I hope you are doing well. Your profile for deferred MBA admissions is strong and competitive. Highlighting your strengths, like your double Master's degrees with exceptional GPAs, diverse work experience including entrepreneurship and leadership roles, and international exposure, will be crucial.
Focus on achieving a high GMAT score above your target and tailor your essays to showcase your unique experiences and aspirations in alignment with each program's specific values.
You have a strong profile with several compelling aspects that would be attractive to deferred admissions programs. Your academic achievements, diverse work experience, leadership involvement, and entrepreneurial spirit present a well-rounded applicant.
Hi everyone! I'm looking for a profile evaluation for
deferred admissions this year:
Schools: HBS (2+2), Stanford GSB, Wharton (Moelis), Columbia, MIT Sloan.
Age: 26 years old
Country of citizenship: Italy
Currently enrolled in a double master's degree, graduating this summer from both degrees.
Internship and/or work experienceAlmost 5 years of part-time working experience in marketing (all 5 in Italy), of which 4 in consulting. All my experience is in small-size companies (this might be my main weakness). On the other hand, this allowed me to take much more responsibilities and develop entrepreneurship and expertise in several industries and functions. I also have entrepreneurship experience, having had a leadership role for one year in a tech startup that I've cofounded.
Company Z | Venture Capital -
Will join soon (London, UK)
This is not a job, but I'll join the VC as advisor. It will be a huge opportunity for learning.
University of South Carolina - Research Assistant (USA) - 3 months part-time
Research assitant for a well-known professor of business administration.
Company A | Fintech Start-up - Co-Founder and Head of Growth - 13 months part-time (Remote, Worldwide)
I was responsible for the business, growth, and marketing strategy. We pitched to Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital.
(achievements here are good, but I don't want to share them publicly for confidentiality)
Company B | Consulting Boutique - Consultant–Digital Advertising Specialist - 13 months part-time (Italy)
Worked for two consulting firms owned by the corporation. Provided strategic and marketing consulting, relationships with clients, and advertising management for all the clients of the two firms. In charge of the training of junior consultants.
• Autonomously designed, developed, and implemented an advertising automation system that increased budget efficiency by 598% in the first month, saving 25.000€ annually.
• Managed and brought a minor business branch from 24,8% to 87,3% project margin through advertising automation and changes in the branch’s commercial strategies, while decreasing clients’ churn rate by 60%.
• Oversaw a +50.000€/month advertising budget and spent on digital channels, being responsible for the advertising strategies and spending of all the +100 clients of the two consulting firms.
Company C | Consulting Boutique - Consultant–Marketing Specialist - 30 months part-time (Italy)
Provided strategy and consultation for marketing projects working with local, national, and international brands.
• Planned and implemented digital marketing and advertising strategies for clients in fashion, food, retail and B2B industries.
• Managed relationships with clients for consulting, leading to 90% contract renewal, with 3 significant upsells.
Company D | Winery - Junior Marketing Specialist - 20 months part-time (Italy)
Completed apprenticeship in marketing and the daily management of the firm. Participated in various activities, such as new product development, financial management, e-commerce management, and sales.
• Developed the whole online presence of the winery (e-commerce, marketplaces, and social media) in the first 6 months.
School, major, GPAMaster’s Degree: I’m currently enrolled in a Double Master’s Degree program:
- MSc in Management at Bocconi University (4.0 GPA) - Projected final grade: "Summa cum laude"
- Master of International Business at the Darla Moore School of Business: University of South Carolina (4.0 GPA).
This summer I’ll get both degrees.
- Bachelor: BSc in Digital marketing from a not-ranked (and not great) university. Good GPA 27.7/30 (Italian grading system), final grade 107/110.
GMATI'll take the GMAT FE in 10 days, I aim for 705+, and not less than the 95th percentile. The last official mock scores were 675, 695, 685, 715.
International exposure and languages- Italian native speaker
- 1-year experience in the international startup I co-founded (the team was from 4 different continents).
- I'm spending 1 year in the US for my double degree.
- Passed the HSK1 test (1st level of Chinese language).
- Intermediate level of Spanish.
Leadership experience:- Team leader for the Global Case Competition at Harvard, representing my business school (2-3 months) [2024]
- Project manager for a real strategy consulting project for a Fortune 100 company - led a team of 14 people (3 months) [2023]
- Head of growth at the startup I co-founded (13 months) [2022]
- Team lead for several projects during my experience in consulting at "Company B" [2022]
- Automotive professional master - Team Leader of the project work (3 months) [2021]
- Start-Up Weekend - Team Leader of the Start-up during the competition. (1 weekend) [2019]
Community involvement:- Pro-bono consultant and volunteer in a cultural association (musical association),
- Volunteer academic tutor for middle school students with learning disabilities (project in collaboration with Harvard),
- Volunteer at an orphan assistance center.
Career Goals:My goal after the MBA is to run my own company or to work in venture capitals / private equity.
Unique background factors:- A lot of work experience, considering that I'm a deferred applicant,
- Entrepreneurial experience (Start-up and VC),
- Double master's degree in two different countries (US and Italy),
- Maybe my nationality (Italian), I'm not sure.
Essays:Essays will be focused on entrepreneurship, start-up experience, and the fact that I worked during all my studies to grow professionally and be financially independent.
I'm overall proud of what I have done, but these schools (and the deferred admission programs in particular!) are so competitive. Do you think I have a shot?
Thank you in advance!