Candidate:

Ms. Tech Consulting

About Me:

I am a process improvement consultant with a big4. I am interested in the strategic decisions that drive operations and impact business processes. I am pursuing an MBA to help me better understand the big picture of how businesses assess and co-ordinate resources to develop strategy.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: McCombs School of Business, Ross, Kellogg SOM

See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top University

Undergrad Major: Accounting

GPA: 3.53

GMAT: 700

Age: 26, Ethnicity: Black or African American

Extracurriculars: Mentor with an NGO equipping young graduates with marketable skills, Program coordinator for Missions trips to children and teens in underserved communities and a

Work History:

Title: Senior Associate

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 4 yrs

Big Life Wins:

– Successfully led a cross-country team on a process audit for a national bank.
– Developed operating process manuals for a start-up digital micro-finance bank.
– Mentored over 100 young graduates on marketable skills and provided CV review support.

Post MBA Goal:

I hope to leverage an MBA and past experience to pivot to a strategy consulting role. In the long term, I am looking to work as an in-house strategist for an EdTech company, merging my expertise in business strategy and operations with my interest in supporting education and development.

Odds:

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 5%

Hello Ms. Tech Consulting, this is Michael from mbaMission.
You have a great background – and I especially am impressed with your extracurriculars!
The MBA application is a holistic process, and they will look at your stats, work experience, and extracurricular involvement. In terms of your stats, it is clear you have the quantitative ability to succeed in the classroom, because of your solid GPA in a quantitative degree, as well as your 700 GMAT (although taking it again to potentially improve your score would certainly help your chances).
Your work experience can really help you stand out, although I would like to hear your leadership experiences in your projects, and what your accomplishments have been. Having worked for a Big 4 myself, I certainly know how …

Hello Ms. Tech Consulting, this is Michael from mbaMission.
You have a great background – and I especially am impressed with your extracurriculars!
The MBA application is a holistic process, and they will look at your stats, work experience, and extracurricular involvement. In terms of your stats, it is clear you have the quantitative ability to succeed in the classroom, because of your solid GPA in a quantitative degree, as well as your 700 GMAT (although taking it again to potentially improve your score would certainly help your chances).
Your work experience can really help you stand out, although I would like to hear your leadership experiences in your projects, and what your accomplishments have been. Having worked for a Big 4 myself, I certainly know how impactful you potentially have been at PwC. I think your career goals are realistic too, though be sure to be as specific as possible – and not just say that you are interested in any of the Big 3 consulting firms.
And as for your extracurriculars, being a mentor and a program coordinator shows you care about others, and proves to these MBA programs that you will add value to the MBA community. So be sure to emphasize those experiences in your applications.
Overall, I think you have a strong profile, and I hope you apply to several schools, given how competitive a top school like Stanford is. But I do see your odds there to be around the school’s average acceptance rate of about 5%. And I feel that your odds will be higher at your other target schools.
Best of luck!

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