'll have to "emphasize" this role (maybe the 20% of my time) in my applications instead of the IT one.
As far as I've read last days, you're right that, given my work exp and background, I've almost no chances to get into a PE/VC firm after MBA. I think that my problem right now is just deciding what I want to do: MC or IB. As a engineer, probably my profile would better fit into MC. I like problem solving, I'm good with numbers and I think I have strong analytic skills (sometimes required as a software developer). In fact, until two weeks ago I thought that I was made for MC. The problem is that, according to what people tell me, the work that you carry on in these firms is not always as challenging as you expected in the beginning. On the contrary, the most of the time you are gathering data, preparing some nice slides and doing some kind of "magic" with numbers to arrive to a preestablished results imposed by the customer. No time to think. Is it true?
In any case, I'll take not of your advise. Thanks again!!
