Candidate:

Mr. Tech Finance Guy

About Me:

Completed a masters in Data Science with a 3.8 GPA from Northwestern includes quant classes. Had a 2.8 GPA but was due to a mismanagement of drugs from my doctors that created depression during my third year lowing my GPA dramatically. Had an upward trend last year to be on deans list with a 3.67 taking all capstone business classes.

Schools:

Target School: Wharton

Considering: Stanford GSB, Harvard, MIT Sloan, Kellogg SOM

See More Profiles For: Wharton

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: University of Arizona

Undergrad Major: Business

GPA: 2.8

GMAT: 760

Age: 27, Ethnicity: White

Other Degree/Certification: Northwestern Masters in Data Science 3.8 GPA

School Name: Northwestern

Extracurriculars: Por bono consulting for mental health non profit

Work History:

Title: Finance Manager Microsoft

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 6 mos

Title: Sr. Finance Dat Analyst (Major semi conductor company)

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 10 mos

Big Life Wins:

Started non profit that helped refine resumes for low income people and URM college students. Ran a team of 10 people to help over 200 people refine resumes. Worked for 2 years a pro bono consultant for a mental health education start up in africa. Was a mentor for two professional nonprofits that focus on helping URM get into tech.

Post MBA Goal:

Wanting to work in MBB helping consult large tech companies and later in life become an impactful leader in finance that promotes diversity and inclusion for a large tech company.

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 12%

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 15%

Hi Mr. Tech Finance Guy,
This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant at mbaMission. I’m impressed by your robust work experience and differentiated community leadership activities. Your GMAT score does offset your undergrad GPA somewhat, and be sure to share the circumstances that affected your undergrad GPA in the optional essay. It’s encouraging that you were able to do well in your senior year, taking business classes. This, combined with your GMAT score and strong Masters GPA should hopefully alleviate any concerns the Admissions Committee have around your academic capability. Separately, do consider sharing in your application your motivation for the community work that you do. I see the personal connection with your mental health activities. What about for the other activities (eg. low income students, women …

Hi Mr. Tech Finance Guy,
This is Debbie Choy, Senior Consultant at mbaMission. I’m impressed by your robust work experience and differentiated community leadership activities. Your GMAT score does offset your undergrad GPA somewhat, and be sure to share the circumstances that affected your undergrad GPA in the optional essay. It’s encouraging that you were able to do well in your senior year, taking business classes. This, combined with your GMAT score and strong Masters GPA should hopefully alleviate any concerns the Admissions Committee have around your academic capability. Separately, do consider sharing in your application your motivation for the community work that you do. I see the personal connection with your mental health activities. What about for the other activities (eg. low income students, women in tech)? Is there a personal connection there too? If you can tell your stories compellingly and differentiate yourself from the crowd, I do think you have a solid shot for a school like Wharton where the average acceptance rate ranges between 16-19%. Best wishes for your MBA journey!

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 10%

Mr. Tech Finacne Guy- you have an impressive history of extracurricular work that will appeal to your schools. Your stellar GMAT score is well above Wharton’s average and median scores ,but your GPA is well below the 3.6 average and you will be on the lower end of work experience. A strong GMAT can somewhat offset a lower GPA but it can’t entirely mitigate it. I see you have a masters degree as well. You didn’t list your GPA there and while those grades don’t count in schools’ data for ranking purposes, a solid GPA there will help give the adcomms confidence that you can do the work in an MBA program. As I mentioned earlier, your extracurriculars – work mentoring …

Mr. Tech Finacne Guy- you have an impressive history of extracurricular work that will appeal to your schools. Your stellar GMAT score is well above Wharton’s average and median scores ,but your GPA is well below the 3.6 average and you will be on the lower end of work experience. A strong GMAT can somewhat offset a lower GPA but it can’t entirely mitigate it. I see you have a masters degree as well. You didn’t list your GPA there and while those grades don’t count in schools’ data for ranking purposes, a solid GPA there will help give the adcomms confidence that you can do the work in an MBA program. As I mentioned earlier, your extracurriculars – work mentoring others and pro bono experience – will help set you apart. Additionally, I would like to know more about your professional side, what big wins have you had there? It looks like you had a very short stint out of school ad have now been in your role 2+ years. Any growth there in terms of title or responsibility? These are things you will want to focus on when crafting your narrative. Think about the Why MBA question- what are the skills you need to gain to achieve your goal of MBB consulting? Good luck.

4 years ago Read the full review