Berkeley / Haas - 02-16-2023 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

February 16, 2023 1:22pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Architecture

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , Ernst & Young , McKinsey

GRE: 329

GPA: 3.48

Years of Work Experience: 4.5

Location: United States

Post MBA Location: Boston or West Coast

Notes:

Short term - Management consulting to develop a business acumen.

Long Term - Transition into non-profit consulting or sector. I'm passionate about social impact, and my ECs in it have truly changed my perspective on what makes me happy, but don't want to get pigeonholed into Non-Profit early career.

ECs - Tons of volunteer work in sustainability and social equity. Chaired a regional conference.

Work for a top firm; Received early promotion

Nominated for emerging architect award.

M.Arch from top 10 university, B.Arch from Top university as well.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 Sounds like a lot to like here. Showing growth and impact at work is important. Heavy volunteer work is great! Very good GRE. In terms of your goals, how does your experience in architecture help shape those goals. Are you looking at consulting in real estate area, for example? (0)

worldpeace Likes Earned: 17 In the immediacy I want to step away from architecture. My stepping stones I envision are 1. Obtain an mba to develop exposure to different people, their experiences, and learn. 2. Work in management consulting for a couple of years to develop a high level understanding of common issues businesses face, as well as their solutions in practice rather than academia. 3. Transition with these skills into non-profit management consulting to see how traditional solutions are formatted for the non-profit space. (Bridgespan would be ideal) 4. With this new found understanding, guide local/regional non-profits into efficient growth (return to architecture here. I've worked on non-profit projects that were the most inspiring work i've ever done, but were so mismanaged by the client side that millions were wasted that could've been used to better pursue their vision). Last one could be opening my own business or through senior level roles. Also thank you for the time! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 Love the handle, and your plan makes good sense. (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/02/mba-wire-taps-279/ (0)