Ms. Asian IT Advisor

Hi, this is JP, I’m a Senior Consultant at The MBA Exchange. I completely understand your story, background and goals. Having spent a major portion of my life in Southeast Asia (including Singapore, with projects in Thailand and Vietnam), combined with a US education, I know for sure that you have a very unique viewpoint. It also means you will face some unique opportunities and challenges in terms of your MBA application goals. You’ll need a very clear understanding of both, and a road map to help you maximize your chances of admissions at these highly competitive programs. The good news is that if you start now and have an experienced voice on your side, you can really reach your full potential by the R1 deadlines. I’d be happy to give you more details, just email me at jpo@mbaexchange.com. I look forward to hear from you!

Hi Ms. Asian IT Advisor! This is Kate Richardson, Senior Admissions Consultant. Thanks for sharing a bit about your personal story. It is impressive that you have had so many successes without mentors, and even more impressive that you’ve turned the challenges you faced into a life goal to help others. I think you have an interesting perspective to share, and also bring highly desired diversity to any MBA program. Your academic background is excellent, and it sounds like despite being on the earlier side of applying to b-school, you’ve had some impressive leadership experiences and ahead of schedule responsibilities at work. Best of luck to you!

Wow, Ms. Asian IT Advisor, you have overcome a lot of adversity and gone on to have have good work success and community impact. Berkely Hass is a realistic target given your GPA and GMAT score, however, at 2 years of work experience you fall short of their 5+ average and below Haas’ 80% range and the average of many schools. Were you with an official program or group when you were in India and Thailand? Depending on exactly what your role was you might be able to bump your work experience up a year. This doesn’t mean that b school is out of the question for you now but you will need to demonstrate an outsized work impact in the few years you have had in the workplace. Your high school and college scholarships are impressive but at this juncture, adcomms want to hear more about your professional success. You will want to build out how you achieved that first big sale and what factors led to your early promotion. These are all impressive things that will help you stand out in a competitive pool like Haas’. You post MBA goal is interesting, would you want to do that full time or on the side for a period of time? I love that you want to help others find the mentorship and support that you lacked growing up. Have you done any market research to scope out market size, etc. What gaps do you have that would prevent you from attaining your goal and allow you to have success in that venture? Essentially Why MBA? What is it about Haas that makes it the best place for you? Stay safe out there in this crazy time and best of luck.