Mr. US Army Veteran

Hi Mr. US Army Veteran! This is JP, Senior Consultant at The MBA Exchange. Your profile looks very familiar, as I’ve worked with many applicants over the years who share some of your traits and experiences. Hence, I’m very positive about your chances, particularly because I’m certain that the outcome of your applications will solely hinge on execution. Your background and experiences tick many of the “right” boxes, and even the GMAT score isn’t necessarily a major impediment. Of course, proper execution means you’ll have to understand what the schools are actually seeking to understand about individuals when they look at applications. You can get there with loads of research about the admissions process, or by receiving expert guidance. This alone will probably have the greatest impact on your chances of admission at Booth and other programs. If you’d like to discuss your campaign in greater detail, just reach out to us via The MBA Exchange website, ask for ‘JP’ and mention that you posted your profile here.

Hi, it’s Nisha with mbaMission. You’ve got a solid GPA and progressive and impactful engineering and supply chain experience (and in a hot area – electric vehicles!), along with mentorship experience and veteran status – a lot of strengths to be proud of. From your profile information, it sounds like you are still an Indian citizen, correct? If so, you’re applying from a very competitive demographic, and GMAT standards for your co-hort are very high. I recommend retaking for a 730+ to be competitive at the schools you’re targeting, as I think it’ll be tough without it. If you are able to achieve this score, I think you would be a solid contender if you tell your story in a way that’s compelling and explain the motivations behind your ST goal of consulting and your long-term aspirations. Best of luck!

Hi Mr. US Army Veteran. This is Donna Bauman, Senior MBA Admissions Counselor with Stratus Admissions and I’d like to thank you for your military service. I encourage you to think about the experiences you have had in the past and be prepared to address how you have used data to make sense of the world. Booth wants to see that rigorous inquiry—be ready to debate your ideas and let Booth know what inspires and drives your passion. You look to have some good material to address this with your work developing a new entrant into the electronic vehicles market. The 3 promotions in 2 yrs is also very impressive and I encourage you to ask your recommenders to share the reasons why you have been so successful in the recommendations they write. As I am sure you realize—a 710 At Booth is not going to jump out by itself—and depending on your citizenship that score might not be as competitive. I’m not fully clear of your citizenship as I can’t tell if you did US Army Reserves but still have Indian Citizenship? But I would not focus on this part anyway as you can’t control what pool you ultimately are in—what you can control is demonstrating fit for Booth. Know about the resources through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and some of the competitions that can help you gain more entrepreneurial experience. Understand how some of the resources of the Kilts Center might help you in your transition to consulting. When I visited with Booth’s admissions team to learn more about what they look for—they said an application goes from good to great when a candidate demonstrates self-awareness and past success. So focus on sharing the reasons why you have been promoted and those big wins in getting this EV to market. Leverage your military connections and reach out to people in the Armed Forces Group at Booth. There is an active Management Consulting group and you can email students to get more information right from the website. Booth makes it very easy to connect to current students through their website so I encourage you to take the time to get to know booth and this can help you break out from the crowd. If you have some spare time and think you can notch up the GMAT a few points, that won’t hurt either—but use the next few months to develop the self-awareness and the story telling skills so that you have weaved together the parts of your past in a way that makes sense for Booth adcom to read. Best wishes to you! I think you’d be a great candidate to benefit from coaching so please reach out if you’d like to learn more about how we may be able to help you in this process.