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August 12, 2025 9:15am ET
Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting then risk management at large bank
Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship
GMAT: 665
GPA: 3.7
Years of Work Experience: 11
Location: Philadelphia
Post MBA Location: Philadelphia
Notes:

My goal is to start a search fund and I want to stay local (and go to Wharton) or do an online MBA as a backup.

I’m an Infantry officer in the National Guard which is why I need to apply for 2027 even though I’m older (33). I have training in the fall of 2026 that I can’t reschedule. I did 3 years of assurance at Deloitte and I am now a senior manager/VP at First Citizens bank. I’m about to ask my company if they would help finance either an online MBA or eMBA, both of which I think can help me start an entrepreneurship path.