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June 2, 2025 3:55pm ET

Applying: Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Marketing and IT

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , PWC , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Oracle

GRE: 153

GPA: 3.3

EA: 153

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Columbia SC

Post MBA Location: Atlanta

Notes:

Mixed race 27M 5 years of post-college work experience in digital marketing and IT and recently transitioned to a more senior IT product management role at a Fortune 500 company.

3.3 GPA from T50 US undergrad, business major. Organized a consulting case conference with MBB judges, led a consulting case team that worked with a startup pro bono, identifying business model flaws and growth opportunities.

EA: 153- 11 IR, 12V, 10Q

Retake EA: 151- 8 IR, 11 V, 12Q (should I submit both to show the higher quant score? or will the lower overall score hurt my chances?)

Other: Regularly give lectures to small business owners at local library about how to leverage paid and organic search for business growth. Regularly participate in environmental cleanups for local rivers and parks, an initiative I am passionate for.

Post MBA goals would be to product management at a big tech firm, hopefully Google but just want to be involved in the development of a digital product from inception to launch.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Curious why you took the EA rather than the GMAT or GRE tests? This may limit your opportunities as not all top programs will accept the EA? Submitting both scores might make sense, but the drop in total score will potentially raise concerns.

Showing impact and growth at work will be vital, supported by strong recommendations. What are your longer term goals?

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ashmash Likes Earned: 1 All the part time programs that I am applying to named above accept the EA. I did much better on practice exams vs GMAT or GRE. I am going to try and retake again for a 155+, how significant would that be all else considered? Longer term goals would be a more senior PM role/ principal PM role at a tech company or startup. Open to any additional feedback thank you! (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Ahhh, ok, so you’re targeting part-time programs. 155+ is a very decent score, overall. Will you be relocating to the region/area of the part time program, while continuing working with your current employer? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/06/mba-wire-taps-429/ (1)

ashmash Likes Earned: 1 Hi Alex, apologies for the late reply and thank you for the podcast mention! I agree I need to build a clearer picture for what my future career aspirations are and why I am applying part time. In my current role as a PM, I do have flexibility and my role is remote, which is why I want to apply to top PT programs across the country. After my MBA my goal would be to join a larger tech firm in a PM role based in Atlanta. There are a good number of tech firms that have offices in Atlanta (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Best of luck! The challenge, with part-time programs, is deep access to career resources/recruiting. You may need to supplement this with your own efforts. (0)