Candidate:

Mr. Fulbright

About Me:

Applying to deferred MBA admission programs at Harvard, Stanford, UVA, and Columbia. Created my own major in international finance and development to complement my history major and business administration minor. Completing an English teaching Fulbright fellowship in Southeast Asia next year and would like to form an education start-up afterward.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top 10 Public University

Undergrad Major: International Finance, Development and History

GPA: 3.95

GRE: 328

Age: 22, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: "Business Cares" Board - on a six-person board with MBA students that manages the business school's philanthropic funds and initiatives, Honor System - serve as an attorney general on my school's honor court, Tutoring - tutor migrants in English weekly, designing lesson plans and course curriculums

Work History:

Title: Bulge Bracket Wealth Management Internship

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 2 mos

Title: Finance Internship at UN subsidiary

Industry: Education

Company: Major NGO/NPO

Length of Employment: 3 mos

Big Life Wins:

Overcame significant learning disabilities.

Post MBA Goal:

I would like to work at the intersection of business and education, specifically with regard to international development. I hope to eventually found a firm that manages private investment in emerging countries’ education systems as a means to create sustainable economic development while gaining significant profits for investors.

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Hi, it’s Nisha from mbaMission. From what I see here, you’ve got a very well-rounded profile: excellent academics, substantive extracurricular leadership, and a great start to your career with intriguing future aspirations (and, kudos to you on successfully managing your learning disability!). With strong recommendations and thoughtful essays, you’ll be in contention. A couple of things to be aware of regarding the 2+2 program, however: 1.) while this certainly isn’t a strict requirement, in general the deferred programs target non-business majors and 2.) most applicants have very strong academics and other pluses to their profile, and we’ve seen through our analysis of past applicant profiles that it can be quite tough to predict who makes the cut. Regardless, even if the deferred …

Hi, it’s Nisha from mbaMission. From what I see here, you’ve got a very well-rounded profile: excellent academics, substantive extracurricular leadership, and a great start to your career with intriguing future aspirations (and, kudos to you on successfully managing your learning disability!). With strong recommendations and thoughtful essays, you’ll be in contention. A couple of things to be aware of regarding the 2+2 program, however: 1.) while this certainly isn’t a strict requirement, in general the deferred programs target non-business majors and 2.) most applicants have very strong academics and other pluses to their profile, and we’ve seen through our analysis of past applicant profiles that it can be quite tough to predict who makes the cut. Regardless, even if the deferred program doesn’t work out, you can apply to HBS and other programs a few years from now the “regular” way and you won’t be penalized in any way, shape, or form – in fact, we’ve seen that a decent chunk of MBA admittees were once deferred applicants. Very best of luck to you!

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