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Currently a digital marketer with ~15 years of experience applying to EMBA programs. My company is financially sponsoring a large part of the program. I have a decent GMAT score (49Q, 40V), but slacked off my first couple of years in college and miraculously pulled out a 3.02 despite that.

My decision to pursue an EMBA program is primarily to 1) help booster my managements skills, 2) deepen my knowledge especially in finance, and 3) learn skills & techniques that I can apply real-time to my current job, as well as my real estate investments. I am passionate about historic preservation as well as sustainability and want to find a program that shares either or both of those.

About Me
Started out in campaign management for a company that sold innovative (at the time) crowsourced advertising campaigns to global brands. Within a few months, promoted to a Business Development position, working closely with clients such as Hasbro, IHOP, KIA, and Samsung. I ended up also developing marketing materials that I shared with the rest of the sales team and that turned me onto marketing. During this time, I was selected by the Miami Ad School as an Industry Hero and taught a weeklong course on crowdsourcing at their school.

Spent 7 years at an education consultancy, where I lead digital marketing. Worked with the company's other offices around the globe (22 locations) to build lead generation and nurturing campaigns with a small team I lead, leading to a 450% increase in qualified leads. Additionally, I developed and implemented an online delivery of their products and events, which proved to have a massive impact with Covid's impact on the in-person portion of the business. I also implemented marketing and project management automation - improving efficiency, eliminating errors, and minimizing duplication. The estimated time savings from this was over 50 hours of work per week.

For the past three years, I've worked as a digital marketing manager for a brand within the Nestle portfolio where I drive multi-channel marketing campaigns.
* Met or exceeded goals every year
* Founding member of our division's Culture Club and was selected as one of the committee leads within the club
* Won an internal global contest for best use of Generative AI - which was highlighted across the global organization
While I'm currently working on a single brand, my role is expanding to cover the rest of the division's brands - where I can make an even greater impact.

Assist my father managing his commercial real estate investments. This includes a mixed-use property with 450+ unit apartments, a historic hotel, and a large historic office building currently the headquarters of one of the largest food and beverage companies in the USA. I attend quarterly board meetings, and provide advice from my own expertise in marketing.

Volunteering Highlights:
Co-Founded ECO-Audit USA - the US branch of the Jane Goodall Institute's ECO-Audit program - partnering with businesses to have high-school students conduct environmental audits of their workplace.

Heavily involved in a hobby called fingerboarding - and have a semipopular YouTube channel (even selected by YouTube as a Creator on the Rise). I help fund and organize in-person events across the country and have even been featured in publications such as Paper Magazine for this hobby.

P.S. Big fan of the podcast! I've listened to dozens of episodes over the past few years... it kept me motivated listening to both of you during my arduous GMAT journey

-24, 4YOE on-matriculation.
-Asian-American Male.
-CS undergrad from T20 eng school.
-Looking to return to IBM in different org/role
-161V/165Q GRE split

6 YOE in Non-Profit/SI industry.
2 promotions, 1 emp of the quarter.
Extra-curricular during & post-uni in sports and net impact.

- Black woman
- Poor GPA was due to health senior year (was a 3.1-3.3 each year pre-senior year)
- Studied sociology at non-target
- National award/grant-winning, published author
- Strong volunteer experience (5 years at same position w/some leadership)
- Currently unemployed/"job hopping" background due to job market and post-COVID health situation (strongest/longest experience was 2 years in HR at Fortune 100)
- Strong background in academic research and writing
- Zero quant background
- Interested in ESG, consulting, or HR post-MBA, but still deciding

My designation is CEO IJM CORP BHD, Malaysia. It is my futute prospect career. I want MBA for that career.

Already working as a product manager. Left my job recently to take a break. before going to business school. Looking to use B-school to transition into a role of Director of Product Management/Strategy.

8 year experience as M&A paralegal that worked for a nonprofit, large international law firm, a regional bank and a private equity firm. My work includes SEC compliance, capital raising, managing the diligence phase of an acquisition, and frequent contact with executive leadership to quantify status updates. I need an MBA so I can pivot into M&A consulting. One day, I hope to either work as an executive at a company or perhaps start my own M&A consulting firm.
My extracurricular activities is long but I coordinated 5 different community nonprofits that focused on affordable housing and economic development in blighted communities. I also served on a community advisory council for a local hospital.

Prospective Fall 2028 applicant looking to get ahead of the curve by seeking advice early to strengthen application...

+Graduated from a rigorous Service Academy with a 2.4 GPA despite personal and medical challenges.
+In order to offset low UGPA, planning to attain CFP and PMP certification, complete an MPA/M.S.Ed, establish for-profit and non-profit organizations, score high on GMAT, and accumulate more work experience.
+Currently researching MBA admission strategies that cover taking extra courses, building a personal brand, leveraging diversity and unique background, connecting with faculty, and more outside-the-box approaches.

While my undergraduate GPA was 3.1, I hold a Masters degree from Rutgers Business School with a 3.6 GPA.

I have been working for Amazon in New York for the last 3 years, most recently as a Supply Chain Manager in their retail business working with one of the largest consumer goods company in the world.

With an MBA, I want to pivot my career deeper into retail/e-commerce.

Profile:
1. GMAT 705 (Q90 V85 DI80)
2. Demographic: Indian Male Engineer
3. UG: B.Tech from one of the top 3 IITs, Civil Engineering, GPA - 7.6/10, multiple Data Science internships during UG (including an international internship)
4. Work experience: 3 years currently, 4 years at the time of admission. Product Manager at a listed unicorn (well-known in India), 1 promotion (APM -> PM), no job switches.
5. Extracurrics: Mostly sports (played at national-level in U13 category + Inter-IIT), Founded Social Entrepreneurship club in my IIT, mentoring and working for a PM community

Post MBA goals:
Not very sure yet. Primarily Product Management, but I am open to exploring consulting for a few years. Long term - start my own company someday.

Questions:
1. Which schools should I apply to?
2. Chances at M7 and HSW?