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May 28, 2019 10:46am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson

Intake Year: 2020

Pre-MBA Career: Product Management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Facebook , Google , Other

GMAT: 720

GPA: N/A

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Spain

Notes:

25, white male. Top Engineering program (Spain), Local GPA is 7.5/10, ~Top 10% of Class. 3 years at high-growth startup (+$8M in investment) - 1 year Software Engineering, 2 years Product Management. Fair extracurriculars. I could probably increase GMATif necessary.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Your GMAT score is decent for top programs; that said, if you think you can improve it, it's always good to submit your best score. While your experience is on the shorter side, 2 years as PM is likely a strong experience. Is PM your short term goal, post MBA? What about long term? What are you passionate about? You might add Wharton to your list of schools. (0)

anon42731 Likes Earned: 4 Thanks @alexbr4! Product is definitely my short term goal post-MBA. Ideally I'd like to jump into Product at a larger tech company (FANG, Salesforce, Microsoft...) or a role closer to CPO/VP of Product at a startup in breakout or pre-breakout phase. Sounds cliché, but Product *is* my passion, it's what I do for work and on my free time! I usually gear my side projects towards building digital products with a social mission (I collaborate with existing NGOs when possible). I'm also considering tech non-profit as a post-MBA opportunity. Long-term I'd love to build a venture, not quite sure yet in what field, possibly EdTech, HealthTech or D2C. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Great! If you have examples working on social missions, all the better (for the very top programs). I'd start working in the Stanford essay asap. We have an interview with their adcom director, which should help. (1)