Ms. Indian Entrepreneur

Hi Ms. Indian Engineer! Liza from Gatehouse. I think you’ve got a good shot at Kellogg – with a few caveats. I like your stats – your GPA is a little low, but you’ve got that nice healthy GMAT to offset it. I also really like that you broke out of audit and started to transition into finance within industry (including at a start-up). I also like your engagement in the community. That said, I am concerned about your post-MBA goals: entrepreneurship. It’s not that I question them; it’s more that I know the school will question whether you can achieve them! It’s a long jump from financial planning to starting, launching and growing your own company – especially in a space (social impact tech) that you haven’t been working in thus far. I’d suggest you focus as much on your plan B in your application as you do on your plan A (and for what it’s worth, plan B will likely give you the tools you need to make plan A happen later on). I’d also want to understand your most recent job change – why you made the move and what it means in terms of potential recommenders (both in your current role and in your prior one at the start up). You will need strong recommendations to Kellogg confidence in your ability to drive impact. But if you have such evidence, I think the school will take your candidacy seriously!