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November 2, 2020 4:21pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Sales Strategy

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

GPA: 3.57

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: West Coast, USA

Notes:

Female working in sales strategy for a tech company; I was previously in a rotational leadership development program where I worked on some impactful company-wide initiatives. Long term I would love to do corporate strategy (inspired by exposure during my rotational program), and am targeting consulting in the short term to build that experience. I am targeting a 720 on the GMAT which I am taking in a few weeks. I attended an Ivy where I studied a social science. I mentor at work but don’t have any volunteering outside of that; some hobbies include cheese- and candle-making. I did not do much quant in undergrad (econ and a stats class). I would really love to start my MBA in 2021, but I am worried about my weak quant background and ECs. I wonder if that plus my three years of work experience mean that I should wait to apply until 2022 to get into a top program. Any advice/insight would be greatly appreciated. PS - love the podcast!

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Apply this season, if you’re not successful at top programs, reapply next season. Reapplicants can certainly fair well in the process. Given your quant concern, it makes sense to consider enrolling in MBA Math, or HBS CORe etc? What are your long term goals? (0)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1245 Thanks for your post - and for the kind words about the podcast! I agree with Alex - it absolutely makes to apply this year. First off, worse case is that you reapply next season (and reapplicants are not at all frowned upon in MBA admissions). Second, you will likely make the cut at some of the schools on your list, especially if you can hit the mark with your GMAT. I think you have a very clear set of short- and long-term goals, and that your work experience to date will be sufficient. I also think that between mentoring at work and your less-common hobbies (cheese making!) you should easily be able to showcase a broad array of interests and involvement. If you can find a way to take MBA Math or enroll in HBX Core, that would help bolster your more qualitative undergraduate background. Best of luck!
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anon28566 Likes Earned: 10 Thanks Alex and Grant -- I appreciate it! I was worried it might look last-minute if I hadn't already completed MBA Math/HBX Core by the time of application, but I should enroll if that's a concern of mine. Thanks again! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 It won’t look last minute, more like forward looking prep. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/11/episode-130-wire-taps/ (0)

anon28566 Likes Earned: 10 Thank you for the feature! I think you would be happy to hear that my parents listened to the episode and thought you were both very funny. I have taken the GMAT twice since posting and was only able to score a 700 (48 quant, 38 verbal). I am currently planning to apply to : HBS, Kellogg, Booth, and Fuqua, and when I posted I was considering re-applying next year, but now I'd really like to matriculate this coming fall. With my test score, should I consider adding another school to my list, and if so, do you have any recommendations for which would be good programs to consider? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 700/48q is not too bad, still think it’s smart to enroll in MBA Math or similar, and make a note that you are doing that in the optional essays. Tuck seems to have disappeared from your list, Darden might also be a strong consideration for consulting. Love that your parents enjoy our “cadence”! (0)