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September 25, 2024 7:53am ET
Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: 2 years at Fortune 5 company, 2.5 years at startup, currently at Fortune 500 company. All various levels of Project/Program management for technology. Projects all related to personalization (using data to customize ads/offers)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Tesla , Twitter , Uber
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.5
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Boston
Post MBA Location: Anywhere
Notes:

-Female, white, first-generation college
-Graduated from a decent undergrad business school (Think big B's in Northeast (Bentley, Babson, etc.) 3.5 GPA, highly involved on campus with impactful leadership positions, Honors College, ODK
-Work experience: Co-op'd junior and senior year of college (had to pay for my own schooling) at Fortune 5 company, stayed there for ~2 years, and left for a Senior Project Management role at a start-up. Stayed there for 2.5 years, and now work for very well-known fortune 500 company also in Project/Program management. I have stayed involved in employee groups for women empowerment, young professionals, Toastmasters, DEI. In total when applying will have ~5 years work experience
-Currently enrolled in MS program for organizational management/leadership at a different big B Northeast business school and it is not overly rigorous, hoping to graduate from the program with 3.8/3.9 if I keep on this pace. Projected graduation date is May 2026
-I have some interesting stories to tell (first gen college, only child of sick parent, digital nomad working from various asian countires living with families (workaway style) and living in hostels (cheaper than Boston) for extended periods of time. Truly life changing, mind altering, broadened my horizons, yada yada. First person in my family to leave the country as well