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I grew up in a poor town on the outskirts of Phoenix. My family was decently educated however my parents struggled to pay bills due to a combination of drug abuse, mental illness and physical health issues. I worked my way through college with both scholarships and part-time jobs. I am terrified that one day I will stop learning new things.
Target School: MIT Sloan
Considering: Tepper, UCLA Anderson, Stanford GSB, Kellogg SOM, Ross
See More Profiles For: MIT Sloan
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Arizona State University
Undergrad Major: Supply Chain Management & Quant Economics
GPA: 3.78
GMAT: 730
Age: 22, Ethnicity: White
Other Degree/Certification: Applied Business Data Analytics Undergrad Cert
School Name: Arizona State University
Extracurriculars: President of AntiViral Consulting, Business Officer of the ASU Formula One Team
Title: Supply Chain Analytics Associate
Industry: Supply Chain / Logistics
Company: Fortune 500
Length of Employment: 6 mos
After being rejected from the consulting club at my school, I recruited a team of students and started my own. I failed out of high school as a young man due to a severe spinal deformity, my father’s alchoholism and my mothers struggle with suicidal bipolar disorder. I eventually returned to college to double major in economics and business.
I hope to compliment a masters in logistics with an MBA in order to get into consulting or investment banking. My real passion may be entrepreneurship so I see an MBA as valuable there as well.
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Hi Mr. Sans Vertebrae, This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant at mbaMission. I think you’re off to a strong start for your career – supply chain and logistics is an under-represented but no less critical industry for b-schools. If you continue on your career path, in a few years, you would be an attractive candidate to the schools on your list. Most schools want their students to have at least a few years of full-time work experience to be able to bring real-world business insights to classroom discussions. One other thing to consider is to get involved in your community. Volunteering at community organizations is a great way to demonstrate leadership. If possible, step into some leadership roles, eg. join a junior board, or a committee. …
Hi Mr. Sans Vertebrae, This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant at mbaMission. I think you’re off to a strong start for your career – supply chain and logistics is an under-represented but no less critical industry for b-schools. If you continue on your career path, in a few years, you would be an attractive candidate to the schools on your list. Most schools want their students to have at least a few years of full-time work experience to be able to bring real-world business insights to classroom discussions. One other thing to consider is to get involved in your community. Volunteering at community organizations is a great way to demonstrate leadership. If possible, step into some leadership roles, eg. join a junior board, or a committee. This will round out your profile when you’re ready to apply. Best wishes for your future MBA journey!
Hi Mr. Sans Vertebrae, Melisa here from Stratus Admissions. You have clearly found success in the face of adversity. And your strong stats with a double major and GMAT score show you can handle the academic rigor of the program. You mention an MS Logistics degree – so wondering if you are looking to do a joint degree? Or if you in currently in an MS Logistics program and want to apply for deferred programs as a current student. Overall, your 6 months of experience is generally much less than the middle 80% of most programs at 3-8 years of experience. If you are looking for joint degree programs, then I think you should wait a year or 2 until you have a bit more …
Hi Mr. Sans Vertebrae, Melisa here from Stratus Admissions. You have clearly found success in the face of adversity. And your strong stats with a double major and GMAT score show you can handle the academic rigor of the program. You mention an MS Logistics degree – so wondering if you are looking to do a joint degree? Or if you in currently in an MS Logistics program and want to apply for deferred programs as a current student. Overall, your 6 months of experience is generally much less than the middle 80% of most programs at 3-8 years of experience. If you are looking for joint degree programs, then I think you should wait a year or 2 until you have a bit more work experience. Business schools, especially top programs you are targeting, want to know that you can bring a wealth of professional experience to the classroom. If you are looking at deferred programs (which are available to current students – undergraduate or graduate – who will work in industry for 2-5 years and be accepted into a future class) then now is a great time to be thinking about the typical deferred timeline that is in the Spring – or Round 3 of many schools. Either way, you will need to do a bit more thinking about your goals. You will need to narrow in on consulting or IB and articulate how that will help you achieve your longer term goal, which sounds like is entrepreneurship. This needs to be solid so that admissions teams can assess that you have done the research to know what you need from an MBA to be successful. My odds assessment is based on your wanting to apply to full time programs now – and is significantly impacted by your lower years of experience. Add a couple years and some solid progression and impacts at work – I think you have better than average chances. Currently as a deferred candidate, I think you are probably slightly below a school’s average. Best of luck and reach out if I can answer any questions.
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