Cornell / Johnson - 09-19-2024 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

September 18, 2024 9:57pm ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia / Terry, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, NYU Stern, Rice / Jones, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consumer Insights

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook

GRE: 337

GPA: 2.7

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Pakistan

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

Consumer Insights professional with regional leadership experience. Have led a team of 8-9 individuals.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 Super GRE score. Be good to know more about your undergrad record? 2.7 GPA would appear to be quite low?

Showing impact and growth at work is really important. Leading teams with positive impact should help. Are you also involved in activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and interests?

What are your post MBA goals?

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poleposition Likes Earned: 1 Thanks Alex! I graduated back in 2018. Basically just hate econ due to how theoretical and far from real world application it is. Couldn't change majors in my uni, and as a result didn't really study at all. Had a great time though. My WE has a lot of growth, went from analyst > senior analyst > skipped to senior management > regional management Activities outside of work: Mountaineering, basketball, billiards, table tennis. I am really into music (particularly old & new school hip-hop and R&B) and would love to learn music production later in life, when I actually have more time. Post MBA goals: Strategic consulting, or continue working in consumer insights in Tech/CPG (1)

poleposition Likes Earned: 1 Also, as my alias suggests; I love motorsports and am an avid formula 1 fan. I also race go karts a lot. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 The super GRE score will help compensate for the GPA. But it might also make sense to do some remedial work? Have you completed any additional classes? If not, maybe GMACs Business Fundamentals makes sense?

That said, you have a decent spread of target programs. Are you targeting Round 1 for any of these programs?

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poleposition Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the suggestion Alex! Do you think the GMAC course would be a significant addition to my profile? I'm aiming for Round 2 for all schools pretty much, since I just got free from my GRE. I'd planned on devoting the remaining time entirely to applications, but if there's significant value in the courses I'll definitely pick 1 up in the meantime to supplement my scores (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 For some of these programs, their round 1 deadline may be in October. Might be worth 1-2 early applications if you can make that work. Yes, I’d add the additional course, just to show you are fully committed to the process, that does matter. (0)