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September 21, 2024 11:34am ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship, Logistics, Operations

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 700

GPA: 3.91

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Boston

Post MBA Location: NE, Midwest

Notes:

Eastern European immigrant, started a logistics company. Undergrad in data analytics, 2.5 yrs corporate experience in operations/logistics as an analyst in consumer goods & manufacturing. Will focus on my experience of bringing technology into "boring" sectors and looking to scale in my own company through an MBA.
Planning on re-taking GMAT, targeting 95 percentile.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 Just wanted to clarify the years of experience? Key is showing impact and growth at work, backed up by strong recommendations. Your post MBA goals do sound interesting.

Are you also involved in activities outside of work? Any additional hobbies and interests?

Pushing the GMAT up a little will make a difference, if there is scope for improvement.

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neo322 Likes Earned: 0 I appreciate the feedback very much! I've started the company 7 years ago, early into my undergrad. Kept that going through college. Entered the corporate full-time workforce 2.5 years ago. My work experience is actually something I am unsure of how to present - given the overlap of owner/worker timelines and my relatively short time as an employee. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Since the war in Ukraine broke out I have been working on helping refugees get paroled into the U.S. and going down to places outside of the country to physically bring them in. Other than that, not many extracurriculars. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 Ahhh, makes sense. So you’ll have 2.5 years of experience, post undergrad, plus your own business venture, which you started during undergrad. This helps make your impressive GPA more impressive, too!

The impact and success of your entrepreneurial venture will add an additional dimension to your overall profile. What do yo7 plan to do with the business, during your MBA studies?

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neo322 Likes Earned: 0 Likely work on it part-time. What are your thoughts on sharing financials with the admissions team to demonstrate progress? Since my corporate title has not changed much (even though the responsibilities did), I'd like to find a way to highlight growth in other ways. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1660 Succinctly highlight metrics for the business that demonstrate growth would make sense. (0)