Free Webinar: Action Learning – Projects that make a difference
Join Clear Admit CEO Eliot Ingram, Illinois/Gies Director of Admissions & Recruitment Jennifer Larson and Illinois/Gies Director of Action Learning to discuss the benefits of Action Learning during your MBA experience.
Thursday, March 29th , 2018
1:00 p.m. EST/ 12:00 p.m. CST
In this online information session, the panel will discuss how prepared students are for the job market via Action Learning experiences, how action/experiential learning can make a difference in your career and what skills you will gain through your action learning experiences:
Topics covered include:
- What Action Learning looks like at the Illinois MBA
- The Consulting Lab and its core components
- The Global Immersion Lab Experience
- Q&A with current students
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Speakers
Andrew Allen- Director, Action Learning
Before joining the University of Illinois, Andrew worked for KPMG and Opportunity Fund in the San Francisco Bay Area and ran a startup in the higher education space. For the past 7 years, Andrew has worked in the area of experiential learning – or learning by doing – and has been involved in over 300 client-based projects at the University of Illinois and at several universities around the country.
Jennifer Larson- Director, Recruiting and Admissions
Jenny leads the Illinois MBA recruiting and marketing team. Previously, and when she first joined the College of Business in 2014, Jenny served as a MBA career coach. She also has more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in both the public and private sectors, serving as Assistant Athletic Director for Sales and Marketing with Illinois Athletics and the Assistant Director of Marketing for the University’s primary entertainment venue, Assembly Hall. She began her career working for Hyster Company/NACCO MHG. She is also an alum of the Illinois MBA.
MBA Applywire
Two-time founder (marketing agency during undergrad, then a fintech post-graduation), ex-Kearney consulting, currently on the founding team of a boutique financial consulting firm. Based in Pakistan, 29. Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. Undergrad from LUMS (top business school in Pakistan) with a 2.91 GPA, which I know is my main weakness.
Targeting HBS, Stanford, and MIT Sloan for R1. I'm aware these are reaches given my GPA. GRE is in progress, currently retaking to push into the 315 to 320 range with a strong quant score to offset the academic profile.
Post-MBA goal is to scale into senior operating or founder roles in fintech and financial services, building on my consulting and startup background.
GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.
I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.
My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.
I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)
For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector
MBA LiveWire
submitted action plan mid april, followed by 2 updates mid may and mid june. +2 rec letters from my interviewer and another student.

Jennifer Larson- Director, Recruiting and Admissions