Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 06-06-2024

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June 6, 2024 3:22am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military

Post-MBA Target Industry: MF, Auto, Aerospace, Other

GMAT: 700

GPA: 3.15

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: US

Notes:

Graduated from an average State School with an BS in Mechanical Engineering. Heavily involved in extra curricular activities and community service while in school, but little/no involvement since starting my career.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 The latter, re community involvement, while in the military, is to be expected. Military experience can be viewed very well in MBA admissions. Make sure to reach out to the veterans’ clubs to each of the programs you target, as well as services to schools.

GMAT/GPA combo is not outstanding, but it might be fine for these target programs. Do you think there’s any room for improvement in terms of the GMAT (wondering if you could then up your target list of programs, a little).

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am27 Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the insight! I do personally see Ross, Fuqua, and Darden as “reach” schools. To answer your question, yes I see some room for improvement. I’ll be taking the GMAT one more time this summer. I am looking at taking an additional course (either MBA Math or an accredited course). Overall though after this last attempt my focus is going to move to application preparation and networking. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 This is very good, both retaking the GMAT and doing some additional coursework. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/06/mba-wire-taps-358/ (0)