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September 26, 2023 4:07am ET
Applying:
Harvard Business School,
Northwestern / Kellogg,
Stanford GSB,
U. Chicago Booth,
UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year:
2024
Pre-MBA Career:
Project Management, Oil and Gas Industry
Post-MBA Target Industry:
Other
GMAT:
710
GPA:
7.7
Years of Work Experience:
7.1
Location:
Vietnam
Notes:
EC:
- Union President at my department for over 5 years, raising funds for union members and families with financial/ emotional hardship, organizing children's events, teambuilding events.
- Captain of current project's soccer team
- Red Cross volunteer for 18 months in the US, taking care of blood donors before and after donation process.
Work experience:
- Company size: 2000-5000, revenue: $100-300MM annually, work with global clients
- Managing oil and gas projects (constructing offshore platforms) in terms of commercial and contractual issues, resolving disputes with clients, collaborating with project team to deliver project successfully.
- 3 promotions: Estimator, to Lead Estimator, to Project Control Lead, to Project Control Manager. Salaries x2.5 after 6 years.
- Part of project team that won several major projects for the company ($1B domestic gas-processing platforms, $400MM wind-power offshore platform)
Short Term Goal:
- Portfolio Manager in a renewable developer (such as Orsted, GE)
Long Term Goal:
- Return to Vietnam to work in the Energy industry, transforming oil and gas business into renewables.
Others:
- 1st gen college student
- 31 years old at matriculating in fall 2024
- Family background ties to USA-Vietnam War
5
September 26, 2023 12:48am ET
Applying:
Columbia,
Dartmouth / Tuck,
MIT Sloan,
Northwestern / Kellogg,
UVA / Darden
Intake Year:
2024
Pre-MBA Career:
M&A - Investments
Post-MBA Target Industry:
Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF
Companies:
Other
, Other
GMAT:
710
GPA:
2.8
Years of Work Experience:
3
Location:
India
Post MBA Location:
US/EU/Singapore
Notes:
Wanted to ask how my profile will fare at these schools (R2 application) as it has a mix of red and green flags:
a) Low GPA in college, albeit at a top 5 engineering school in India, have strong extra curriculars in college
b) Low experience (3 years when I join any MBA program); but working in the investments team of a telecom tower company backed by Mega PE fund, international role working on ground in developing economies, experience with successful buyout deals, strong referrals and strong projects (Revenue generation of $10mn+/year), Exposure to renewable space such as solar, wind, biomass etc.
c) No volunteering experience
d) Indian male (Obvious)
2
September 25, 2023 10:08pm ET
Applying:
Georgetown / McDonough,
Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year:
2024
Pre-MBA Career:
Equity Research
Post-MBA Target Industry:
Asset Management, inc. HF
Companies:
Blackrock
, Fidelity
GPA:
3.65
Years of Work Experience:
5
12
September 25, 2023 8:07pm ET
Applying:
Berkeley / Haas,
Columbia,
Dartmouth / Tuck,
Duke / Fuqua,
Harvard Business School,
Michigan / Ross,
MIT Sloan,
Northwestern / Kellogg,
NYU Stern,
Stanford GSB,
U. Chicago Booth,
UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year:
2024
Pre-MBA Career:
Big 4 Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry:
Media, Non Profit/SI
GMAT:
690
GPA:
3.4
Years of Work Experience:
3
Post MBA Location:
NYC
Notes:
- 25F
- strong ECs: UG President, co-founded nonprofit for 3 years, nonprofit board fellow
- content creator with large following + income
- various leadership roles in work at Big4
3
September 25, 2023 7:52pm ET
Applying:
Harvard Business School,
Northwestern / Kellogg,
U. Chicago Booth
Intake Year:
2024
Pre-MBA Career:
US Army
Post-MBA Target Industry:
Consulting
Companies:
Bain
, BCG
, McKinsey
GMAT:
700
GPA:
3.7
Years of Work Experience:
6
Location:
USA
MBA LiveWire
September 26, 2023 3:13am ET
Interview Invite
to
Northwestern / Kellogg
Round:
Round 1
Received via
email
on
September 18, 2023
GPA:
3.8
GRE:
338
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name:
Consulting
Application Location:
Beijing
September 25, 2023 4:24pm ET
Applied
to
Harvard Business School
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
GPA:
4.0
GMAT:
750
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name:
Consulting
Application Location:
London
September 25, 2023 11:02am ET
Accepted
to
Columbia
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
GPA:
3.4
GMAT:
690
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name:
Marketing
September 25, 2023 10:26am ET
Interview Invite
to
Northwestern / Kellogg
Round:
Round 1
Received via
email
GPA:
2.7
GMAT:
740
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name:
Consulting
Application Location:
Ohio
September 25, 2023 10:00am ET
Applied
to
MIT Sloan
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
GPA:
8.5
GMAT:
750
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career Name:
Technology
Application Location:
Brazil