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July 18, 2020 8:37am ET

Applying: Duke / Fuqua, UT Austin / McCombs, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Energy

Post-MBA Target Industry: Other

GPA: 3

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: international

Notes:

I am a female mining engineer from North Africa that worked for the past 7 years in the Oil and gas industry in an american services company, in addition to my job I am also a blogger and TV host. my post MBA goal is to continue my career in Oil and gas with an operator inbusiness and strategy roles. a side from the schools in Texas which program could help me advance in the energy sector.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Have you scheduled to take the GMAT/GRE yet? Do you have a strong undergrad record? Can you show impact at work? If you can, if you have a strong acad record, I’d suggest you aim high, target the leading programs, M7 etc. There’s a lot to like, potentially, about your profile. (0)

anon24663 Likes Earned: 6 I still didn't get the chance to take the test as my country is still under lockdown and the test centers are closed. I can show impact at work, I was a field engineer and the only one promoted the sales manager in my team, the company identified me as a rising star. I can also talk about the impact outside of work through my blog and tv show. however compared to the american system my GPA is low even though I ranked second in my class. it is not commun to have higher stats specially in engineering. I would like to target the right programs that will help me advance my career in Oil and gas and I am not able to find enough data compared to the careers in consulting, tech .... (0)

anon22776 Likes Earned: 155 Other schools to target for energy will be Berkeley Haas, Wharton, Rice and Oklahoma for a safety school (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Make sure to include your class ranking, that is a much better indicator of your performance. Agree with additional school selections. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/07/episode-113-wire-taps-can-a-class-make-up-for-my-quant-less-liberal-arts-background/ (0)