Berkeley / Haas - 04-03-2022 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

April 3, 2022 6:29pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cornell / Johnson, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Engineering

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.85

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: Southwest

Notes:

School: Won award from a professional organization in my major. Research Assistant.

Extracurricular: Treasurer at medium-sized student org and participant in engineering student org working on competition.

Work: Promoted in my first year, leading a project involving tens of millions in assets, considered by employer as 3+ years of experience at matriculation for high performance.

Involvement: Involved in two non-profits focusing on food insecurity/ (one is local, one focuses internationally).

Goals: Apply engineering background in either a tech-focused startup or in tech management at a larger company.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1582 Super numbers. With 3 years of experience, you’ll want to nail the “why now” aspect of your plan. But lots to like here. Showing impact at work, and outside of work will be very important. Are you wanting to be in the southwest, post MBA? (1)

phobophobia Likes Earned: 1 Don't care about location (for the most part). Is it impossible to get in with 2 years of WE? Part of my "why now" is that I realized I love the big picture of engineering and how it connects with the customer rather than the details of how each feature works, is that enough? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1582 Will you have 3 years of experience when matriculating, or two? High performance and impact will help. My concern is that you’ll get good MBA offers, but will they be from the very best programs (ie, will you be an even stronger candidate in another year). Hence “why now” will be key. (1)

phobophobia Likes Earned: 1 Sorry, my comment made it confusing. I will have 2, but my job will consider me at 3 due to high performance. Would like to include that in application to show impact but I will technically be at 2. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1582 That will be tricky, re stating it’s an equivalence, it might come across as being “defensive” or something like that. Maybe your recommenders can address that in some way. You need to show you’ve had the experience/growth, and now is the ideal time, etc (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1582 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/04/wire-taps-228/ (0)