Dartmouth / Tuck - 12-24-2021 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

December 24, 2021 1:52pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Rice / Jones, U. Washington / Foster, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Sales Engineer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology

GMAT: 700

GPA: 3.56

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: Texas

Post MBA Location: Anywhere in the US

Notes:

Work and school:
Female engineer. Grades could have been better, but a change of major (mechanical engineering to a combo mechanical and electrical engineering with a business minor) and foolish decision to take some of the hardest engineering electives at the same time cause it to dip sophomore and junior year. Had a strong senior year. In work, I have some of the highest sales metrics among my peers, but I have had trouble finding ways to make a significant impact outside of that. Did some recruiting work/helped with the intern program, but those programs have been shifted to another team.

ECs:
Currently, I am the financial adivsor of a local chapter of my sorority. I have a team of 6 collegiate women that I advise. I do agility training with my dog on the weekends.

In college, I was vice president of finance and vice president of standards for my sorority. I eventually won a national award for my service. I also did some work with the governing body of all the sororities at my college.

GMAT:
700 q45 v41. The q45 seems to be a fairly stable score, as I have gotten it on a number of practice tests. I have gotten as high as a v46 on practice tests. I plan to take it again in a few months just to see if I can do a little better.

Future plans:
Would like to stay within the tech industry, but it would be nice to pivot to either management or a more strategic role someday.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1579 Be good to retake the GMAT, with the time you have remaining to apply. Be good if you could also push that quant score up a couple of points. Pushing yourself at work, will be key, over the next year. With the target schools you’ve selected, there will likely be a spot for you. But with great effort over the next year, you influence which programs, more so. (0)

anon45659 Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the feedback! I am a big fan of the podcast. Will definitely work on the quant skills over the next few months and push myself harder at work. (1)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1152 I agree that there is a lot to like here. Don't second guess yourself for taking those challenging electives in college; the admissions readers will take note of your efforts in a rigorous field and a 3.56 is nothing to scoff at anyway! I do think that sitting the GMAT again would be wise; your current quantitative score (which I believe is a 53rd percentile) may fly a bit in the face of your academic transcript and highly quantitative engineering coursework. Meanwhile, the verbal is so high (94th percentile) that a nudge on the math side could turn your 700 into a 730 just like that... In short, buckle down if you can and retake the test sometime between now and May. Then turn your attention to the applications. I think you have a good starting point with your college and current ECs, and that your work experience is really going to be fine if positioned right. Best of luck and thanks for your comments on the podcast!
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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1579 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/01/episode-207-wire-taps/ (0)