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Division 1 tennis player + Captain of a team + social media coordinator Internship at a top advertising agency Historian at Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, 3.6 Cumulative GPA, 3.97 Major GPA.
Target School: Berkeley Haas
Considering: Duke Fuqua, Kellogg SOM, Columbia
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Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Loyola University Maryland
Undergrad Major: Advertising and Public Relations
GPA: 3.6
GRE: N/A- Have not taken
Age: 21, Ethnicity: White
Extracurriculars: Historian at Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, Account Management Intern @ top ad agency
Title: Account Management Intern
Industry: Marketing
Company: Top Firm
Length of Employment: 6 mos
Become an entrepreneur and create a company that helps climate change/the environment.
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Hi , it’s Nisha from mbaMission. I am a huge tennis fan – my career didn’t extend past high school and a USTA recreational league back in my 20s, but I continue to enjoy watching the sport and am so disappointed about the French Open’s postponement and Wimbledon’s cancellation (though probably not as much as the players are!) The application elements that deferred MBA programs seek are: outstanding academics (so definitely focus on that GRE score), exceptional extracurricular leadership (which you clearly have) and a promising start to your professional career as based on your internships and the full-time offer you’ve received (I would need to understand the last one a bit more to fully evaluate your profile).
Based on the information …
Based on the information you have provided, I would encourage you to do some thinking about your career goals – while business schools admire entrepreneurial ambitions, they also recognize the practical reality of starting a business right after business school. Thereore, think about the type of post-MBA roles (and perhaps pre-MBA roles, depending on set your plans are) that would give you the skills and experiences that you need to be a great entrepreneur someday. I hope this helps for now – best of luck to you!
Hi Mr. Tennis Player, this is Donna Bauman at Stratus Admissions and to say I am a tennis fan would be a big understatement. I am a huge UNC Tar Heels tennis fan and having this season cut short from Covid has made me incredibly sad for the players and I really miss seeing how the season would have turned out. However, with every crisis there is an opportunity so good for you in using some of your shelter in place time to think about deferred admit MBA programs! While MBA programs do not expect as clear of a goal as they would from more seasoned candidates, I still think there is an opportunity for you to narrow down your goal a bit and also …
Hi Mr. Tennis Player, this is Donna Bauman at Stratus Admissions and to say I am a tennis fan would be a big understatement. I am a huge UNC Tar Heels tennis fan and having this season cut short from Covid has made me incredibly sad for the players and I really miss seeing how the season would have turned out. However, with every crisis there is an opportunity so good for you in using some of your shelter in place time to think about deferred admit MBA programs! While MBA programs do not expect as clear of a goal as they would from more seasoned candidates, I still think there is an opportunity for you to narrow down your goal a bit and also be open to working before entrepreneurship. In your applications share your motivation for working to improve climate change. Perhaps you will gain consulting skills through the MBA to help you provide recommendations to companies who seek to lessen their climate footprint. Or perhaps you seek to find a Corporate Social Responsibility Role in a firm—maybe a sports firm to leverage your athletic background? The point is—I suggest you try to refine your goal a bit more and this is where a consultant can be a great coach in this process. I think Haas is a great program and Kellogg and CBS could be great fits too. I may have missed something about Fuqua in that there is new covid MBA news every day—but the last I checked Fuqua does not have a deferred admit MBA. They do have Master of Management MMS and Master of Quantitative Management (MQM) programs that accept people just out of school- and you can later return to get an MBA—but it is not quite the same as some of the other deferred admit options. You might also want to look at Wharton, Booth, Darden, Yale and Sloan. I encourage you to think about the kind of impact you have had in college—on your tennis team both on and off the court—and in our business fraternity and university community at large. Since you don’t have extensive work experience to draw upon, the admissions teams will want to look at your university experience to get a sense of your leadership potential and your ability to make things happen. I would be glad to talk further in a free consult to discuss in more depth if you like.
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