Cambridge / Judge - 11-20-2019 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

November 19, 2019 8:47pm ET

Applying: Cambridge / Judge, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Aviation International Marketing Strategy

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Pharmaceutical Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Amazon , Apple , Google , Amgen , Merck , Other

GMAT: 760

GPA: 3.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Post MBA Location: Asia-Pacific/Singapore

Notes:

Undergrad in Currently working for F100 firm and looking to transition to MBB, preferably in Asia Pacific post grad.
First-Gen College Student. Asian American.

Minored in Arabic and Tutored English in Morocco as part of Study Abroad. (Additional International Experience for schools like INSEAD)

Did two non-profit consultant projects with Boys and Girls Club and United Way.

Started a Non-Profit startup in college on microfinance.

Currently speak English/Mandarin fluently and learning Japanese.

Will have 3+ years of work experience by time of admission.

A bit concerned about age/work experience since I fall on the younger side.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Great numbers! Make sure that you can show impact, at work. Seek out challenging assignments, over the next year. What are your long term goals? How does MBB fit into the plan. ECs look decent. Do you prefer the one or two year MBA option? Any preference for Europe over USA? (0)

anon16701 Likes Earned: 0 Thanks Alex. Long term goals are to go from generalist MBB to Healthcare focus consulting. Then transition into either Healthcare/Biotech PE or Industry Executive. MBB would help me make the career transition as well as provide some acceleration to my career. No preferences over the years, but have some preference for Europe due to the wider reach for international work. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Interesting, why HC/ biotech? Is it related to your current experiences? Wharton might be an interesting option (0)

anon16701 Likes Earned: 0 Something I've been interested in since high school. Studied Stem Bio at Harvard for a summer before deciding that I had no gift for chemistry. But still very interested in it from an investment perspective. Being a contribution to a process that brings cures and in the near future, CRISPR applications that can revolutionize medical technology and to a certain extent, how humans live. Seems to be a great time to get into the industry. (0)

anon16701 Likes Earned: 0 Wharton was considered, but I think isn't entirely differentiated from Chicago from my point of view. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1572 Wharton does have a world class health care program, which is why I mentioned it, same as Duke. (0)

anon16701 Likes Earned: 0 Ah. That's good to know, I'll have it added to the list then. Thanks! (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-68-wire-taps-entrepreneur-with-low-gpa-gaps-in-work-experience-switching-to-healthcare-biotech/ (0)