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I spent the past year enlisted in conscription, in which I lead over 10 people, and was recently honorably discharged.
Target School: Yale
Considering: Cornell Johnson, Chicago Booth, Kellogg SOM, Wharton, Tuck
Invited to Interview: Tuck
See More Profiles For: Yale
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: University of Southern California
Undergrad Major: Economics
GPA: 2.9
GMAT: 750
Age: 27, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Extracurriculars: Library Administrator for local university
Title: Customer Analytics Data Science - Manager
Industry: Banking & Finance
Company: Fortune 100 Top 10
Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 7 mos
Designed an optimization module that resulted in over 10M+ revenue for company.
I wish to join a top tier management consulting firm post-MBA.
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You’re hoping to get into Yale SOM with a 2.9 undergraduate GPA? Whoa. I’m not going to say it is impossible. But I am going to say that it is improbable. Sure, your jumbo 750 GMAT offsets your undergrad grades but you still need to provide a credible explanation for why you did so poorly in this age of grade inflation and that your sub-3.0 GPA is not an accurate reflection of your academic ability. Remember that at Yale you will be competing against folks with Ivy League undergrad degrees, 3.8 GPAs and many other 700-plus GMATs. Sure, your work at a Fortune 10 firm will help as well. But your sole extracurricular involvement is not going to get you any points here. I am …
You’re hoping to get into Yale SOM with a 2.9 undergraduate GPA? Whoa. I’m not going to say it is impossible. But I am going to say that it is improbable. Sure, your jumbo 750 GMAT offsets your undergrad grades but you still need to provide a credible explanation for why you did so poorly in this age of grade inflation and that your sub-3.0 GPA is not an accurate reflection of your academic ability. Remember that at Yale you will be competing against folks with Ivy League undergrad degrees, 3.8 GPAs and many other 700-plus GMATs. Sure, your work at a Fortune 10 firm will help as well. But your sole extracurricular involvement is not going to get you any points here. I am assuming that you are in the reserves and just came back from a deployment but that is uncertain given the sparseness of your profile.
Your profile is a lot like mine, but with a lower GPA, lower GMAT, and weaker WE.
I still haven’t gotten a R1 interview.
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