- Undergrad Institution - UT Austin
- Undergrad Major: Biology w/ Journalism Minor, GPA: 3.44
- Master's in Civil Engineering, UT Austin (top 5 national program); published research thesis in national journal
- Current role: Civil Engineering Consultant (Civil Analyst), promoted once, many bonuses, serve on DE&I Committee
- Target Schools: Tuck (R2), Anderson (R1, interview invite), Haas (R2), Ross (R2), Fuqua (R1, interview completed), Johnson (R2)
- Accepted to every school's version of a diversity conference and was able to attend Tuck's in person, where I was able to meet many students and admissions officers in person.
- I applied to my Round 1 schools with a 700 and scored a 720 last week.
- Registered for HBS Core in January to offset poor GPA
- I have done my best in my applications and essays to justify the change to a unique, niche industry from an unrelated industry and function but wanted to use sports to differentiate myself from the pool, as I am an Indian male born and raised in the US.

ECs:
- meditation is a very large part of my life - been to multiple silent 10-day meditation retreats and volunteered at a couple around the country
.- Climate Justice Officer (youngest on executive committee) for Houston Sierra Club
- Food Bank organization volunteer consultant: created Wiki page and Linkedin page for org, volunteer at Food Bank
- TA and grad research assistant in grad school
- Habitat for Humanity Officer in college
- Homeless clinic volunteer in college
- won both March Madness brackets at work
- won fantasy football league 3 times
- Lowered golf handicap by 15 strokes over the past year
- Both of my parents were born and raised in Zambia, so I have some unique family ties there.
- Recently diagnosed with diabetes and have been dealing with that through GMAT studying and applications and is the main reason I wasn't able to apply to more programs in Round 1.

In summary, I am looking for any tips that I could use in my Round 2 applications and whether I have a chance at Tuck and Haas. I know that my post-MBA plans are unique also, so any advice on how to tailor my applications would be great, too! Thank you both for all you do for prospective MBA students! I, like many others, have been binging over the past 6 months and recently rated and reviewed!