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August 16, 2023 8:25pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Washington / Foster
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: IT System Administrator -> Technology Consulting -> Software Startup
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Amazon , Google , IBM , Microsoft , Oracle , Other
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.85
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: Midwest US
Post MBA Location: SF, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, NY, Chicago
Notes:

White cis straight male (29)

Undergrad dual degree in engineering + math @ T10 US (non-Ivy)

Spent first two years of career as IT system administrator (1 promotion, 3 reports when I left). Two promotions in 4 years at T2 consulting. Was headhunted and now Implementation Manager at a software startup with 5 reports across projects (matrix structure). Small company, so work a lot with sales, product, and engineering in addition to managing customer projects.

ECs: Musician, coordinator of a music group, leadership/educational role in a sports organization, volunteer tax preparer for low-income families, distance runner (co-led group at previous job)

Post-MBA Goal: Location shift + break into major enterprise technology organizations in a product role. I enjoy my work, but current company is in a niche domain with limited impact.

Feel like I have a good school selection, but looking for a second opinion (e.g., is it reasonable to feel pretty confident on Foster and Tepper as safeties?)