Candidate:

Mr. Exit, Low GPA

About Me:

Born in Guam, a small island in the Pacific, I grew up completely unaware of and indifferent to corporate and business pathways. Through college, I worked 20+ hours weekly and double majored. I also was a member of the APAC club, the university rugby team, and a fraternity. Until beginning this process I had no idea how much collegiate GPA mattered.
I want an MBA because I experienced specific pain points in scaling my software company; I think a top-tier MBA will help. I know I want to start another company, but I don’t have a specific idea or product for my next start-up. Would such lack of specificity hurt my entrance chances?

Schools:

Target School: Ross

Considering: Cornell Johnson

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: UNC Chapel Hill

Undergrad Major: Econ & Psych

GPA: 2.7

GMAT: 740

Age: 29, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Investing Club Founder, Big Brother Big Sister Mentor, and a TEDC Creative Capital Business Mentor.

Work History:

Title: Clinical Engineer

Industry: Healthcare

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 6 mos

Title: Founder

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

At 23, I was placed in charge of a commercial department at a Bio-medical start-up, managing 3 teams in our German and US offices and 30 distributors around the world. Over 3 years our revenues increased from $500k to ~10mil.
– I founded a software company at 26 and sold it to a client at 28. For context, this was a small business transaction.

Post MBA Goal:

I’d like to focus on entrepreneurship during the MBA and join a technology startup in a Product Director/Product Manager role post-MBA. This would feed into my long-term goal of starting another software company and eventually entering the VC space.