Harvard Business School - 07-02-2023

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July 2, 2023 1:52am ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Environmental Lawyer - Climate Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GMAT: 770

GPA: 2.9

Years of Work Experience: 5

Notes:

Transitioned from Environmental Law to Climate/ESG consulting with a pure-play sustainability firm. Top 10% skip promotion within 5 months. Strong volunteer experience. Project lead for CSR initiatives. Part of a global Climate Fellowship. Pursuing Harvard core to offset gpa.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Super GMAT will help, is there any context regarding the GPA? That will clearly be the weakest aspect of your overall profile. Be good to know more about your post MBA goals. Showing impact and growth at work, and outside of work is very important. (0)

anon20606 Likes Earned: 1 I had a major accident, missed a semester and was working alongside school during undergrad. Post MBA goals- want to stay in consulting, preferably MBB but in sustainability space. Any suggestions to boost overall application prospect? Is GSB realistic? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 It will be tough, for any of these programs. Doing HBS CORe will be important. Working during undergrad, was this to help pay for college, etc? Otherwise, there might be issues related to academic motivation/prioritisation etc? (0)

anon20606 Likes Earned: 1 Yes, to pay for college. Thanks so much for your input Alex! Appreciate it. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 more details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/07/mba-wire-taps-299/ (0)