Academic - 3.5 from a large state school. On the surface, I understand this is very pedestrian, however, I double majored in Econ and unique STEM offering. Also minored in Arabic. My hope is to present to ad coms that while I did not go to an elite school or even public ivy, I did what I could to challenge myself. Finally, my worst semester GPA wise I was extremely sick (~3x worse than COVID).

Work Experience - Large consulting firm in public sector practice. On a very small team that focuses on cities, transportation, and urban mobility. Also heavily involved with BD activities, in terms of evaluating smaller / niche firms to work with on pursuits. Includes cutting-edge technologies in the space, such as blockchain, wireless EV charging, and LIDAR (autonomous vehicles). If relevant, approx. 1/4 of my day-to-day is internationally focused.

ECs/Involvement: Quite possibly my strongest area. I sit on two boards (one for my alma mater, one for a local county-wide transportation board - youngest member), do mentoring both work-related and in the community, and accepted into leadership cohort for a top-10 think tank (wanted to bring in policy orientation for my professional career and personal interest).

GRE - 163 Q / 162 V (first take), I could realistically see myself adding up to two points either side. I have found myself to be very balanced with this exam, as each split has been no further than 3 pts from the other for all of my tests (practice or official). I'm pretty happy with this score, but might take a retest just to see if I can grab a couple points.

My Assessment: ORM and consulting certainly is very common, especially non-MBB. However, I feel my advantage is my unique work alignment and desire to continue in this space in a more strategic manner post-MBA. This is how I see myself having an impact - improving citizen safety, economic opportunity thru accessible / smarter transport, reducing emissions, etc. I see myself as a strategist and innovator that can bridge the gap between local governments and businesses around the world.
Believe my targets are Dartmouth / Michigan, with HBS / MIT being anywhere from attainable to standard reaches. Please let me know if this viewpoint is completely off. Open to any and all feedback / commentary. Thank you very much in advance for your review.