Candidate:

Ms. Passionate About Education

About Me:

I’m A Brazilian 26 years old passionate about education. I’m currently doing my externship at a high-profile EdTech, working as chief of staff. I joined McKinsey as an intern and worked there for three years, always ranked among the top performers (top ~5%). I’m also deeply involved with community work and co-founded an endowment for my university.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: StanfordĀ GSB, Wharton

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Undergrad Major: Engineering

GPA: 3.0

GMAT: 680

Age: 26,  Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino

Extracurriculars: Co-Founder of second largest Brazilian endowment | Organizer of the Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT | Founding team at Brazilian EdTech.

Work History:

Title: Business Analyst

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 6 mos

Title: Chief of Staff

Industry: Education

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

I aim to build a sustainable impact on Brazilian education, improving its access and connecting it to employability. I want to empower low-income people to achieve the job market, especially through technology.

Post MBA Goal:

I want to return to McKinsey, become a Partner, and consolidate its nascent Education Practice in Brazil. After that, I aim to found my own business, which will prepare low and middle-income students to join the job market and supply the crescent demand for highly skilled technological talents.

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  • Admissionado | Odds Assessment: 10%

    Though your GMAT score is weak, especially for an international applicant, other aspects of your profile are as good-as-they-come: highest-tier employer (McKinsey) with standard number years work experience with sponsored status (i.e. 100% job security at a top job and nearly 100% certain tuition payment), STEM undergrad, relatively underrepresented international applicant (Brazilian female), and ambitious professional aspirations that also happen to have a profoundly positive social impact.
    Have you attempted the GRE instead? There are people who favor one test over the other so itā€™s worth finding out if you might perform better on a relative basis on the GRE. HBS accepts either of them. There are lots of success stories of people who beat the odds with a sub-700 GMAT score and obtain admission …

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  • 100% | 1 year ago

    Just would like to tell you that I was approved :) don't give up, guys!
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