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August 23, 2023 12:59pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Analytics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Apple , Microsoft , Uber , Other

GPA: 5/7

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: Chile

Post MBA Location: West Coast

Notes:

I'm 33 years old. Currently preparing the GMAT for round 2. Worked in Amazon for the past 2.5 years, but was laid off during tech layoffs and started preparing my application.
Want to keep working in analytics and stay in the tech sector, but open to other industries.
I think my age and GPA could play against my odds.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 Regarding your GPA, do you know your class rank? Since your layoff, what else have you been doing, other than preparing for the MBA admissions process? Showing impact and growth at work is important. Are you also involved in activities outside of work? At 33, and only 6 years of experience, seems a little off? Am I missing something? (1)

setur Likes Earned: 12 Thanks for the comments. I don't know my class rank, probably average student. I will highlight more responsabilities at work during my career as progression, taking ownership of larger projects. I have been preparing full time for the process as GMAT prep is taking most of my time. Activities outside of work is a weakness as well. Regarding experience, in Chile engineering school is usually 6 years. I graduated with 25 yo. Started working a few months after. I also have a about a year working within the family business, but I dont add it to experience as it was outside my professional path. So it's over 7 years of experience. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 Ahhh, good. The timeline makes sense. How long ago were you laid off from work? Might be worth seeking out volunteer opportunities in an area about which you’re passionate? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1696 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/09/mba-wire-taps-307/ (0)