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I am an Infantry Officer with 10 years of experience transitioning from the Army in order to pursue an MBA. Quant is my weakness as I have not utilized heavy quant processes in my career field, although people are my expertise and so are getting results. I believe I can offset some of that with my background in order to gain admittance to a top 25 business school.
Target School: Tuck
Considering: McCombs School of Business, Owen Graduate School of Management, Duke Fuqua, Tepper, Kenan-Flagler
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Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Hofstra University
Undergrad Major: Business Management
GPA: 3.4
GRE: 314
Age: 32, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Other Degree/Certification: Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership
School Name: Columbus State University
Extracurriculars: Winter sports, ROTC Instructor
Title: Company Commander
Industry: Government / Military
Company: Army
Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 6 mos
Title: Army Officer
Length of Employment: 7 yrs, 6 mos
My big life win was hitting every goal I had in pursuit of my Army Officer career by being a Distinguished Military Graduate selected for the competitive Infantry field, graduating from Ranger School. Then being able to utilize my skills to lead soldiers over 3 deployments in 3 different company leadership positions safely. It was the greatest honor.
My desired outcome of an MBA is to have the confidence to succeed in the drastic career pivot in a technology field leveraging my experience and MBA skills. Ideally having recruited into a tech program/product management role. Personally, my family has more predictability and my spouse is able to continue to thrive in her career and education.
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First off, let me publicly thank you for your service to our country. Your accomplishments in the military are stellar and will help to offset a low quant score. I really like the set of schools you are targeting. All of them offer world-class MBA programs and any one of them would allow you to successfully pivot into a civilian career as a PM in tech. Your “reach” school is clearly Tuck, followed by Fuqua and I do believe you will get a holistic review at either of those schools which tend not to overindex standardized test scores. Your overall GRE score is right on the money, however, and without knowing your splits, I am going to take your word that the quant is below …
First off, let me publicly thank you for your service to our country. Your accomplishments in the military are stellar and will help to offset a low quant score. I really like the set of schools you are targeting. All of them offer world-class MBA programs and any one of them would allow you to successfully pivot into a civilian career as a PM in tech. Your “reach” school is clearly Tuck, followed by Fuqua and I do believe you will get a holistic review at either of those schools which tend not to overindex standardized test scores. Your overall GRE score is right on the money, however, and without knowing your splits, I am going to take your word that the quant is below average. Typically, it’s a good idea to do an online quant course or one locally at a community college to prove that you can do the quant work. I would certainly advise you to do that if you want to get into those two “reach” schools and I would pick a quant course from Wharton to make the point. Otherwise, you are on the older side for a full-time MBA program, although there are plenty of early 30s students in top business schools, particularly the ones you are applying to. You have several things to overcome: 1) The low quant score, 2) Your slightly older age, and 3) the fact that you got your undergrad degeree from a college that is not considered highly selective. But a well-executed application with essays that play up your leadership potential from the military, along with a good grade on an online quant course, would get you into either Tuck or Fuqua. Apply early to those schools so you get a guaranteed interview. I have a feeling that you would impress in person and if you can get those virtual interviews it will only help you get an actual invite. I would certainly bet on you making it.
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