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finalgears
22 May 2013, 08:13
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Alex,
I work in the Aerospace/Defense industry and thinking about getting an MBA. Thinking about which schools I should apply and realistic have a chance at. I know...I know...I can look up the average stats of admitted students but there so much more to admissions than GPA/GMAT, so please, any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
Basics
Undergrad: University of Southern California (USC) Aerospace Engineering BS with 3.69 GPA
Grad: USC Aerospace Engineering MS with 3.92 GPA
GMAT: 49V/40Q/730 - 89%/85%/96% percentile
Work
Work Experience: 5 years at matriculation
Industry: Aerospace/Defense
Company: Big 3 Aerospace (Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing)
Role: Flight Test Engineer on 5th rotation. Currently working in team as youngest member (coworkers 2x my age - Aerospace industry, you know
) with our work being nominated for highest award in the division
On the Side
Founded and manage credit repair company. On track to meet $700k annual rev.
Founded and manage real estate investment company. On track to own and manage 9 units producing $50k annual rev.
Founded and manage textbook sales company. On track to meet $30k annual rev.
Can run each of the companies on 5 hrs sleep/night
Volunteering
Coach individuals on public speaking and interpersonal skills
On leadership committee that tutors refugee elementary school kids
On leadership board of company affinity group
Perennial college and hs intern mentor
Manager/Coach for company basketball club
"X-Factors"
Low-income background
Single parent upbringing
First-born in extended blue collar family
First to grad college
Goals
Short term: management consultancy
Long term: leverage aerospace and consulting experience into blue-chip leadership role w/ P&L responsibility
I work in the Aerospace/Defense industry and thinking about getting an MBA. Thinking about which schools I should apply and realistic have a chance at. I know...I know...I can look up the average stats of admitted students but there so much more to admissions than GPA/GMAT, so please, any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
Basics
Undergrad: University of Southern California (USC) Aerospace Engineering BS with 3.69 GPA
Grad: USC Aerospace Engineering MS with 3.92 GPA
GMAT: 49V/40Q/730 - 89%/85%/96% percentile
Work
Work Experience: 5 years at matriculation
Industry: Aerospace/Defense
Company: Big 3 Aerospace (Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing)
Role: Flight Test Engineer on 5th rotation. Currently working in team as youngest member (coworkers 2x my age - Aerospace industry, you know
) with our work being nominated for highest award in the divisionOn the Side
Founded and manage credit repair company. On track to meet $700k annual rev.
Founded and manage real estate investment company. On track to own and manage 9 units producing $50k annual rev.
Founded and manage textbook sales company. On track to meet $30k annual rev.
Can run each of the companies on 5 hrs sleep/night
Volunteering
Coach individuals on public speaking and interpersonal skills
On leadership committee that tutors refugee elementary school kids
On leadership board of company affinity group
Perennial college and hs intern mentor
Manager/Coach for company basketball club
"X-Factors"
Low-income background
Single parent upbringing
First-born in extended blue collar family
First to grad college
Goals
Short term: management consultancy
Long term: leverage aerospace and consulting experience into blue-chip leadership role w/ P&L responsibility
23 May 2013, 08:24
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finalgears
You've got a strong background - I think you know that (strong GMAT/GPA, solid professional background and extracurriculars, and favorable demographics).
It really comes down to selecting a range of schools (a good balance of stretches and sweet spots) and making sure you do the best you can in executing the applications. At this point that's all there is to do - focus on the applications.
Stretches: H/S/W, Sloan, Kellogg, Booth, Tuck, Columbia, Haas
Sweet spots: Ross, Duke, Darden, Yale, NYU, Cornell, UCLA
If you're more ambitious look at 4 stretches and 2 sweet spots. If you want to play it safe, maybe 3 stretches and 3 sweet spots. Either way, I think a mix like this will give you a reasonable shot of getting you into at least a few schools (and at least one - all you need is one). As for which schools - it doesn't matter given your career goals, since consulting firms cast a pretty wide net across all top 16 schools (and especially the top 8 it doesn't matter because so long as you have a pulse and you want the job, you'll get into consulting). With that said, for the top 16 schools, Ross/Duke/Darden/Yale are stronger than NYU/Cornell/UCLA for consulting.
And rather than look at safeties, focus on these for this year. If you don't get in, then consider reapplying and/or looking at part-time or exec programs down the road (i.e. in your case I don't think it's worth it to go outside the top 16 given your profile). Good luck
Hence, I thought of improving the GMAT. I am hearing mixed reviews. Some people say that I need to push the GMAT above 750. Is that true?
