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September 9, 2024 6:03am ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Hospitality - Michelin Star & Hotels

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , Ernst & Young , McKinsey

GRE: 319

GPA: 3.77

Years of Work Experience: 12

Location: Florida

Notes:

South European, heavily involved with extra curricular activities (conservation, soup kitchens, local food producers).
Given the GRE 3 times achieving a similar overall score.
Undergrad in Economics and business admin.
Moved internationally (Asia, Europe, USA) every 2-3 years for work postings.
Speaking 3 languages.
Certified private pilot.
Planning to enroll in MBA math to strength my quant.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1672 What was your undergrad degree in? Doing MBA Math is good. The 319 May still make things more challenging, what are the component scores?

Showing impact and growth at work will be very important, backed by strong recommendations. With 12 years of experience, targeting “why now” will also be very important. What are your longer term goals, beyond consulting?

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tbezz001 Likes Earned: 0 My undergrad was in Economics and business. Unfortunately it seems like I can’t change the composite score for the GRE (159V - 160Q), I raised Q and V diminished and vice versa. My long term goal is sustainable entrepreneurship for tourism. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1672 It might be worth looking at 1-2 more programs from the top 16 tier, and a couple of programs in the top 20 tier. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1672 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/09/mba-wire-taps-383/ (0)