Candidate:

Mr. Young Entrepreneur

About Me:

Entrepreneur by heart. I hope to run my own startup one day to disrupt and change traditional industries like agriculture and sustainability to accommodate a growing population. I’m also passionate about diversity and inclusion. I hope to make the world a better, more diverse place – one that embraces different opinions and perspectives.

Schools:

Target School: StanfordĀ GSB

Considering: Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia

See More Profiles For: StanfordĀ GSB

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Columbia University

Undergrad Major: Computer Science

GPA: 3.4

GMAT: 730

Age: 24,  Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Created sustainability programs for the community with local Green organizations, Lead diversity and inclusion initiatives at MBB, Building a tech startup on the weekends

Work History:

Title: Business Analyst

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Title: Founder

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 1 yr

Big Life Wins:

I help lead my company’s diversity hiring and recruitment programs. I also help plan programming to retain and advance our diversity colleagues.

Post MBA Goal:

I hope to develop a global network in business school and meet like-minded individuals who share my passion. I also hope to take my experiences in business school to build my own startup.

Odds:

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  • Odds Assessment: 30%

    Mr. Young Entrepreneur: Emily here from The MBA Exchange. I was an Associate Director of Admissions at Columbia Business School and an application reader at Wharton and have worked with applicants to GSB and Sloan as a consultant for four years. I know these schools will be interested to hear about your start up ideas but you will need to be quite specific about what kind of tech start up you envision and how that is different from all the other tech start ups out there. They want to see real vision that gets into specifics and that will help you stand out from a crowd of strong applicants with similar goals. Your CS degree from Columbia is impressive but I …

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  • mbaMission Odds Assessment: 10%

    Hi Mr. Young Entrepreneur, Julie-Anne Heafey here from mbaMission. Although sometimes a top school like Stanford will consider a young entrepreneur with shorter work experience, it’s not the norm, and they would really have to be impressed by what you’ve accomplished. Since it looks like your one year of startup experience is the weekend venture you describe and concurrent with your MBB consulting experience (?), I’m guessing that your venture is not at the stage where they’d take a chance on you. I’m also concerned about the vagueness of your goals…in your application, you’ll need to explain what exactly you’ve got in mind and how you’ll succeed for them to take a bet on you vs. the many other aspiring startup candidates …

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