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October 19, 2023 11:55am ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: CPG

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 331

GPA: 3.35

Years of Work Experience: 7.5

Location: USA

Notes:

Four promotions in seven years in sales roles at a F500 CPG company. Currently have 1 direct report.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 What are your long term goals, post consulting? Showing impact and growth at work is important. Are you also involved in activities outside of work?

Super GRE. Any context re the slightly lower GPA?

Did you apply in Round 1, or targeting round 2?

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anon31325 Likes Earned: 2 Post consulting, I'd like to return to CPG at the director level with long-term goal of eventually the C-Suite. Although the appeal of consulting is the optionality, so roles such as ops at a retail focused-PE firm or CPG startups would also be something I would be interested in post-consulting. I currently manage our largest customer, which accounts for 10% of the company's total sales and I've grown the business from $1B to $1.6B in 3 years. Outside of work I volunteer with a local state park to recuperate and grow a plot of endangered species of trees. Low GPA was simply due to poor time management in undergrad although I did improve to a 3.5 GPA average for my last two years. I held 6 on campus leadership positions and 3 internships over the 4 years. I applied in R1. Got invites from all the schools except Wharton where I was dinged without an interview. (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Sorry to hear about Wharton. Might be worth looking at 1-2 other M7s in Round 2, depending on the remainder of your outcomes. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/10/mba-wire-taps-320-331-gre-cpg-candidate-mechanical-engineer-two-years-of-experience-first-generation-immigrant-it-experience/ (1)

buckeye2016 Likes Earned: 2 I was accepted into Kellogg, Tuck, Ross (with $40k annual scholarship), and Darden! Waitlisted by Fuqua. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Really well done, and thanks for letting us know. What are you thoughts on your plans? (0)