Arizona State / W.P. Carey - 08-28-2024

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August 28, 2024 10:33am ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Harvard Business School, Indiana / Kelley, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Pre-MBA Career: Consumer Electronics Retail 5+ years, Government 3 years

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Media, Consumer Goods, Entrepreneurship Companies: McKinsey , Walt Disney , Coca Cola

GPA: 3.76

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Norway

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

I am currently 23 years old, but I have worked for several years during high school and before college. I started college as an international student in January 2022, and will graduate in December 2024. I have attended multiple study abroad programs since high school, having lived in 4 countries, and studied in 15. I was selected to attend a leadership program in an African country on one of the programs. Most of my study abroad was during college. I have worked as a mentor during college. During my last year of high school, I was elected into city council and held the position for 3 years.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1700 This is quite an unorthodox pathway. When are you planning to take the GMAT or GRE?

Most top MBA programs will be more focused on work experience, post undergrad. Your challenge will be to show some form of equivalence with those with more traditional work experience, in terms of impact and growth. This is not impossible, but will be very challenging.

Why MBA, and why now, will be very important to tackle, be good to learn more about your post MBA goals, in that regard. Adcom may wonder if you’d be a stronger candidate, and get more out of the MBA program, with a couple of additional years of experience, post undergrad.

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