Candidate:

Mr. 3x Entrepreneur

About Me:

First-generation college grad! Started my own investment fund while in undergrad and continued it for about 3 years. Worked in consulting at a top 5 consulting firm (none MBB) before leaving to build a startup in MENA. Got VC funding but had legal hurdles. Co-founded another company that got VC backing and just got a post-MBA level PM role at G/FB.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: Harvard, Chicago Booth, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia

See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: University of Maryland, College Park

Undergrad Major: Economics

GPA: 2.9

GMAT: 730

Age: 28, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Build a social/professional networking platform for a minority group I am a part of that has over 2000+ active users

Work History:

Title: Founder/CEO

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 2 yrs

Title: Product manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 1 yr

Big Life Wins:

Getting funding from an elite VC in MENA for a company I was the sole founder of before any software was even built. Building my second company with co-founders with elite backgrounds (G/FB) and launching that with great ARR success. Getting a product manager job at G/FB.

Post MBA Goal:

Ideally, I would like to continue creating more startups, but the reason I’m looking at B school is because I think I need to learn about different management styles and paths to success. I would also like to be able to go back to my parents home country (small MENA country) and create a better corporate sector (through investments/infrastructure)

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 15%

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 10%

Hi Mr. 3x Entrepreneur,
This is Debbie Choy, GSB alum and Senior Consultant with mbaMission. Congratulations on your successful track record with your start-ups to date! It’s also wonderful that you’re already in a post-MBA PM role at G/FB. It also sounds like you have a unique personal story as a first gen college grad. I think your GMAT score does offset your soft GPA, but still, consider explaining what (if any) circumstances affected your GPA. In your apps, be sure to weave in your personal stories to describe what motivates you as well as explain what specific skills you’re looking to gain at business school. I think this will be important since you’re already in a post-MBA role. How will an MBA help you get …

Hi Mr. 3x Entrepreneur,
This is Debbie Choy, GSB alum and Senior Consultant with mbaMission. Congratulations on your successful track record with your start-ups to date! It’s also wonderful that you’re already in a post-MBA PM role at G/FB. It also sounds like you have a unique personal story as a first gen college grad. I think your GMAT score does offset your soft GPA, but still, consider explaining what (if any) circumstances affected your GPA. In your apps, be sure to weave in your personal stories to describe what motivates you as well as explain what specific skills you’re looking to gain at business school. I think this will be important since you’re already in a post-MBA role. How will an MBA help you get to your future career goals? I think if you can do this compellingly, you’d have a strong shot at Stanford. Wishing you the best in your MBA journey – I’m rooting for you!

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 20%

Hi Mr. 3x Entrepreneur, This is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions and I am so impressed with your background. You are definitely a doer. This reminds me of one of my old colleagues at Stratus that talked about Sloan being the school for the hands-on people who build things so do give Sloan a close look. You may have to explain that you were so focused on building companies that you did not have time to get the gpa up—but when you have real life results people have a way of forgetting your grades and these do matter less every year you are out of school. Your accomplishments are even more impressive when you put the lens of being first generation college on this …

Hi Mr. 3x Entrepreneur, This is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions and I am so impressed with your background. You are definitely a doer. This reminds me of one of my old colleagues at Stratus that talked about Sloan being the school for the hands-on people who build things so do give Sloan a close look. You may have to explain that you were so focused on building companies that you did not have time to get the gpa up—but when you have real life results people have a way of forgetting your grades and these do matter less every year you are out of school. Your accomplishments are even more impressive when you put the lens of being first generation college on this too. I think you have a bright future and that if you can tap into the passion for what has driven you to create the companies you did that you could have quite a compelling application! If you can convince Stanford of your mission maybe you have a shot there but do add some of these other schools like Sloan and Booth and Wharton and CBS to your list to give yourself the best chance of breaking through. You may want to look at Fuqua and Tuck and Yale too as there programs look at clients from a very holistic perspective and won’t let one aspect of the application be the only driver. And don’t let the low GSB odds get you down– this is above their typical ~5-6% range and I think for many other programs your odds are much stronger!

4 years ago Read the full review