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Experience in Business Management, acting as a leading consultant in projects to improve the Organization Management System by implementing management methods. Deployment of strategic goals and guidelines, Improvement of operational efficiency, Process management – BPM, Zero Base Budget – OBZ.
Target School: MIT Sloan
Considering: Kellogg SOM, UCLA Anderson, Tepper, Harvard, Chicago Booth, Berkeley Haas
See More Profiles For: MIT Sloan
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ
Undergrad Major: Economics
GPA: 3.4
GMAT: 700
Age: 30, Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
Other Degree/Certification: Master of Business Administration - MBA
School Name: Ibmec, Rio de Janeiro
Extracurriculars: Mentoring - Startup acceleration program http://www.startupfarm.com.br/
Title: Partner Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Company: Boutique Firm
Length of Employment: 10 yrs, 2 mos
Implemented more than $ 100 million in cost-saving projects in top (Forbes, Fortune) Brazilian companies.
My post MBA professional goals ideally consist of securing a consultant role in a top strategic consultancy (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, AT Kearny, Strategy&, or LEK).
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Your are highly accomplished clearly and have racked up a decade of solid experience in your job as a consultant. That said, you don’t exactly fit the profile of an MIT Sloan admit. Your 3.4 GPA is below the latest MIT Sloan class average of 3.6. More consequentially, your 700 GMAT is 30 points below the 730 median. You have twice as much work experience as the average incoming student. And while I hate to point this out because I am the least elitist person, both your undergraduate education and your work at a boutique consulting firm won’t compare favorably with other consultants in the applicant pool who have Ivy League or near Ivy degrees and have worked for McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte or other …
Your are highly accomplished clearly and have racked up a decade of solid experience in your job as a consultant. That said, you don’t exactly fit the profile of an MIT Sloan admit. Your 3.4 GPA is below the latest MIT Sloan class average of 3.6. More consequentially, your 700 GMAT is 30 points below the 730 median. You have twice as much work experience as the average incoming student. And while I hate to point this out because I am the least elitist person, both your undergraduate education and your work at a boutique consulting firm won’t compare favorably with other consultants in the applicant pool who have Ivy League or near Ivy degrees and have worked for McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte or other well-known global consultancies. The fact that you already have an MBA from a school that is unranked by any of the most consulted rankings adds to this in a negative way. MIT Sloan, moreover, is among a handful of the most selective MBA programs in the world. It’s admit rate is a mere 11.5%, slightly more selective than even Harvard Business School’s 12% admit rate. Making an admit even more unlikely is the fact that MIT’s entering class size is 416, less than half the 930 or so at Harvard. So the school has less room to begin with. What do you bring to Sloan is your strong experience and as a Brazilian can add to the diversity of the school’s class. I just don’t think that’s enough to tilt this in your favor. The good news, however, is that I think you’ll get a more receptive response from several of your other target schools and any one of them can allow you to achieve your post-MBA goal.
Bom dia, Mr. Brazil Consultant. Krista Nannery here from mbaMission. We have a lot to talk about, my friend. Firstly, your depth of experience is really interesting…these days, people don’t stay with one company for 10 years, so use that as a differentiator. Sell your career growth, show your promotions, and make sure your client work and C-suite exposure is clear.
Then, bear in mind that for the schools you are targeting, your GMAT is coming in at 30 points lower that average for most of the programs you’ve listed. I’ve seen people get to the interview stage at Sloan with a 700, but unfortunately, it usually ends in a WL or a ding. I’d encourage you to get a private tutor to help you …
Then, bear in mind that for the schools you are targeting, your GMAT is coming in at 30 points lower that average for most of the programs you’ve listed. I’ve seen people get to the interview stage at Sloan with a 700, but unfortunately, it usually ends in a WL or a ding. I’d encourage you to get a private tutor to help you focus on your weak areas and then try the GMAT again.
I also want to discuss your 10+ years of work experience. It puts you at more than 2x the average amount of work experience at most schools. Anderson or Tepper might still give you a shot because of your work experience and your diversity factor, but for Kellogg, Sloan, etc. this may be a tougher sell. (Bear in mind the jobs most b-schools have available are for people with significantly less experience.) Because you do have 10+ years of WE, I’d recommend reaching out to MIT Sloan Fellows and seeing if that’s a better fit for you. It’s a one-year residential EMBA program where you’ll be in a class with people with 10+ years of WE. (And what’s great is that they’ll talk to you before you apply.) I’d also encourage you to look at INSEAD, where average WE is around 8 years.
Lastly, if you are looking for US employment post-MBA, make sure you research and understand STEM-certified majors within MBA programs. That will help you avoid the H1B process. (Please note I am not an immigration expert by any means.)
I hope that helps!
Hola Mr. Brazil Consultant, I’m Lisa Cummings from Stratus Admissions, formerly a Sloan Adcomm member. As noted by my peers, your stats are on the low end of the range for MIT. Your 10 years of work experience is interesting but may give the committee pause as it could make it hard to place you post degree, companies are not generally looking to hire such seasoned people right out of an MBA. Also, you want to be sure you get enough out of your cohort, if your classmates are far less experienced than you are, will you be able to gain as much as you want out of your peers. Have you considered executive MBA programs? Generally, in …
Hola Mr. Brazil Consultant, I’m Lisa Cummings from Stratus Admissions, formerly a Sloan Adcomm member. As noted by my peers, your stats are on the low end of the range for MIT. Your 10 years of work experience is interesting but may give the committee pause as it could make it hard to place you post degree, companies are not generally looking to hire such seasoned people right out of an MBA. Also, you want to be sure you get enough out of your cohort, if your classmates are far less experienced than you are, will you be able to gain as much as you want out of your peers. Have you considered executive MBA programs? Generally, in an EMBA program you go to school part time while you work. Sloan has a terrific EMBA program, they generally require a minimum of 10 years of working experience. If you want an immersive experience Sloan Fellows could be a good program for you. There is no reason you can’t pursue an MBA, you may want to rethink your path as there are some good options open to you if you are flexible.
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I have to agree with John here. Here are some of points:
1) GPA is below MIT average; 2) GMAT is below MIT median; 3) MIT’s motto is “mind & hand” – so it’s going to be hard from someone from non MBB to break in;
Given the post MBA goal, it’s better to throw few more consulting heavy schools into the mix such as Yale, Ross etc.
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