Harvard Business School - 05-08-2023

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May 7, 2023 10:52pm ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Navy Helicopter Pilot

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.67

Years of Work Experience: 8

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Flexible

Notes:

Looking to transition from flying helicopters in the Navy to a role in strategy consulting in the aerospace/defense sector. Previous military deployments to the Arctic Circle, Middle East, and Caribbean.

Weakest area is ECA’s. I compete in a tennis league and have been participating in a pen pal program with children in Peru since 2016, but the high pace of military deployments has limited my community involvement.

I recently finished HBX CORe with Highest Honors, but I don’t know if that counts for anything.

Undergrad: US Naval Academy
Major: Political Science
White male, 30 years old

Thank you for any feedback.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Sounds like this is a very strong military profile, complimented with super numbers. Make sure to reach out to the veterans’ clubs of the programs you’re targeting, and target rounds 1 if you’re going to be ready. RE ECs, military candidates tend not to have strong ECs, for the reasons you state. (0)

pswainusnagmail-com Likes Earned: 0 Alex, thank you for the prompt response. Do you think it wise to apply to these top schools in round 1, wait for the results, and then apply to safer schools (MIT, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden) in round 2? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Yes, that would make sense. If scholarship money is an important factor, you could add 1-2 safer programs in Round 1. Scholarship money biases a little towards round 1, I think. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/05/mba-wire-taps-291/ (0)