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Candidate:

Mr. Startup

About Me:

First-gen Engineer from a top undergraduate school. GPA is low at 3.35/4 with 2 Cs and 1 D (GASP), all in engineering classes. Worked 1-2 jobs at a time throughout college. 2 season varsity athlete all 4 years. First engineer at a startup funded by a well-known entrepreneur who will be writing one of my recs.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Accepted

Details:

Undergrad School: MIT/Caltech/Stanford

Undergrad Major: Engineering

GPA: 3.35

GRE: 327

Age: 26,  Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Varsity Athlete (Fairly Sucessful), Alumni Interviewer and Student Resource (Current), Several side jobs: RA, Grader, LA, Research, etc.

Work History:

Title: Startup, 1st Engineer/Employee

Industry: Engineering

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 7 mos

Big Life Wins:

Have taken a fundamental idea in a very difficult field, patented it, and turned it into a product that we’ve made money off of! Company has scaled from 2 when I started to >30 people.

Post MBA Goal:

Want to specifically join a telecommunications startup as a technical lead/decision-maker. I want to decide what technology we develop and why. Long term goal is my own startup in the telecommunications space to help make the internet as easily available as possible.

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  • John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 15%

    I admire your honesty. Your D grade in one course has me gasping as well. But it was an engineering class and we know those are not easy. And you did earn your degree at a world class university in the field. Your solid GRE score may help to offset that below-average transcript for HBS but then you work for a startup with just 30 employees. It helps that it was bankrolled by a “well-known entrepreneur” who will write one of your recs. Being a varsity athlete and a fairly successful one at that is a big and positive deal in your profile. Don’t underplay it. You have a shot at HBS but not the kind of shot that should allow you to apply …

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