Candidate:

Mr. Medical Devices

About Me:

I am an R&D engineer designing and commercializing medical devices. I love working on products that help people, but feel like R&D engineering is narrow in scope and limited in impact. I want to move to the strategy side of the healthcare industry to help better drive breakthrough medical technology.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: Berkeley Haas, MIT Sloan

See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top 10 National University in US

Undergrad Major: Biomedical Engineering (Top 3 Program in US)

GPA: 3.71

GRE: 336

Age: 26, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: In college, held leadership roles in fraternity, organization supporting special needs children, and organization building prosthetics for children with birth defects. Post graduation, mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters, Alumni Interviewer for my University, and part of mentoring and recruiting programs at my company.

Work History:

Title: Sr. Engineer

Industry: Engineering

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 4 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

Earned merit scholarship for leadership/academic excellence for 3/4 years in undergrad. At work, led a cross-functional project to redesign flagship medical device, resulting in use in over 10M procedures. Helped design, launch and train physicians for novel device used in over 10,000 procedures. Received two promotions, ahead of normal schedule.

Post MBA Goal:

Short Term: Use MBA to change from engineering to strategy, working as product manager / upstream marketer to define vision for new medical technology and make business decisions to help it reach the most patients. Long Term: Work in business development to help identify and grow small healthcare companies or startups treating unmet patient needs.

Odds:

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 10%

Hi Mr. Medical Devices,
This is Debbie Choy, GSB alum and Senior Consultant at mbaMission. Coming from the medical device industry myself, I am impressed by your profile and commitment to helping others in your community! I think you have a lot of strengths – very strong academics (GRE and GPA, including merit scholarship), robust work experience (including accelerated promotions), and leadership roles on campus and within your community. As you put together your application, do explain why you are interested in moving to the business side. I do think your technical background, combined with a business education, will help you become a leader in the industry. Stanford especially is interested in how you wish to make your mark on the world. Be sure to explain …

Hi Mr. Medical Devices,
This is Debbie Choy, GSB alum and Senior Consultant at mbaMission. Coming from the medical device industry myself, I am impressed by your profile and commitment to helping others in your community! I think you have a lot of strengths – very strong academics (GRE and GPA, including merit scholarship), robust work experience (including accelerated promotions), and leadership roles on campus and within your community. As you put together your application, do explain why you are interested in moving to the business side. I do think your technical background, combined with a business education, will help you become a leader in the industry. Stanford especially is interested in how you wish to make your mark on the world. Be sure to explain specifically what knowledge or skills you wish to learn at the GSB. If you can execute on the above, as well as weave in compelling personal stories that tell AdCom what motivates you, I think you’d have a strong chance at the GSB. Wishing you the best in your MBA journey!

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