Candidate:

Mr. Global Sales Guy

About Me:

A stem focussed undergraduate in IT from a Kenyan top university coupled with an exchange semester at a top Canadian university (Undergraduate business school).I Started my career in a graduate program with a Fortune 500 company in Western Europe and later moved to Eastern Europe to work for a tech start up before moving back to Kenya.

Schools:

Target School: Said Business School

Considering: INSEAD

See More Profiles For: Said Business School

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Jomo Kenyatta University of Technology

Undergrad Major: IT

GPA: 3.5

GMAT: 630

Age: 32, Ethnicity: Black or African American

Extracurriculars:

Work History:

Title: Senior Sales Manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 8 mos

Title: Associate Sales Rep

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 1 yr

Big Life Wins:

One of three students selected from Africa and awarded a scholarship to attend business school in Canada for exchange semester. Recruited by a fortune 500 tech firm into their global graduate program. Opened an office in an African country and hired for an Eastern Europe tech startup, growing revenues to $500k within a year.

Post MBA Goal:

Plan to work in a strategy role for one of the top consumer internet business companies

Odds:

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 30%

Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You have fantastic global experience that Said (and all schools) will love! Your GPA is great and your GMAT, while under the average, I don’t think is a deal-breaker because you’re coming from Africa, where schools want more representation from strong candidates. That said, it wouldn’t hurt to try the test again, if even to show that you made another attempt. One question I have is are you also considering alternative programs like PT or executive programs? It looks like you’ve been out of undergrad 10 years or so, which is well over a FT program’s average, but I’m only seeing a couple jobs listed. FT programs are not out of the question but investigate which ones might …

Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You have fantastic global experience that Said (and all schools) will love! Your GPA is great and your GMAT, while under the average, I don’t think is a deal-breaker because you’re coming from Africa, where schools want more representation from strong candidates. That said, it wouldn’t hurt to try the test again, if even to show that you made another attempt. One question I have is are you also considering alternative programs like PT or executive programs? It looks like you’ve been out of undergrad 10 years or so, which is well over a FT program’s average, but I’m only seeing a couple jobs listed. FT programs are not out of the question but investigate which ones might be open to an older candidate. I don’t see any extracurriculars listed but if you do have any leadership roles outside of work it would be good to highlight those. To address Why MBA Why Now, make sure to explain why you want to move from sales to strategy and what skills you need to gain in an MBA program to be successful in that ST goal.

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