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November 12, 2020 6:48am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, UCLA Anderson

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Accountant

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Entrepreneurship Companies: Deloitte

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.46

Years of Work Experience: 5

Notes:

Started an underwear company on the side (No revenue yet but have the prototype) and would like to go to mba school to help grow that business. Also have a masters in accounting with a 3.2 GPA and a CPA.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Interesting side business, should add some colour to your candidacy, especially if that’s the reason for business school. 3.2 masters GPA sounds a little on the lower end, honestly, but overall numbers appear to be OK (without standing out). Any geographic preference, post MBA? (0)

anon22776 Likes Earned: 155 Please look into Rice USC and Tuck as well for schools that help with programs that help you grow your business. (0)

anon12109 Likes Earned: 10 Thanks for the feedback! No location preference. I’d be grateful if any of them took me! Will look into Tuck! (0)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1245 Did you pursue the masters in accounting part time while working? I am curious to better contextualize the 3.2 GPA (which is lower than your 3.46 ugrad). The underwear business sounds interesting - certainly not something admissions readers hear about every day :) - so that could play really well in terms of adding some color to your profile. Target schools seem solid, although I am curious to know more about your long term plan and how you've settled on target firms, geographies, etc. Best of luck!
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anon12109 Likes Earned: 10 The masters was a one year Full time program and I had no undergrad background in accounting and that is probably why I had a lower gpa than my undergrad. My undergrad was a humanities major. I would like to pursue consulting because it exposes me to c suite level issues and deals with customer service which I believe I will encounter with my business. My cofounder is also pursuing an MBA for marketing to help with the marketing side of things for our business. Our long term goal is to get our business up and running but we need to develop the proper skills before we Can do that. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Ok, that makes sense re your accounting degree. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/11/episode-133-wire-taps/ (0)