
Candidate:
Mr. M7 Hopeful
About Me:
Four year army veteran who has had the privilege of leading teams of up to 45 people and managing projects with over 600 stakeholders. In my current role I leverage technology to make our operations more efficient, transparent, and effective.
Details:
Undergrad School: Virginia Tech
Undergrad Major: Finance
GPA: 3.67
GMAT: 730
Age: 26, Ethnicity: White
Extracurriculars: Certs in PMP & Lean Six Sigma. Part of small group of students that managed the largest student-run equity portfolio in the nation. Finance Club President. Studied abroad in Romania and Latvia.
Work History:
Title: Operations Manager
Industry: Government / Military
Company: Army
Length of Employment: 2 yrs
Post MBA Goal:
Pivot from operations management to consulting after MBA; preferably in Operations or Risk at McKinsey or Deloitte. Spend 3-5 years in that role learning about different industries and companies before transitioning into a senior operations role at a Fortune 100 company.
Schools:
Target School: MIT Sloan
Hi, Mr. M7 Hopeful, this is Julie-Anne Heafey with mbaMission. Military applicants tend to be very popular with the adcoms for their discipline, leadership and teamwork skills. I love that you bring some special things on top of your service too – great stats, unusual study abroad and some finance achievements. (I’m curious — whatever happened to your finance plans, because you seem like you were pretty committed in undergrad?) My main concern, however, is your work experience – 2 years of work experience is pretty low for M7 schools, so make sure you are showing outsize impact in your roles. I agree about expanding your list to include a few more military-friendly names that are strong in consulting recruiting, namely …
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