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April 21, 2024 10:53pm ET

Applying: MIT Sloan

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: SDE III

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Non Profit/SI Companies: Apple , Google , Microsoft

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.06

Years of Work Experience: 6

Notes:

6 YOE in Non-Profit/SI industry.
2 promotions, 1 emp of the quarter.
Extra-curricular during & post-uni in sports and net impact.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Are you only applying to Sloan? That can be risky. Be good to hear a little more about your post MBA goals, and how they tie with your current experiences. Showing impact and growth at work is important.

Super GRE, but your GPA may raise concerns. Any context for that?

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anon10315 Likes Earned: 1 Thank you for responding! 1. No, but Sloan is my target school! 2. My current work exp is in developing tech that is used by NGOs/partners (incl. leadership exp for ~4 years). I am extremely passionate about this industry (non-profit engagement for ~15 years) and want to use my technical expertise to bring about further impact. Pursuing an MBA to expand my business understanding beyond technology, and use the resources to hopefully kickstart my entrepreneurial journey. 3. GPA - Tier 1 engg institute in India (no curve grading). Are there any further steps I can take to alleviate adcom concerns here? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 The GRE score will obviously help. What was your class rank? (0)

anon10315 Likes Earned: 1 there is no rank, only distinction and mine is First Class. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 A short explainer in the optional essay may be warranted, so it’s clear this is a strong academic performance. (1)

anon10315 Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the advice -- I was mostly planning on steering clear of it so this is helpful. Any further advice on things I can do to reassure adcom further of my capabilities? Any courses? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Assume there’s plenty of quant coursework on your transcript? If not, MBA Math, or similar, might be an option. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/04/mba-wire-taps-350/ (0)