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Updated on: 09 Dec 2018, 20:40
Originally posted by goingdown85 on 06 Oct 2018, 22:35.
Last edited by goingdown85 on 09 Dec 2018, 20:40, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by goingdown85 on 09 Dec 2018, 20:40, edited 1 time in total.
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Hello,
I am a relatively non-traditional MBA applicant and I would really appreciate your thoughtful review of my profile.
I recent took the GMAT and received the following scores:
Quantitative - 49
Verbal - 34 (I did poorly on timing and ended up guessing the last 4 questions... I think this hurt a lot)
AWA - TBD
IR - 8
Overall GMAT score - 680
Ethnicity - Asian American
Education
Bachelor's in Chemistry
Master's in Chemistry
Work experience
- Total 10 years of experience
Key skills
- Client communication
- Project management
- Peoples management
- Drug research and development
I am a relatively non-traditional MBA applicant and I would really appreciate your thoughtful review of my profile.
I recent took the GMAT and received the following scores:
Quantitative - 49
Verbal - 34 (I did poorly on timing and ended up guessing the last 4 questions... I think this hurt a lot)
AWA - TBD
IR - 8
Overall GMAT score - 680
Ethnicity - Asian American
Education
Bachelor's in Chemistry
Master's in Chemistry
Work experience
- Total 10 years of experience
Key skills
- Client communication
- Project management
- Peoples management
- Drug research and development
07 Oct 2018, 04:34
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A few thoughts on your profile/plans goingdown85:
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
- The career acceleration you have had looks good. You'd have to put that into perspective though - is it fast on a relative scale? Since you are from a bit of niche area, the onus on explaining the relative sense will be on you.
- While the motivation sounds fair, you'd need a lot more granularity in your post-MBA plans. Read here.
- For healthcare, it might be going for a more targeted approach at some of the schools here.
- Finally, MBA after 30 is pretty tricky. So GMAT handicap apart, that's another aspect you gotta be thinking about. It might be better to explore the Fellows programs explained here.
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
08 Oct 2018, 13:14
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Hi goingdown85,
Thank you for your post. A few observations:
1. Age and Work Experience -- Applying to full-time programs when you're 10 years removed from undergrad (to enroll when you're 11 years removed from undergrad) will unfortunately place you toward the high-end tail from an age and work experience perspective. You have deep and meaningful experience in your field, including managerial experience and advancement, which is great, but if you attend events and chat with adcoms, you'll almost certainly find that they'll encourage you to consider EMBAs, 1-Year MBAs, or Part-Time MBAs. Those are likely a better fit at this stage.
(You'll find a handful of folks with extended work experience at most full-time programs, but those are often rather unique circumstances... ex-military or medicine or founded-and-ran a successful business, for example. Your work experience is unique in its own right, but I think it will be an uphill battle in terms of convincing adcoms "why now" for a FTMBA.)
2. GMAT Score -- The 680 GMAT places you outside the middle 80% range for T10 programs and toward the lower end of it for most T11-16 schools. Even if your work experience level were on target, I'd encourage you to improve your score if you're targeting the top 15. If you do end up evaluating EMBA, 1-Year MBA, and Part-Time MBA options, then you should check out the average scores and middle 80% ranges for the programs you're interested in. Your Quant is strong, and given the timing situation you mentioned on the Verbal side, it sound like the 680 doesn't quite reflect what your score could be.
Read More: Deconstructing the GMAT Arms Race
3. Why MBA / Why Now -- You'll really need to develop the specificity of your post-MBA and longer-term career vision and articulate how your science background plus the MBA equals or leads to those goals. Consider not only what industry you want to target, but also the company(ies) and roles you'd seek, and what impact you'd hope to have. Consider what knowledge, skills, and experience you already have that are relevant toward these goals, and consider what knowledge, skills, and experience you're missing and therefore need to acquire via the MBA. How exactly will you acquire those things at the programs you're interested in? What's the passion and purpose behind your career vision? How did the interest in the business side evolve, or grow out of what you did on the science side? How does the combination of the two (science plus business) uniquely position you for success and impact in your field?
Read More: Career Goals, Why MBA, School Research and Engagement, Passion & Purpose, etc.
Best Regards,
Greg
Thank you for your post. A few observations:
1. Age and Work Experience -- Applying to full-time programs when you're 10 years removed from undergrad (to enroll when you're 11 years removed from undergrad) will unfortunately place you toward the high-end tail from an age and work experience perspective. You have deep and meaningful experience in your field, including managerial experience and advancement, which is great, but if you attend events and chat with adcoms, you'll almost certainly find that they'll encourage you to consider EMBAs, 1-Year MBAs, or Part-Time MBAs. Those are likely a better fit at this stage.
(You'll find a handful of folks with extended work experience at most full-time programs, but those are often rather unique circumstances... ex-military or medicine or founded-and-ran a successful business, for example. Your work experience is unique in its own right, but I think it will be an uphill battle in terms of convincing adcoms "why now" for a FTMBA.)
2. GMAT Score -- The 680 GMAT places you outside the middle 80% range for T10 programs and toward the lower end of it for most T11-16 schools. Even if your work experience level were on target, I'd encourage you to improve your score if you're targeting the top 15. If you do end up evaluating EMBA, 1-Year MBA, and Part-Time MBA options, then you should check out the average scores and middle 80% ranges for the programs you're interested in. Your Quant is strong, and given the timing situation you mentioned on the Verbal side, it sound like the 680 doesn't quite reflect what your score could be.
Read More: Deconstructing the GMAT Arms Race
3. Why MBA / Why Now -- You'll really need to develop the specificity of your post-MBA and longer-term career vision and articulate how your science background plus the MBA equals or leads to those goals. Consider not only what industry you want to target, but also the company(ies) and roles you'd seek, and what impact you'd hope to have. Consider what knowledge, skills, and experience you already have that are relevant toward these goals, and consider what knowledge, skills, and experience you're missing and therefore need to acquire via the MBA. How exactly will you acquire those things at the programs you're interested in? What's the passion and purpose behind your career vision? How did the interest in the business side evolve, or grow out of what you did on the science side? How does the combination of the two (science plus business) uniquely position you for success and impact in your field?
Read More: Career Goals, Why MBA, School Research and Engagement, Passion & Purpose, etc.
Best Regards,
Greg
