Columbia - 02-23-2023 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

February 22, 2023 9:50pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden

Pre-MBA Career: Social Sector Consulting

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

GMAT: 770

GPA: 3.77

Notes:

Currently applying for deferred MBA programs.

Details:
In a +1 Masters
Going into MBB after graduating
Male first-gen URM
3.45 BA GPA
3.77 MS GPA
UG from T25 in Econ & Psych (Grad in same school)

Post-MBA goals: work in social sector consulting/establish my own practice

Trying to put together a really good app. I feel like now I have the time and motivation to apply. Doing a lot of research making sure my essays are good. I chose to apply early to hedge my odds in the future. Any tips or advice would be great.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Focus on areas that can help showcase your leadership and impact on campus. That will help. Also the quality of your internships, to date. Slight potential concern with UGPA, but strong grad GPA helps, superb GMAT. (0)

ti-84hater Likes Earned: 10 OP here--Interned at a major bank but not much involvement on campus (covid, lack of time). Instead, I started two companies. I'm struggling to avoid generic essay formats and want to stand out. Do they weigh the grad GPA more than UG? I'm in a MBA-relevant program (business analytics) (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Starting two companies can help you stand out. There likely won’t be extra weight placed on your grad GPA. You’ll also want to address the need for an MBA, in a couple of years, after completing your grad degree. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/03/mba-wire-taps-280/ (0)