Candidate:

Mr. Strategy For Social Good

About Me:

Hello! I am a Strategy professional with a background in analytics, user experience, non-profit management, and software engineering. I work at S&P concurrently with HP as an analytics consultant. I founded an analytics company focused on blue-collar employment which operated in multiple Southeast Asian countries in 2015.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Stanford GSB, Yale

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top Private University in the Philippines

Undergrad Major: Computer Science

GPA: 3.5

GRE: 325

Age: 28, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Other Degree/Certification: Data Science

School Name: University College London

Extracurriculars: President at a local foundation advocating early childhood education and capacity building, Philippine Head of a Indonesia-based startup for the visually blind, and a Platform Manager for UN Projects handled by a Japanese company.

Work History:

Title: Senior Product Strategy Analyst

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 4 yrs

Title: Founder

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 5 yrs

Big Life Wins:

– I won two Social Impact awards in the Philippines from the ASEAN
– Was a multi-awarded athlete in Arnis (national sport)
– Won national/international tech competitions by the Phil. gov’t, US gov’t, Facebook, and the UN
– Was a youth representative of the Philippines in at least 15 foreign delegations

Post MBA Goal:

Work at Bain, BGC or McK then start my own company centered on analytics for social good/social project management.

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 10%

You have a compelling story to tell, given your experience at a Fortune 10 and as a founder of a startup. It sounds as if your startup is something of a side hustle as you work full-time, though I could be wrong about that. One big question is how successful is your startup and whether it has generated outside capital. If so, it will count a lot more in your favor. If not, that part of your resume isn’t going to help you very much. Your extras are strong and a real asset because they demonstrate that you have ambitions beyond yourself. As you know already, your GRE score and your GPA are both under the median class averages at Harvard. So in essence you …

You have a compelling story to tell, given your experience at a Fortune 10 and as a founder of a startup. It sounds as if your startup is something of a side hustle as you work full-time, though I could be wrong about that. One big question is how successful is your startup and whether it has generated outside capital. If so, it will count a lot more in your favor. If not, that part of your resume isn’t going to help you very much. Your extras are strong and a real asset because they demonstrate that you have ambitions beyond yourself. As you know already, your GRE score and your GPA are both under the median class averages at Harvard. So in essence you would be asking HBS to overlook those factors and accept you based on your work experience, accomplishments and personal story. I will tell you what is generally true: Adcoms will often blink once but not twice because there is severe competition to get into an HBS, Stanford or Yale. You are asking for two blinks with both your GRE and GPA under the median. That’s why, sad to say, I think your chances at HBS are less than ideal.

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