Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 11-04-2024

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November 4, 2024 2:27am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Northwestern / Kellogg, Chicago Booth, UC Irvine Merage, UCLA Anderson, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: FinTech, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 720

GPA: 6.18

Years of Work Experience: 4

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Where are you from? How competitive is your 6.18 GPA?

Showing impact and growth at work will be really important, backed up by strong recommendations. Are you also involved in activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and interests?

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lostmacaroon Likes Earned: 2 Hi, thanks for your response. Here are a few more details about me: I'm an ORM from South Asia. My 6.18 GPA translates to roughly a 2.2 on a 4.0 scale, which isn't very competitive. I've led some impactful projects both at work and outside. I raised a significant funding round for my company and spearheaded a couple of acquisitions. I've also been active in the non-profit sector, where I served as a founding director at one organization and spent summers teaching underprivileged children for over 10 years. I've received strong recommendations from my previous supervisor and a current client. I hope this covers everything you asked. I would love to hear your thoughts on my profile and any schools you think I should consider targeting in Round 2. (0)

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 It sounds like your work experience will be a strength, as well as outside activities. Your GPA will be the weakest aspect, any mitigating circumstances? Might be worth looking at 1-2 more programs in the top 16 tier? Ross, Johnson, Duke, Darden, Stern etc. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/11/mba-wire-taps-394/ (0)