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Undergrad: BS Mechanical Engineering (Top 50 state school)
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 710- 49Q 38V 8IR 6AWA
Work Experience: Currently finishing 2 year Rotational Leadership Development program (held positions as Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, and Inside Sales Rep) at a Fortune 250 Equipment Design and Manufacturing company. My position out of the program will be in Technical Proposals, dealing directly with large international energy companies. I plan on matriculating with either 3.5 or 4.5 years of work experience.
Volunteer: Established a relationship between a local charity and my company. I organized a suit drive at 5 company locations around my city for the charity and got the company to match donations. I also volunteer at the charity on some weekends as a career counselor for disadvantaged and impoverished men looking to enter the workforce.
Goal Schools: Sloan, Haas, Duke, HBS (extreme reach), Columbia, Kellogg
How attainable are my goals with my profile? My future goal is to get into Venture Capital, but I know that is a very difficult industry to enter. If I cannot enter Venture Capital straight out of school, I would like to stay in the corporate setting moving up the corporate ladder, probably through the sales/marketing side. Overall, I am interested in leveraging my technical background in the future, but I am more interested in the business side- sales, marketing, process improvement, management, etc. I feel a top tier MBA can really set me on a path for corporate success, since lower MBAs are becoming so much more common.
What is your opinion on the duration of my work experience- should I do 3.5 or 4.5 years? It is not easy to get promotions in engineering, so career progression can be tricky to track.
Do I need to retake the GMAT and hit 740+ to get into my goal schools? I was getting 730 on practice tests, but I guess test day I scored a little lower.
I would really appreciate all feedback on my profile!
GPA: 3.7
GMAT: 710- 49Q 38V 8IR 6AWA
Work Experience: Currently finishing 2 year Rotational Leadership Development program (held positions as Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, and Inside Sales Rep) at a Fortune 250 Equipment Design and Manufacturing company. My position out of the program will be in Technical Proposals, dealing directly with large international energy companies. I plan on matriculating with either 3.5 or 4.5 years of work experience.
Volunteer: Established a relationship between a local charity and my company. I organized a suit drive at 5 company locations around my city for the charity and got the company to match donations. I also volunteer at the charity on some weekends as a career counselor for disadvantaged and impoverished men looking to enter the workforce.
Goal Schools: Sloan, Haas, Duke, HBS (extreme reach), Columbia, Kellogg
How attainable are my goals with my profile? My future goal is to get into Venture Capital, but I know that is a very difficult industry to enter. If I cannot enter Venture Capital straight out of school, I would like to stay in the corporate setting moving up the corporate ladder, probably through the sales/marketing side. Overall, I am interested in leveraging my technical background in the future, but I am more interested in the business side- sales, marketing, process improvement, management, etc. I feel a top tier MBA can really set me on a path for corporate success, since lower MBAs are becoming so much more common.
What is your opinion on the duration of my work experience- should I do 3.5 or 4.5 years? It is not easy to get promotions in engineering, so career progression can be tricky to track.
Do I need to retake the GMAT and hit 740+ to get into my goal schools? I was getting 730 on practice tests, but I guess test day I scored a little lower.
I would really appreciate all feedback on my profile!
11 Apr 2015, 07:27
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Your profile is definitely good and will serve you well during the application process. Top 50 UG with 3.7 GPA and 700+ GMAT will essentially get you noticed at any top school, so I commend your school choices. B-schools love engineers and 3.7GPA in engineering is going to really help you stand out. HBS for example, likes a high GPA from a good school as much or more than a high GMAT score. You have both. If you think you can do even better on the GMAT, it might make sense to try again, but I would not take the test more than three times. As for your experience, schools are seeing an average which is approaching five years, but there has been a new trend towards "early career MBA" candidates at schools like Chicago and Wharton. Keeping in mind schools will "count" your experience all the way up to matriculation, you will actually be applying with more experience on paper than you realize. The rankings boards consider this experience in the average for schools, so the posted stats for work experience are a little misleading. You essentially must subtract a year off the average for schools. If you have concerns about your experience, one thing you might consider, even though you have enough experience for a run at admissions in the next cycle, is to apply at a school which considers candidates earlier in their careers. Still, I think that with your rotational program, having gained a perspective on multiple aspects of business, you could sell this as a valuable contribution in the classroom.
You already identified potential problems with your post MBA goals, and since venture capital firm do not recruit freshly minted MBAs, certainly stating this as a short term goal would likely make you appear immature--your knowing this already shows you have a good perspective on the industry and what will be a more practical approach to VC in the longer term. I was surprised you didn't mention consulting, which is a good road to VC given the right firm and right opportunities. Some of your description of potential post MBA career goals sounds like consulting could be of interest even without the ultimate VC target. Over 30% of MBA graduates go on to do consulting, so you would be in good company. I doubt marketing at a corporation would open up many doors in VC down the road. If you can hone your post MBA vision into something which leverages your past experience and ties into a compelling path forward, one which schools can get their minds around, you should have success. Let us know if we can help you pull it all together.
You already identified potential problems with your post MBA goals, and since venture capital firm do not recruit freshly minted MBAs, certainly stating this as a short term goal would likely make you appear immature--your knowing this already shows you have a good perspective on the industry and what will be a more practical approach to VC in the longer term. I was surprised you didn't mention consulting, which is a good road to VC given the right firm and right opportunities. Some of your description of potential post MBA career goals sounds like consulting could be of interest even without the ultimate VC target. Over 30% of MBA graduates go on to do consulting, so you would be in good company. I doubt marketing at a corporation would open up many doors in VC down the road. If you can hone your post MBA vision into something which leverages your past experience and ties into a compelling path forward, one which schools can get their minds around, you should have success. Let us know if we can help you pull it all together.
