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Hi Linda,

I am currently an officer in the United States Air Force and I am looking to apply to HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Tuck, and MIT.

Age: Currently 25, but will be 26 when I apply in the fall of 2011.
Work Experience: 2 years active duty as a Project Manager for a $20M project, will have 4 years experience by matriculation
Education: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from a Tier I school, 3.8/4.0 GPA
GMAT: 710, Q:49, V:38, AWA: 6, 92% overall
Extracurricular: Volunteer in multiple Air Force organizations. Treasurer for a junior officers organization responsible for raising money for the organization and planning events to support junior officers and deployed military members. Actively involved in planning numerous functions such as award banquets, military promotion ceremonies and military retirement ceremonies. I am also the fitness program manager for my unit and I am responsible for implementing a fitness program for over 75 military members.

I have a few questions:
1. I took micro/macro economics and a business management course as an undergrad. Do you think it would be a good idea for me to take some business related classes such as accounting and finance prior to applying to these schools?

It certainly wouldn't hurt anything and would probably either enable you to pass out of basic classes or make some of the first weeks a little easier for you, allowing you to explore the rich other opportunities at a top MBA program.

2. Do I have too much extracurricular activity dealing with the military and not enough with the civilian community?

No. Your activities reflect your passions and commitments and that's what they are supposed to do.

3. Am I competitive for the schools I am looking to apply to?

Thank you for all of your support Linda. I look forward to hearing back from you.
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You're most welcome.

To answer your questions:

1) It certainly wouldn't hurt anything and would probably either enable you to pass out of basic classes or make some of the first weeks a little easier for you, allowing you to explore the rich other opportunities at a top MBA program.
2) No. Your activities reflect your passions and commitments and that's what they are supposed to do.
3) Yes!

Best,
Linda