
Candidate:
Mr. Fitness Startup
About Me:
Concluding my grad year in Electrical engineering with a variety of experience I have gained from working in a fitness startup, leadership roles on campus, and completing 2 internships at Fortune 500 companies. I currently work 2 jobs on campus along with a full-time enrollment. What I lack in GPA I make up for in resume, SOP & personal interview.
Details:
Undergrad School: Purdue School of Engineering, IUPUI
Undergrad Major: Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.20
GMAT: 750
Age: 24, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Other Degree/Certification: Business Analytics
School Name: HBS Online
Extracurriculars: Executive Director: TEDxIUPUI, Vice President: Marketing, Student Activities Programming Board at IUPUI, Intern: Mobile Division, Samsung Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
Work History:
Title: Co Founder: The F2G App
Industry: Technology
Company: Start-Up
Length of Employment: 1 yr, 3 mos
Title: Intern: Marketing & Consumer Insights
Industry: Automotive
Company: Fortune 500
Length of Employment: 3 mos
Big Life Wins:
I began my fitness startup after taking a break midway between my engineering. The Co. was offered 165,000 GBP seed funding, presented at multiple VC conferences, built the product from ideation and partnered with 9 Fitness Chains in less than 3 months. I have never been rejected after an interview irrespective of the nature of the role.
Post MBA Goal:
The satisfaction of working for yourself has got to me and I intend to continue my Fitness Startup by building a completely different ecosystem for Fitness Companies.
Schools:
Target School: Harvard
Considering: Yale, Wharton, Ross, Chicago Booth
Hi Mr. Fitness Startup,
Congrats on being about to graduate from your EE program! This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant at mbaMission. I think it’s impressive that you’re juggling a full-time graduate program, doing a fitness startup, 2 jobs, as well as student club leadership roles. Wonderful that your startup is doing well too. It sounds like quite a plateful for you! HBS is certainly looking for smart, driven people like you. I agree with you that your GMAT does offset your softer GPA. That said, HBS is also looking for candidates with a few years of full-time work experience under their belt. That helps make the classroom discussions more grounded in real life experiences. My estimate of your chances is based on applying now, but …
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