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April 24, 2025 7:07pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2026
Pre-MBA Career: LDP into Program Manager (global role)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Pharmaceutical, Entrepreneurship Companies: Amgen , Astra Zeneca , Merck , Roche
GMAT: 685
GPA: 3.2
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Bay Area
Post MBA Location: Bay Area or San Diego
Notes:

Haas is part-time. Rest are FT. Curious as what the best option is for both ROI and long-term value.

-Currently make $200k+ TC.
-BS in STEM (3.20) low rank state school
-MS in Management (3.9+) low rank private school
-Good ECs/Volunteering/Hobbies -- Founded an org that is still ongoing. On the private school's alumni relations board.
-Good story for personal statements and interviews. First-gen everything, low income.

Goals (in order of best to worst case):
1) co-founding a startup and running with it (e.g. vc funding, fellowships, etc.)
2) Chief of Staff at a start up --> Head of Dept or C-level
3) Back into another LDP in the area of interest