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February 21, 2022 9:25am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, U. Chicago Booth, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2022

Pre-MBA Career: 5 years of WE - 2 years at Big 4 audit; 3 years in corporate finance in top media company - think Disney/Fox, Warner Bros, etc. 2 promotions

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , LinkedIn , Microsoft , Twitter

GMAT: 730

GPA: 3.32

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Los Angeles

Notes:

Demographics: 29 - Male - Straight - US Citizen - White.

Education: BS in Accounting + BS in Psychology from top 100 US public school. CPA.

Work Experience: 5 years of WE - 2 years at Big 4 audit; 3 years in corporate finance in top media company - think Disney/Fox, Warner Bros, etc. 2 total promotions.

EC: Treasurer of executive board of non profit with +$500k annual fundraising.

Goals: Pivot into strategy with a long term goal of becoming CFO of a small organization. Want to become president of executive board of my EC non-profit.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Do you have any geographic preference, post MBA? Sounds like very decent WE, and ECs. Important to show your impact in both. When are you planning to apply? (0)

yotamhorowitz Likes Earned: 1 OP here - Looking to stay on the west coast and looking to apply in R1 23. Is my GPA and GMAT combo too low for Haas, Johnson, Fuqua, Sloan, Booth, and Darden? Should I just be targeting schools in the 25-15 range? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Your GMAT is great. Your GPA will be a little lower than average. Any context, re GPA? I think your targets are realistic, if you can show impact at work, as well as progression, and impact via ECs. (0)

anon78174 Likes Earned: 1 OP here again - Regarding the GPA, I didn't do as well in the beginning of my undergrad career, but it wasn't anything crazy bad. I just didn't prioritize getting the highest grades as I didn't know my GPA would eventually matter. Your comment regarding my targets being realistic, does that apply to all 10 schools uniformly? Because I had thought that my chances at Sloan, Haas, Johnson, Booth, and Darden would be much lower due to my lower GPA and my GMAT not being high enough to offset my low GPA. I figured that I would have a good shot at Foster, Anderson, McCombs, and Marshall, but that the others would be more of a long shot. Is this the case? Thanks! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Yes, there is a range there, for sure. But that should help yield some success. Assume you’ll also be able to show an upward trend for your GPA, which will help. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/02/wire-taps-218/ (0)