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February 13, 2023 7:21pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military Officer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft

GMAT: 740

GPA: 3.66

Years of Work Experience: 5

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I am an officer in the Navy working as a Nuclear Power School Instructor teaching the fundamentals of nuclear theory to future reactor operators. Background in Chemical Engineering from mediocre a public school. First generation, black college grad with extracurriculars from college that include student government & Vice President of Chem E Club. Currently volunteering at the local Big Brother Big Sister chapter. Growth in workplace includes being responsible for a division of 21 instructors and in charge of several collateral duties. Interested in Consulting (Projects focused on Energy/Education would align well with current skillset) for the exposure to different industries and professional development. I intend on applying through MLT for the networking opportunites + early recruiting.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 What are your long term goals, post consulting? Make sure to reach out to the veterans’ clubs of the programs you’re applying. There’s so much to like here. You should be targeting the best programs. Are you applying next season? Super numbers, difficult major. Sounds like strong military experience, etc. (0)

traet Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the response, Alex- big fan of the podcast! Currently, the plan is to leverage the client relations I'd build during my time in a consulting and go into a Biz Ops/Strategy role post-consulting. I don't expect WLB to be ideal during consulting and would like to eventually optimize towards a role that is better suited towards being able to spend time with family. Alternatively, I've been keeping my eye out for Pre-MBA internships and skill-bridges in the finance space that target veterans, and I am entertaining the idea of PE/VE. Do you think if I'm able to land H/S/W, I could have a shot at breaking into PE/VE or is the lack of finance background too much of an obstacle? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 Lack of finance background would make it tougher. So focusing on that (even IB post MBA) may help. Your original path is much more “traditional” for someone coming from the services. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/02/mba-wire-taps-279/ (0)