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GrantMeAdmission
Joined: 01 Sep 2013
Last visit: 19 May 2021
Posts: 310
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 145
Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Anderson FEMBA"20 (A$)
GMAT 1: 710 Q47 V41
GPA: 3.7
WE:Corporate Finance (Aerospace and Defense)
Products:
28 May 2014, 15:24
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Thank you for taking the time to review my profile; I really appreciate it. Let me know what you think!
My profile:
My Career Goals:
My School List:
My profile:
- Work Experience: 5.5 years at a Fortune 50 at Matriculation (Corporate finance in the Manufacturing industry)
- Age: 28 at Matriculation
- GMAT: 710 (Q49 Q38) AWA 6.0, IR 7 (Will be retaking in a couple of months-hopefully will get a 740-750)
- School: West Coast state school with regional recognition
- Major: Accounting BS, Cum Laude
- GPA: 3.7
- Background: I received a full-ride scholarship to a regionally prominent state school, and now work for a major F50 manufacturing company. I am a graduate of their finance leadership rotation program, and have worked in multiple divisions and financial functions with international experience.
- Extracurricular: I have been a national leader for 3 years with a non-profit dedicated to developing leadership skills in minorities and various other leadership roles in organizations inside and outside of work. I also regularly conduct leadership/teamwork workshops for non-profits and corporations, and I have been a very passionate mentor for over 20 young professionals and college students.
- Leadership: I have had multiple leadership roles in my work environment and in my extracurricular activities. The largest team I have led was around 25 people. Unfortunately, I have never been a manager with my company (co-workers are very "experienced").
- For Fun: Conceived and executed a leadership convention (raised $35,000 with 250 attendees), once shaved my head for charity (raised $2,500), and I have started a MBA applicant blog that is picking up a lot of attention (1,000 views in 10 days) (https://grantmeadmission.com)
- Bonus: Applied to Tuck this year, was waitlisted and then transferred to the reduced waitlist. I am 99% sure that I will not get off the waitlist (rumor is they are over-enrolled)
My Career Goals:
- Short Term: MBB Consulting focused on the manufacturing industry and/or tech
- Long Term: To be the first Chinese American CEO of a Fortune 500
My School List:
- Harvard
- Wharton
- MIT
- Tuck
- Duke
- Yale
29 May 2014, 00:49
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Hey dude,
Overall things look very good (although I would need more detail on your work experience to get into your profile really).
But sounds good from the get-go. And I like your ambition and clarity. And I think Top 10 schools for you are reasonable.
The only question I have is: Do you REALLY need to retake that GMAT? True that a 740 would look sweeter, but are you sure to get it? What if you don't? Plus, actually a 710 could be good enough to get you in everywhere. A LOT will depend on your profile and work experience. But on the other if you are pretty sure you can get 30 points higher, it can give your profile a valuable boost. Tough call here, because right now we are almost at a time where essays are released (okay, actually some essays ARE already released) and it's basically time to start to get to work on those. Thoughts?
Best,
Jon
Overall things look very good (although I would need more detail on your work experience to get into your profile really).
But sounds good from the get-go. And I like your ambition and clarity. And I think Top 10 schools for you are reasonable.
The only question I have is: Do you REALLY need to retake that GMAT? True that a 740 would look sweeter, but are you sure to get it? What if you don't? Plus, actually a 710 could be good enough to get you in everywhere. A LOT will depend on your profile and work experience. But on the other if you are pretty sure you can get 30 points higher, it can give your profile a valuable boost. Tough call here, because right now we are almost at a time where essays are released (okay, actually some essays ARE already released) and it's basically time to start to get to work on those. Thoughts?
Best,
Jon
GrantMeAdmission
Joined: 01 Sep 2013
Last visit: 19 May 2021
Posts: 310
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 145
Location: United States
Concentration: Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Anderson FEMBA"20 (A$)
GMAT 1: 710 Q47 V41
GPA: 3.7
WE:Corporate Finance (Aerospace and Defense)
Products:
29 May 2014, 07:22
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Thanks for the feedback Jon. Absolutely love your company (and design), and the culture that YOU and your company exude. You gave me a profile evaluation last year (back in November after I applied to Tuck). I have developed A LOT and ended up not applying to my other schools in R2 because of time constraints and I knew I would be much stronger this year. I FEEL ready.
Big lessons I learned from last year:
1. GMAT didn't help (or hurt) me (I totally bombed one RC group on DNA... I know I can do better and am enrolled in The Economit's +50 guarantee)
2. My essays did not make me unique enough (in my opinion); I hope to improve my writing with my blog
3. My interview got away from me (I consider myself a GREAT people person and interviewer, but let myself talk to much and was unfocused)
Questions:
1. Should I communicate my long term goal or stick with the short term goals?
2. Any other feedback?
Now the big question: Do I need a consultant?
I expect a TOTALLY OBJECTIVE answer
Big lessons I learned from last year:
1. GMAT didn't help (or hurt) me (I totally bombed one RC group on DNA... I know I can do better and am enrolled in The Economit's +50 guarantee)
2. My essays did not make me unique enough (in my opinion); I hope to improve my writing with my blog
3. My interview got away from me (I consider myself a GREAT people person and interviewer, but let myself talk to much and was unfocused)
Questions:
1. Should I communicate my long term goal or stick with the short term goals?
2. Any other feedback?
Now the big question: Do I need a consultant?
I expect a TOTALLY OBJECTIVE answer
JonAdmissionado
So basically you would benefit most from some consulting.
