Candidate:

Ms. Strategy Consultant By Day, Social Impact Consultant By Night

About Me:

– Top university in Singapore
– Low GPA is due to working full-time as well as some other extenuating circumstances
– Was converted at current firm to an intern
– Got into consulting after joining a pro-bono consulting group accelerating social impact, where niche has been SROI

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, Kellogg SOM

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top in Singapore

Undergrad Major: Finance & Marketing

GPA: 3

GMAT: 750

Age: 27, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Project Adviser in Pro-Bono Consulting Organisation for Southeast Asia (Spent 5 years working from trainee, consultant, project lead to now adviser). Project Mentor in a Social Start Up Incubator, helping scale a digital commerce platform in Africa region.

Work History:

Title: Strategy Consultant

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs

Big Life Wins:

– Promoted ahead of time despite Covid-19
– Raised and closed a 20% wage gap at current firm for peers
– Able to expand on social impact from SEA to Africa with extracurriculars

Post MBA Goal:

– Continue in consulting in the next 3 years to build up more general management, leadership and relationship building skills
– Ultimate goal is to work in social impact investing with the scope being for Southeast Asia
– Believe there is a lot of white space for social impact by investing in a region that is quickly becoming the world’s new silicon valley

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 10%

Hi Ms. Strategy Consultant By Day, Social Impact Consultant By Night,
Congrats on your accelerated promotion even through the pandemic! This is Debbie Choy from mbaMission and GSB alum. I love the Singapore connection (having grown up there myself). I think you have a lot of strengths in your profile – strong career trajectory in a differentiated space and geography, active in your community. Also, robust GMAT score. Given that you are already in consulting, how will returning to it post-MBA help you pivot into social impact investing? As you put together your apps, your career goals need to be a balance between being realistic but also ambitious enough to answer the question of why you need a MBA. What specific skillset or knowledge are you …

Hi Ms. Strategy Consultant By Day, Social Impact Consultant By Night,
Congrats on your accelerated promotion even through the pandemic! This is Debbie Choy from mbaMission and GSB alum. I love the Singapore connection (having grown up there myself). I think you have a lot of strengths in your profile – strong career trajectory in a differentiated space and geography, active in your community. Also, robust GMAT score. Given that you are already in consulting, how will returning to it post-MBA help you pivot into social impact investing? As you put together your apps, your career goals need to be a balance between being realistic but also ambitious enough to answer the question of why you need a MBA. What specific skillset or knowledge are you seeking at HBS that you are not learning on the job? If you can articulate this compellingly in your essays, that would be the key to your application success. If you would like to discuss your profile in more detail, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation with us. Wishing you the best in your MBA journey!

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