Mr. Deferred Hispanic Engineer

Hi Mr. Deferred Hispanic Engineer,
Impressive background! This is Debbie Choy from mbaMission. I think you have a lot of strengths in your profile – excellent academics (GPA, GMAT), strong professional experience (congrats on the F100 offer), and outstanding student leadership experiences. I also love your strong work ethic supporting yourself with a job while doing well academically in college. As you put your apps together, be sure to explain why you are looking to pivot into tech / consulting down the road. With your aerospace background, would you be looking for a tech company in a related field? Schools are looking for your career goals to be achievable given your background and skillset. I suggest connecting the dots for AdCom and adding more specificity if possible. For example, what type of companies do you aspire to work for long-term? What would you be doing in your strategy / PM role that leverages your engineering background as well as a future MBA? If you can articulate this compellingly in your essays, that would be the key to your application success. If you wish to discuss your profile in further detail, feel free to schedule a consultation with us. Wishing you the best in your MBA journey!

Hi Mr. Deferred Hispanic Engineer, Melisa here from Stratus Admissions. You have a lot of what I like to see in a deferred applicant: strong stats, strong leadership and strong internship (co-op for you) experience.Working through school demonstrates your work ethic and will be valued by schools (especially with your grades in chem eng!) Congrats on your position in aerospace after college – I can imagine there are so many interesting things going on in aerospace right now. As a deferred applicant, you don’t have to know all of your career plans, but you need to show you’ve thought through how an MBA fits into your career plan. So you will want to explain, why technology and why PM. What skills will you gain in your role pre-MBA that will provide the building blocks to get you there and what will you gain from the MBA to help you. Will you stay in aerospace technology? Or transportation technology? If not, you’ll want to talk about any personal experiences you have drawing you to a new part of technology – is there a problem you’d like to aspirationally solve? While it is great that you would consider consulting or start-ups, while you are applying it is best to have one career path that you are excited about that you can talk to. If you are too open, it makes it hard for admissions to assess if you can be successful. It sounds like you’ve had some strong leadership experiences through your co-ops, make sure these stories come through as they are great indication of your leadership potential in the future. Also, as you are writing your essays have a non-technical friend or trusted advisor read your essays to make sure they are not too technical. This is a common issue with engineers that I have worked with over the years. Reach out if I can answer any other questions. Best of luck!