Candidate:

Ms. Teleco 2 Start Up

About Me:

Graduated from a mid-tier Canadian university. Worked at large well-known Canadian companies for ~8 years in progressive product marketing and product management roles, then left to a small start-up running all of the marketing, doubling sales year over year.

Details:

Undergrad School: Simon Fraser University

Undergrad Major: Business Administration

GPA: 3.7

GMAT: 750

Age: 34, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Real Estate Investing, Pottery, Extensive travel

Work History:

Title: Marketer

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 2 yrs

Title: Senior Product Manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 6 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

At work: successfully transitioned from the big corporate world to a small start-up, launching programs to double the start up’s sales year over year. Personal life: was able to buy an investment property pretty young, and turn it into a small profitable enterprise.

Post MBA Goal:

I’m looking to move into more senior leadership roles and feel like my current progression is limited at my current company. I also had two kids back to back, so I’ve been on mat leave since April 2019 and would like to have something to show for having taken ~2 years “off”.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Status: Open

Considering: Wharton

Stratus Admissions Counseling | Odds Assessment: 10%

Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You’ve got a lot of great experience and very strong stats. (And two kids in less than two years is nothing to sneeze at either!) My concern with your profile is the amount of years you’ve been out of undergrad at age 34. You have about 10 years of work experience, which is typically the threshold where MBA programs look at you more as an Executive MBA candidate. I don’t know if you’ve considered any of those programs, but you could explore Stanford MsX, Sloan Fellows and Wharton’s Executive MBA program. I think you’ll have a lot to offer an MBA cohort as far as strong experience in marketing at small and big companies but I think …
Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You’ve got a lot of great experience and very strong stats. (And two kids in less than two years is nothing to sneeze at either!) My concern with your profile is the amount of years you’ve been out of undergrad at age 34. You have about 10 years of work experience, which is typically the threshold where MBA programs look at you more as an Executive MBA candidate. I don’t know if you’ve considered any of those programs, but you could explore Stanford MsX, Sloan Fellows and Wharton’s Executive MBA program. I think you’ll have a lot to offer an MBA cohort as far as strong experience in marketing at small and big companies but I think a regular two-year MBA is likely not the right fit at this point in your career. You could also look into Kellogg’s one-year program or Cornell’s since you have undergrad business classes, but you would be above the average age for those as well although they may have more flexibility. Wishing you lots of luck!
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