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October 16, 2021 9:10pm ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2022
Pre-MBA Career: Small Company: Tech Integrator
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , IBM , Lenova , Microsoft
GMAT: 700
GPA: 3.07
Years of Work Experience: 7
Notes:

White, Male, 32 years old. Low-income, first-generation college student. Started at a community college and then shortly after transfered to a satelitte four-year university. Struggled early on, last two-year GPA was 3.73. Degree is in history. Have completed 100% MBA Math.

Seven years with the same employer. Small technology integrator with less than 25 employees. Office Manager > Ops Manager > General Manager. Managed 14 - 18 direct reports. Salary increased from 24K > 85K USD. Directed teams to complete projects across 40 states. Developed and oversaw four departments, mentored department managers. Had project and P&L ownership. Managed projects up to 400K. Managed 4.8M project deliverables to a major telecommunications retailer. Traveled to China to establish international manufacturs for our products. Implemented internal server manufacturing process improvements.

I would like to pursue operations as an Operations Program Manager in the tech industry, functioning as a liason to international manufacturers. For example, looking to undertake the Operations Program Manager position Microsoft, Lenovo's Global Future Leaders program, or as a fall back, Amazon's LDP, Pathways.

Curious out of the programs I've listed, which are targets, reaches, and safeties. Would also like to know if there's a program I should consider. As it stands, I've only applied to UNC/Owen in R1. Trying to narrow down my R2. I spent four years pushing from a GMAT 450 to 700, so not looking to retake. GMAT split (Q47/V40/IR7/AWA6)