Candidate:

Mr. Marine To MBA

About Me:

I am currently a Marine Corps Officer and will complete my service in May 2021. I am a Combat Engineer by trade have one deployment to the West Pacific during which I was directly in charge of 55 Marines and Sailors. My expertise is heavily quantitative and analytical in nature. I am extremely passionate about data and data-driven decision making.

Schools:

Target School: Wharton

Considering: MIT Sloan, Darden

See More Profiles For: Wharton

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: US Naval Academy

Undergrad Major: Quantitative Economics

GPA: 3.9

GMAT: 700

Age: 26, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Private Trading (equities, commodities, derivatives), Chess Club President during undergraduate, passionate chess player currently, Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society Ambassador

Work History:

Title: Marine Corps Officer

Industry: Government / Military

Company: Marines

Length of Employment: 5 yrs

Big Life Wins:

I am currently serving with Wounded Warrior Regiment, a unit whose mission is to care for and recover wounded, ill, and injured Marines. In early 2020, I designed, launched, and now maintain an online, secured database that tracks the over 10,000 individual data points that drives decision making of the care of over 100 Marines and Sailors.

Post MBA Goal:

Professional: By ag 40, lead an international data analytics consulting firm that guides businesses to refine and optimize their operations. Personal: Develop a mastery in coding, with an emphasis on machine learning software development.

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 22%

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 20%

Hi, it’s Nisha from mbaMission. First of all, thank you for your service!

It sounds like you’ve had substantial leadership experience in the Marines, and business schools love to see progressive military experience. I also really admire the impact you’ve had on Wounded Warrior.

Regarding the rest of your profile – while your GPA is very strong and you analytical skills are evident, I would try retaking the GMAT to get closer to Wharton’s average – given the competitiveness of the program (and the fact that it’s expected to be a very competitive year given the state of the economy) you want to have every edge possible. On your post-MBA goals, you’ll want to make it clear what your short and long-term path is. …

Hi, it’s Nisha from mbaMission. First of all, thank you for your service!

It sounds like you’ve had substantial leadership experience in the Marines, and business schools love to see progressive military experience. I also really admire the impact you’ve had on Wounded Warrior.

Regarding the rest of your profile – while your GPA is very strong and you analytical skills are evident, I would try retaking the GMAT to get closer to Wharton’s average – given the competitiveness of the program (and the fact that it’s expected to be a very competitive year given the state of the economy) you want to have every edge possible. On your post-MBA goals, you’ll want to make it clear what your short and long-term path is. Since you want to head a data analytics consulting firm in the future, I take it that you want to enter consulting post-MBA? As you are describing your goals in the application, make sure that you make it clear what has driven your passion for analytics and what type of impact you want to make in the course of your career (and of course, how an MBA from your specific target program can help.

While Wharton and MIT are reaches (for most everyone), Darden is a great target program, and they focus heavily on recruiting military candidates. For the same reason, I’d also look at Duke Fuqua and Cornell.

I hope that helps – best of luck!

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 25%

Mr. Marine to MBA – Thanks for posting your profile and thank you for your service, especially for the work you are doing for wounded warriors.

Although your GMAT is slightly below the Wharton average, I wouldn’t be concerned given that you have a killer GPA from a top university in a highly quantitative field. Get in touch with the military club folks at Wharton and other schools – they will offer guidance as you navigate the process. Wharton is a great place for you to continue to develop your quant/data skills but also to figure out what is the best post-MBA role (perhaps data analytics within a company or data analytics consulting) that will put you on track to eventually run your own firm.

Take a …

Mr. Marine to MBA – Thanks for posting your profile and thank you for your service, especially for the work you are doing for wounded warriors.

Although your GMAT is slightly below the Wharton average, I wouldn’t be concerned given that you have a killer GPA from a top university in a highly quantitative field. Get in touch with the military club folks at Wharton and other schools – they will offer guidance as you navigate the process. Wharton is a great place for you to continue to develop your quant/data skills but also to figure out what is the best post-MBA role (perhaps data analytics within a company or data analytics consulting) that will put you on track to eventually run your own firm.

Take a look at the joint degree program at Darden with MSDS. I also encourage you to look at Chicago Booth which as great strength in data and offers a Masters in Computer Science for those who are interested in data analytics or data science.

Wishing you all the best on your application journey!

4 years ago Read the full review