Candidate:

Mr. Mid-Market Consultant

About Me:

I am a Brazilian with a mixed background, mother is Brazilian and father Tunisian. I was born in Europe, but moved back when I was 2 months old and grew up in Brazil. Have considerable international experience, having done an exchange programme in France and moved to work in the UK and Australia with a visa sponsorship from my current employer.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: Harvard, MIT Sloan

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica

Undergrad Major: Mechanical Aeronautical Engineering

GPA: 3.3

GMAT: 770

Age: 28, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Charity that fights homelessness in one of London's most known neighborhoods, since 2019, helping with weekend brunch services for rough sleepers bi-weekly. Also proactively developed a web app to automate the volunteer rota, which has not been implemented yet though., Junior company at Uni, helping them set up a CRM system, organised events, run Google Adwords campaign, Involved in a number of projects to help the lives of students on campus, e.g., disrupting the cafeteria monopoly

Work History:

Title: Consultant

Industry: Consulting

Company: Mid-market consulting firm. Ranked in Vault's top10 consulting rank up to 2018, but slid somewhat since. Tenure above stated at potential commencement of MBA.

Length of Employment: 5 yrs, 2 mos

Big Life Wins:

1) Being accepted to the most competitive Engineering school in Brazil. 2) Relevant projects at current employer include support in diamond mining agreements negotiation for an African government and a digital review of train radio system upgrade options for major State in Australia. 3) Being promoted to post-MBA role within the current employer.

Post MBA Goal:

Transition into entrepreneurship (a bit far-fetched), but substantiate it with the entrepreneurial experiences I had during Uni and also link it back to my desire to pay back to my country for the free education I received. Sector ideally FS as it easier to change lives by offering lower-class individuals financial services we take for granted.