Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 10-05-2020

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October 5, 2020 6:25am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Health Club Management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey

GMAT: 770

GPA: 2.45

Years of Work Experience: 6

Location: MD, USA

Notes:

2.45 GPA in a Big10 school. Optional essays explain my focus shifting to work/athletics during undergrad while dealing with long bout of depression and family circumstances (hopefully the stigma here isn't too strong to disqualify me on the spot).

Not typical background, but looking to transition into more skilled career of management consulting.

I've been working as a General Manager/Assistant General Manager for health club chains. Several promotions, success in sales, development of other managers and success in turning teams around. Long term goal of re-entering fitness industry by launching omnichannel offerings including V/R when technology is more widely available.

Played hockey and ran cross-country at start of undergrad. Held a store manager position in a retail chain during sophomore year and worked 40-60 hours throughout undergrad. Served as VP of campus chapter and placed 1st nationally in FBLA-Phi Beta Lambda competitions (marketing and retail management).

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 You’ll need to narrow that target list. Your story sounds like a good case of turning things around. I’d target a few top 16, top 21 type programs. With good app execution, I’d think someone would take the chance, especially with that GMAT, and very strong recent work performance, and solid goals. What was your undergrad degree? Might also be worth consider MBAMath, HBS CORe etc? (0)

swh5367 Likes Earned: 5 Hi Alex, thanks for your reply - I love the podcast and wires but haven’t seen the same spread from anyone featured so I appreciate the insight. Undergrad was marketing. Do you think that MBAmath would be beneficial in overcoming the GPA? I could definitely allocate some time there. Also, from your experience, do you think any of the schools listed here in that range - Tepper, Johnson, Goizueta, Georgetown, USC, may be more likely to weigh the GMAT heavier, or other programs that typically might? Thanks again!! (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Yes, MBA Math might well help in this case. My experience suggests the lower you reach in the rankings, the more value in a stellar GMAT... (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/10/episode-126-wire-taps/ (0)