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August 15, 2023 12:03pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Director of Product Marketing (Ecommerce Startup), Senior Brand Manager (CPG)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 300

GPA: 3.7

Years of Work Experience: 6

Post MBA Location: NYC

Notes:

- Ex-Professional Ballerina with Regional US Ballet Company
- Account executive promoted to senior brand manager at Tier 1 CPG
- Director of Product Marketing, fast growing startup (series B), managing a team of 2
- Young professional board for National Ballet Company, Children's Hospital

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 You will have some really interesting aspects to your profile as a less traditional candidate. What was your undergrad degree? Very good GPA, but I’d worry about your GRE score. Are you planning a retake? What is the quant score? Showing impact and growth at work will be important. Additional activities will also help. (0)

anon11528 Likes Earned: 0 Thanks for the feedback! My undergraduate degree is business administrations. I will be retaking the GRE and I aim to have a better score. My quant score was 160. Great I will make sure to highlight my growth at the CPG (2 promotions in the 4 years). How many extracurriculars do you think would make me more competitive? (0)

anon11528 Likes Earned: 0 Would you recommend me trying to apply in round 1? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 If you can raise your GRE score to the 320s in time for round 1, then including 1-2 apps in round 1 makes sense. But I think you’ll be fine in round 2, and raising that GRE score will be important. All else (including your ECs) look very decent. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/08/mba-wire-taps-306/ (0)