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August 31, 2020 8:16pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Project/Operations Engineer at Supermajor (Chevron/Exxon)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GMAT: 740

GPA: 3.81

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Houston, TX

Post MBA Location: No desire - Would enjoy opportunities in Bay Area or Northeast

Notes:

HUGE fan (Started listening to Wire Taps in January this year).

Pursuing my MBA to pivot from Oil & Gas Engineering to Management Consulting (McKinsey/BCG) post-MBA. My experience at supermajor has been designing and optimizing energy generation for refining and chemical plants. Identifying innovative ways to provide energy is what I'd like to pursue ultimately long-term. Specifically, driving the sustainable scale-up and deployment of clean energy technologies.

To get there, I want to hone my advisory expertise and understand the challenges faced at an organizational level. Would like to be in consulting within the Energy/Utilities sector.

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anon39908 Likes Earned: 2 Following up: 3.5 years of experience at Matriculation ECs: Mentor to 2 first-gen college students (first gen myself). Performed in band throughout America, also in India & Kenya (past 10 years of my life). Volunteering tying storyline - from 2 weeks in rural Japan in 2013 to supporting Greater Houston now. Very involved in my cultural temple (community outreach) (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Looks like a lot to like here. Numbers are great (was undergrad in US, assume chemical engineering?) showing impact at work and outside of work will be important. Goals make good sense. First Gen college student adds colour, nice that you are supporting that community. Performing in band also adds. Are you applying to these programs in round 1? Might be worth adding a couple more, too. (0)

srpate112 Likes Earned: 2 Hi Alex: Yes undergrad & graduated with thesis at a top 20 eng program (honors program of a top 50 university). Majored in Mechanical Engineering. I am applying to these schools round 1 - any suggestions on which programs to also consider? Appreciate it (1)

anon22776 Likes Earned: 155 Consulting at MBB is always good at any top 10 so a big differentiator will be your long term plan. Based on your long term plan, you school selections are good. If you need 1 more, I will suggest Sloan, Fuqua, McCombs or Tepper. Best of luck to you. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Agree, Sloan, McCombs might be good additions. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/09/episode-119-wire-taps/ (0)

pensiveleader Likes Earned: 38 Hi @author, I just listened to the wiretaps episode featuring your profile. Working in O&G myself, I would like to pursue a career in clean energy tech in the future. I would love for the opportunity to connect with you and hear more about your MBA application journey! (1)