Candidate:

Ms. Global Food System Disruptor

About Me:

I’m working to make the global food system more sustainable, ethical, and profitable. I have spent my whole career at startups, from launching a fresh food delivery startup to joining a global sustainable ingredients brand as employee #4. Business school will scale my career to the next level of impact.

Schools:

Target School: Yale

Considering: IESE

See More Profiles For: Yale

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Barnard College of Columbia University

Undergrad Major: Economics

GPA: 3.3

GMAT: 720

Age: 26, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Board of Womens Affinity Group within Fellowship Program, Volunteer Grant Writer for Local Woman-Owned Culinary Incubator, Member of Food Focus Group for City Entrepreneurship Initiative

Work History:

Title: Operations Manager

Industry: Agriculture

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 8 mos

Title: Co-founder/COO

Industry: Agriculture

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

– Pivoted from Sales to Operations to ramp up as Interim Operations Manager in 2 weeks, and ran the US warehouse doing $100,000 in sales per week for 2 months while hiring for permanent replacement.
– Successfully managed the implementation and launch of company’s first ERP system in English and Spanish across two subsidiaries.

Post MBA Goal:

Lead sustainability efforts at a large company in the food production space.

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 50%

After reading your profile and your career aspirations, I can’t think of a better place for you than Yale’s School of Management. You meet every hurdle there and I am certain that you would have a fantastic MBA experience at the school. Sure, your undergrad GPA is below the Yale class average but you have a strong GMAT score and, more importantly, a career history that provides much evidence into who you are and what you ultimately want to achieve. It would be interesting to know if you startup succeeded or failed and what you learned from that experience. Even if it didn’t work out, Yale will view it in a positive way, especially if you gained valuable lessons from launching a company. One …

After reading your profile and your career aspirations, I can’t think of a better place for you than Yale’s School of Management. You meet every hurdle there and I am certain that you would have a fantastic MBA experience at the school. Sure, your undergrad GPA is below the Yale class average but you have a strong GMAT score and, more importantly, a career history that provides much evidence into who you are and what you ultimately want to achieve. It would be interesting to know if you startup succeeded or failed and what you learned from that experience. Even if it didn’t work out, Yale will view it in a positive way, especially if you gained valuable lessons from launching a company. One other piece of advice: I would apply to a few more schools, including Stanford, because MBA admissions can be a bit random at times and you want to have an insurance policy. Also, if you apply to a wider range of schools, you will be very likely to receive scholarship aid from several and that could have an impact on where you ultimately go. Good luck.

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