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December 22, 2019 5:35pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2020

Pre-MBA Career: Education

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Non Profit/SI Companies: Other

GRE: 325

GPA: 3.23

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: New York

Notes:

Taught middle school science for 3 years and then became a product manager for an education technology company.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 It sounds like you have an interesting pathway, to the MBA. It will be important that you can show impact. Can you provide more detail on your post MBA goals? Are you involved in activities outside of work? Your GPA is a little lower than average, for the programs you are targeting. Have you completed any additional coursework? You do have a nice range of programs listed as your target programs. (0)

texas1993 Likes Earned: 7 I want to go into social impact consulting and lead human-centric design projects. I lead a DEI committee at work and did community organizing when I was a teacher. I'm also a classically trained singer and do that with a couple different organizations around the city. My GPA is something I'm worried about; however, I will be writing about the extenuating circumstances surrounding it. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Singing is a nice addition to your profile! Hopefully you can convince the adcom that the lower GPA won't repeat during your MBA, where you will be busy with a variety of activities outside the classroom, (0)

anon41638 Likes Earned: 7 Thanks Alex! Question for you, should I report a 700 GMAT (44Q and 42V) or 159Q and 166V GRE score? The percentile for verbal was similar in both, but higher in GRE. The percentile for quant was significantly lower in my GMAT. I'd appreciate any advice. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 That's a tough one, frankly, but I'd lean towards the GRE score. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2019/12/episode-73-wire-taps-product-manager-seeking-social-impact-and-choosing-between-schools/ (0)

Likes Earned: 0 Alex - listening to you and Graham was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much. To clarify my post-MBA goals - short-term I would like to work in social impact consulting at a firm like Dalberg leading projects like improving girls' access to STEM education, or supporting farmers in light of the climate crisis. Long-term would like to work in strategy at a non-profit like the Gates Foundation. I'll definitely keep the jargon to a minimum. Thank you for the feature and all the advice! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Awesome, glad it was helpful. (0)