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May 2, 2026 12:38am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Startup/ Strategy Consulting
Post MBA Career: Consulting, McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, PWC Strategy&, Technology, Other
GMAT: 685
GPA: 3.6
Years of Work Experience: 6
Notes:

- International Male, 26, southeast Asian (non-Chinese/indian)
- BEng, top 15% of the class, the best local uni (but unknown outside of the country)
- (0.5Y) Global LDP program of a F500, left early to join consulting
- (2.5Y) at S&, strategy consulting in the field of fintech/ banking, top tier performance (5% of the cohort in the region, early promotion)
- (1Y) Left S&, started my own fintech for underserved teenagers, got pre-seed funding from a tier 2 Banking VC, closed after a year due to regulations change, small scale with multiple impact rewards (20k+ farmers

Goals: Join a fintech in the US (strategy div), or Financial services consulting (like OW, McK) incase i can't secure a fintech position (internationals), with a long term goal of starting another fintech