Candidate:

Mr. Memento Mori

About Me:

I’m a management consultant from Southeastern Europe specializing in digital business transformation. After leaving the largest domestic consulting company where I rapidly advanced to a managerial position within 3 years, I co-founded a boutique consultancy through which I aim to combine my two passions: technology and ambiguous problem-solving.

Schools:

Target School: MIT Sloan

Considering: Harvard, Cornell Johnson

See More Profiles For: MIT Sloan

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Rochester Institute of Technology

Undergrad Major: International Business

GPA: 3.33

GMAT: 720

Age: 27, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Debate Club | Rowing - Stroke seat | American football - Running back

Work History:

Title: PM & Senior Consultant

Industry: Consulting

Company: Boutique Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 9 mos

Title: Digital Officer / Consulant

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 3 mos

Big Life Wins:

– 2x Employee of the Year
– Co-founder of three startups
– National / International Rowing Champion
– National American Football Champion

Post MBA Goal:

Even though recent events paint a different picture, I like to think of today’s world as a truly globalized one. With that in mind, I would love to help emerging markets catch up to global leaders both economically and socially. I believe an MBA will help me get the international exposure and the network needed for such an entrepreneurial endeavor.

Odds:

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Immediately, your stats are incredibly hard to swallow. They are likely to ding you without even reading the rest of your application. Your 3.3 GPA speaks for itself and your 720 GMAT is below average. This is alarming seeing your degree is not STEM and you have not mentioned any reasoning(s) behind them. Also, I'd advise you to reword your post-MBA goal. There's nothing personal, realistic, or captivating about it, it will make you seem ingenuine. You co-founded 3 startups... wow, that's a big deal! Any commendable successes? What were they? How did they end up? Answer the questions you know they'll ask, and make it easy for them. Sell yourself. You know the saying "Harvard doesn't make successful students, they admit successful students?"... Since you are ...

Immediately, your stats are incredibly hard to swallow. They are likely to ding you without even reading the rest of your application. Your 3.3 GPA speaks for itself and your 720 GMAT is below average. This is alarming seeing your degree is not STEM and you have not mentioned any reasoning(s) behind them.

Also, I’d advise you to reword your post-MBA goal. There’s nothing personal, realistic, or captivating about it, it will make you seem ingenuine.

You co-founded 3 startups… wow, that’s a big deal! Any commendable successes? What were they? How did they end up? Answer the questions you know they’ll ask, and make it easy for them. Sell yourself.

You know the saying “Harvard doesn’t make successful students, they admit successful students?”… Since you are working full time on your boutique firm and still hope to post-graduation… can you show how it is already successful? Why should they believe that you have what it takes for “such an entrepreneurial endeavor” (as you would say)?

Your post-MBA goal says you want to “help emerging markets catch up to global leaders both economically and socially”… and that you think that will happen by you getting an MBA for the “international exposure and network”….??? I hope you see what I mean. Be realistic on what you can achieve given they admitted you. Do you really think THAT will make you stand out from the competition?

Good luck.

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