Notre Dame / Mendoza - 08-07-2024 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

August 6, 2024 9:41pm ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan State / Broad, Notre Dame / Mendoza, NYU Stern, Ohio State / Fisher, Rochester / Simon, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden, Washington U. / Olin

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Commercial banking

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Commercial Banking, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Booz Allen Hamilton , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , PWC , Google , Bank of America , Goldman Sachs , Johnson & Johnson , Proctor & Gamble

GRE: 331

GPA: 3.71

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Nigeria

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1642 Numbers are very good. Targeting the first rounds will be important. Be good to get more clarity on your post MBA goals. Best to focus on one pathway, going forward, in admissions. What do you see yourself doing in the long run?

Showing impact and growth at work will be very important. Are you also involved in activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and activities?

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grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1184 I am puzzled by your very long list of target schools - across a very range of admissions difficulty. Typically, a candidate with solid work experience and superb counting stats (331/3.7) would focus their efforts within the top-16 programs, but you've got more of a top-30 approach.

I also wouldn't advise applying to 15 programs; most applicants target between 4 and 8 schools. If you can refine your goals (per Alex's comment) that may point to a specific set of target programs with strengths in your planned field.

Finally, if you are looking for scholarship dollars (which I am guessing may be what is driving the list of schools), I'd still recommend that you cut the list down a bit to ensure that you can really assemble high quality applications.

Oh, and don't forget - while work experience and academic aptitude will take you very far, it's the intangibles (outside activities, hobbies, volunteer work) that can often make a big difference, so don't ignore those factors when completing your applications.

Best of luck!

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