Mr. Supply Chain Latino

Hi, this is Deepak Punwani from MBA Exchange. Como estas Señor Supply Chain ! Like your profile and how you have positioned your candidacy. Your work experience and Peruvian heritage are a definite advantage. Every school will be interested in your profile. But few notes which could make your application even stronger relate to your 1) Quant background or lack thereof 2) Lack of stand out extra curricular activities 3) Slightly advanced age 4) Uni-dimensional experience in sales. Lets address each of these. Since you don’t seem to have STEM background, your quant score in GRE will be critical. And especially so if not too mnay people from your University have gone to schools on your list. If its less than 85pc, would recommend you take some quant courses to boost that side of your profile. Also didnt get a sense of what drives you outside of work . Also you are an older applicant as compared to the average so it will be incumbent on you to show that you have had great commercial and leadership experience and signal to adcom that you have a general management flavor in your work rather than just sales. If you execute well on this, your chances go above 50% . Lastly on school choices, am not so sure what your criterion for shortlisting is but if you want to work in US offices of Amazon then a US based school makes more sense but if you are keen to work in Europe then maybe add INSEAD to the mix. Hope this helps

Hi Mr. Supply Chain Latino! This is Kate Richardson, Senior Admissions Consultant. Thanks for sharing the details of your profile and cute personal story — I guess that shows persistence! I think your professional background is very strong. It sounds like you have a lot of responsibility and have had some impressive wins in growing services there. UPS is obviously a huge brand, so that will help too. In my experience, applicants with Latam ties tend to do quite well since the region is not as highly represented, and within Latam, I haven’t come across as many applicants from Peru, so I think that will give you a nice boost too. Your GPA seems solid, and your GRE should be in range for LBS. Last I checked they did not publish their average GRE but Ross’s average is 320 as a point of reference. The other schools on your list have higher GREs so because of that, and just general selectivity at those top schools, your chances at those will be tougher but I would still give them a shot. All in all, I think you have an interesting perspective in supply chain and international perspective that will be attractive to these schools. Good luck!

Mr. Supply Chain Latino – Thanks for posting your profile. Susan Cera here from Stratus.
I’m very impressed by your work experience and contributions to growing the business and see how an MBA could set you up to take your career in supply chain to the next level.

Of the programs you list, I think LBS is the most achievable. Peru is likely an under-represented country so you will get a good look from the US schools as well.

As you consider schools, make sure to consider what your wife and daughter need from the community and what they might contribute to it as well. Look at partner organizations and whether or not there are school events that are targeted to families with children. If your wife and daughter are happy where you end up, it will make your school experience much more enjoyable!

All the best!
P.S. Duke Fuqua has a very strong Latam community (LASA) as well as partners organization! Take a look.