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June 2, 2020 10:24pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall

Intake Year: 2020

Pre-MBA Career: Startup operations

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Google

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.39

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: SF Bay Area

Notes:

Part of Forte MBALaunch, ECs focus on college access, UG school had grade deflation. Love your podcast :)

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Great GMAT, what was your UG major? Were you active in college? Be good to show impact at work. Are you applying late for this season, or for next season? (1)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1154 Forte's MBALaunch is a wonderful program; you are in good hands! Your stats look very solid overall, and if you are looking to stay in CA and work in tech, target schools seem like a good start. Work experience is short on detail here...but I could see a lot of potential if you have an interesting track record in operations and with small companies. The big question I have is why you aren't looking at the likes of Stanford, HBS, or Wharton? All three could easily place you in tech in the Bay Area if that is your goal, with Stanford being the front-runner there... Wharton even has a campus in downtown SF where you could spend a semester. In short, if your experience and ECs add up (coupled with your very solid academics), I wonder if you might aim even higher than you are already aiming... Best of luck and thanks so much for your comment about the podcast!
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anon26349 Likes Earned: 6 Thanks for the comments. UG major was math. I co-founded a club in college, also focused on college access, and have been volunteering in that space ever since. WE has been in edtech startups. I actually applied for R3 extended but am open to applying in R1 if things somehow don't work out! (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 I would wonder if you are selling yourself short, here. If you are still employed, can show good impact a team work, might be worth targeting next season. (1)

anon26349 Likes Earned: 26 Fantastic, thanks so much for the comments again. I only took the GMAT in the latter half of May so I didn't have a score while applying. Been listening to your podcast for several months so it's awesome to finally get your input! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/06/episode-106-wire-taps/ (0)

anon26349 Likes Earned: 26 Thanks so much for the feature!!! (1)