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19 Nov 2014, 13:25
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GPA
3.16 from top 30 liberal arts in America, economics degree. upward trend, worked in college. 26 at matriculation, white, American.
Work Experience
4 years at matriculation. My strongest point by far. I do corporate sales of enterprise software for an F100 company and have been in a client facing role from day 1-I finished in the top 10% of sales reps nationwide (while being considerably younger) for my first three years. Each of the three years have been north of $70 million in sales. Will be able to get glowing recommendations from this. Received a promostion to deal with larger clients in winter. Was on a focus group in original role to define best practices.
GMAT
740 (q49v43, 6 AWA, IR 8)
Extracurriculars
Marathon runner, golf team in college, big brother, frat member in college, some pro bono consulting
Goals
biz dev and sales strategy for mid-late stage healthcare tech/biotech company OR management consulting (between the two, but my essays touch on why.)
Final note-my GPA is low, but it was a 2.7 through three semesters and a 3.5 over last 5; I was 17 when I went to school and came from a public school background, and struggled with time management early on.
One side note-I believe I interview fairly well. Not meant in a cocky manner, but my job has made me very easy with public speaking, meeting new people, and remaining calm.
6 Round 2 APPS:
HBS
MIT
NYU
Columbia
Yale
Tuck
3.16 from top 30 liberal arts in America, economics degree. upward trend, worked in college. 26 at matriculation, white, American.
Work Experience
4 years at matriculation. My strongest point by far. I do corporate sales of enterprise software for an F100 company and have been in a client facing role from day 1-I finished in the top 10% of sales reps nationwide (while being considerably younger) for my first three years. Each of the three years have been north of $70 million in sales. Will be able to get glowing recommendations from this. Received a promostion to deal with larger clients in winter. Was on a focus group in original role to define best practices.
GMAT
740 (q49v43, 6 AWA, IR 8)
Extracurriculars
Marathon runner, golf team in college, big brother, frat member in college, some pro bono consulting
Goals
biz dev and sales strategy for mid-late stage healthcare tech/biotech company OR management consulting (between the two, but my essays touch on why.)
Final note-my GPA is low, but it was a 2.7 through three semesters and a 3.5 over last 5; I was 17 when I went to school and came from a public school background, and struggled with time management early on.
One side note-I believe I interview fairly well. Not meant in a cocky manner, but my job has made me very easy with public speaking, meeting new people, and remaining calm.
6 Round 2 APPS:
HBS
MIT
NYU
Columbia
Yale
Tuck
22 Nov 2014, 15:27
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Hi there,
Thanks for sharing. Looking at the various aspects of your profile...
Academic Ability: This is evidenced by your GPA & GMAT. You have a bit of a seesaw here with a GREAT GMAT (congrats) and a much lower than average GPA. It does help that the GMAT is more recent and you nailed it; that you had an upward trend in your GPA and can address it to a certain extent and studied a tough major (note: I wouldn't mention (on apps) the point about coming from 'public school' as many would not deem that relevant
).
Work experience/professional skills/leadership etc: As you've described it, your experience sounds quite strong, and you've stood out from your peers, been quite successful and gained recognition for it. Great that you feel you will have great recs as well. Sounds like your communication & people skills are quite strong which is a plus. Do you feel you have examples where you've demonstrated leadership? That will help also.
Activities & community involvement: You have some activities on your list; some applicants will have deeper commitment or leadership within those activities but not a huge weakness per se. If you have any examples where you've given back to the community that would help.
Goals/'story'/rationale: Harder to fully assess without reviewing your essays but so far sounds reasonable... often you'd detail both shorter and longer term post-MBA goals so can keep that in mind in case it affects how you describe your plan.
Unknowns at this time: Essays/interview... as you said you feel you interview well. Make sure to nail those essays in order to get a great interview!
Schools: Top 15-20 feels about right. Makes sense to include a few challenging schools in top 5 or so to see what could happen. Be sure to do your best to demonstrate a strong fit with each school and really show that you know that school well and love it!! That can be the 'icing on the cake' so to speak if everything else is strong. And keep in mind that 6 is a fairly large undertaking for one round; be sure you don't sacrifice quality of your apps for the sake of quantity.... allocate your time up front and be sure to tailor your apps and essays were needed, and to give your recommenders plenty of notice and info if they are completing 6 recs!
Good luck and keep us posted on how we can help!
Thanks for sharing. Looking at the various aspects of your profile...
Academic Ability: This is evidenced by your GPA & GMAT. You have a bit of a seesaw here with a GREAT GMAT (congrats) and a much lower than average GPA. It does help that the GMAT is more recent and you nailed it; that you had an upward trend in your GPA and can address it to a certain extent and studied a tough major (note: I wouldn't mention (on apps) the point about coming from 'public school' as many would not deem that relevant
). Work experience/professional skills/leadership etc: As you've described it, your experience sounds quite strong, and you've stood out from your peers, been quite successful and gained recognition for it. Great that you feel you will have great recs as well. Sounds like your communication & people skills are quite strong which is a plus. Do you feel you have examples where you've demonstrated leadership? That will help also.
Activities & community involvement: You have some activities on your list; some applicants will have deeper commitment or leadership within those activities but not a huge weakness per se. If you have any examples where you've given back to the community that would help.
Goals/'story'/rationale: Harder to fully assess without reviewing your essays but so far sounds reasonable... often you'd detail both shorter and longer term post-MBA goals so can keep that in mind in case it affects how you describe your plan.
Unknowns at this time: Essays/interview... as you said you feel you interview well. Make sure to nail those essays in order to get a great interview!
Schools: Top 15-20 feels about right. Makes sense to include a few challenging schools in top 5 or so to see what could happen. Be sure to do your best to demonstrate a strong fit with each school and really show that you know that school well and love it!! That can be the 'icing on the cake' so to speak if everything else is strong. And keep in mind that 6 is a fairly large undertaking for one round; be sure you don't sacrifice quality of your apps for the sake of quantity.... allocate your time up front and be sure to tailor your apps and essays were needed, and to give your recommenders plenty of notice and info if they are completing 6 recs!
Good luck and keep us posted on how we can help!
