Profile: LGBT male from China, 29 years old at matriculation.
Education: BS [3.7, China], PhD [3.9, US] in Chemical Engineering.
GMAT: 35V/50Q/8IR/6AW [will retake], TOEFL: 114
WE: 3 years at matriculation, battery and EV, Fortune 500 global diversified chemical and manufacturing company
EC: *President of a student LGBT group during PhD, grew the group, improved the diversity, and increased the impact. Group featured by school news and national magazine.
*Recently became a member on the board of directors at a local non-profit group.
* Volunteer for Junior Achievement
* Crew at company rowing team
* plenty of other undergraduate EC in China, also play piano, and enjoy gardening.
Goals: Short-term: 80% consulting, 15% VC, 5% entrepreneurship. Long term: Corporate Cs and be a public influencer supporting LGBT community globally.
MBA aspiration: I have been pursuing science and research in my life. However, the journey of self-acceptance and coming out during graduate school helped me to find new passion [people and community] besides science. Instead of remaining in academia, I took a corporate job developing battery product for global customers [sent to China for 2 months for work]. Learned a ton about leadership and would like to learn more at biz school. Combing my technical skill and MBA, I want to drive innovation to product that can improve sustainability and change people's life. This will be realized through either consulting, VC, or my own start up.
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