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September 20, 2023 6:28am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2024
Pre-MBA Career: 2 years consulting, 2 years startup product operatiuons
Post-MBA Target Industry: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: San Francisco
Post MBA Location: California
Notes:

UCLA Undergrad, 3.3 GPA, but a hard double major of mechanical engineering and economics, with a 3.6 in economics.

Part time job in college and Competed on Ski and Snowboard team.

Worked in consulting (tier 2) for 2 years, focused mostly on strategy work for utility company wildfire mitigation. Decided to explore the startup world to learn how to make my own for the same target of wildfire prevention down the road. High performer, good leadership experience with the startup, and consecutive promos.

Now targeting either making my own startup post mba or VC in wildfire mitigation field (like convective capital)

Also spent a year working with pro-bono consulting company for eco-based nonprofits