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28-year-old Petrophysicist working for a Fortune 10 oil company. I have obtained a degree in Petroleum Geology and a masters in Petroleum engineering, which I have used to excel within the oil industry and into leadership.
Target School: Wharton
Considering: Harvard, Chicago Booth, Columbia, MIT Sloan
See More Profiles For: Wharton
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: University of Oklahoma
Undergrad Major: Petroleum Geology
GPA: 3.5
GMAT: 720
Age: 28, Ethnicity: White
Other Degree/Certification: Masters of Petroleum Engineering
School Name: University of Oklahoma
Extracurriculars: Corporate Agility Leader, New Hire President
Title: Petrophysicist
Industry: Power / Energy
Company: Fortune 100 Top 10
Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 1 mos
Major wins include being the lead petrophysicist for 10 exploration wells while being a key factor for the discovery of 600 million barrels of recoverable oil. Other big wins include excelling in a leadership opportunity, publishing and presenting many papers within the oil industry, and developing patents.
Post MBA goals include obtaining a job as an investment banker at a top banking firm to ultimately starting my own investment firm.
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Mr. Petrophysicist – Thanks for posting your profile. Susan Cera here from Stratus.
The name you selected for yourself gave me a bit of pause and I was curious. I’ve worked with many oil and gas applicants, even a geophysicist, but was unfamiliar with the term. While your stats are right at the averages, your challenge will be to explain WHY you want an MBA and WHY you want to make a move into investment banking.
What you have shared here (which I understand is limited) shows a very one-dimensional profile – all oil, all the time – school, work, publications, patents. Beyond your background in oil, what do you bring to a cohort? Given the price of oil, I suspect that the application pool will …
What you have shared here (which I understand is limited) shows a very one-dimensional profile – all oil, all the time – school, work, publications, patents. Beyond your background in oil, what do you bring to a cohort? Given the price of oil, I suspect that the application pool will have many O&G candidates for these schools to choose from.
Your list is all stretch schools. This is not a comment about your profile. Just truth – these schools are selective. If investment banking is your goal, I suggest that you expand your list to include Darden, Kellogg, Cornell and NYU.
Wishing you all the best!
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