Candidate:

Mr. Pharma Capital Projects

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About Me:

Two years managing capital projects for a top pharmaceutical company, with experience in business case development, process design, construction management and cost control. Most recently, recognized as a top performer in the company and promoted to the lean design/construction and digital implementation team. Outside work, I enjoy working with EWB.

Details:

Undergrad School: Johns Hopkins

Undergrad Major: Chemical Engineering

GPA: 3.9

GRE: 730

Age: 25, Ethnicity: White

Other Degree/Certification: BA-Spanish, Johns Hopkins. Six Sigma Blackbelt, Drexel

School Name: Johns Hopkins

Extracurriculars: Engineers without Borders (Design + Construction Engineer)

Work History:

Title: Engineering Associate

Industry: Healthcare

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

Led teams of business sponsors, engineering contractors and operations managers to complete business case analysis for six capital projects ($1-30 M) in NEUS (1), EU (3), and LATAM (2). I’m not a native Spanish speaker, but the role gave me the opportunity to use my second major in Spanish to lead the LATAM project teams in their native language.

Post MBA Goal:

MBA – Business basics with emphasis on operations and decision making. Short Term – Join a top consultancy in search of many repetitions through capital project life cycle and exposure to best practices across companies and industries. Long Term – Return to pharma and optimize capital project management to cut waste and lower COGS for patients.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Status: Open

Stratus Admissions Counseling | Odds Assessment: 15%

Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You have some excellent experience, your stats are strong, and your goals seem to make sense with what you’ve done. I’m only giving you a 15% chance at HBS because the average is roughly 10% and I think you’re a tad stronger than the average applicant. Your life wins are really impressive and I love that global experience of working with the LATAM teams in Spanish when you’re not a native speaker. Make sure when you write your essay that you really dig into the WHY behind that LT goal. What have you seen in your role that makes you want to gain the skills to be a leader in that space so you can make meaningful change? …
Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You have some excellent experience, your stats are strong, and your goals seem to make sense with what you’ve done. I’m only giving you a 15% chance at HBS because the average is roughly 10% and I think you’re a tad stronger than the average applicant. Your life wins are really impressive and I love that global experience of working with the LATAM teams in Spanish when you’re not a native speaker. Make sure when you write your essay that you really dig into the WHY behind that LT goal. What have you seen in your role that makes you want to gain the skills to be a leader in that space so you can make meaningful change? What ideas to you have now to lower costs and cut waste? Why is consulting the best path to help you make the impact you want to make longer term? I think you have a good start in explaining it here but you’ll have more space in the essay to expand. You don’t mention other schools but you might consider Wharton, Duke and UCLA as well, which are all very strong in healthcare and not quite as competitive. Wishing you lots of luck!
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