MIT Sloan - 09-07-2024 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

September 7, 2024 11:57am ET

Applying: MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Tech and Energy Industry

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Companies: Other , Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , First Round Capital , Kleiner Perkins , Sequoia Capital , Other

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 10

Location: Chicago

Post MBA Location: Start-up or Venture Capital

Notes:

Had a PhD degree (GPA 3.65) in power engineering after undergraduate studies. Working experience span from R&D, technology firm and utility (end-users). Became manager 3 years ago. Long-term strategy making and PI of $100+ million DOE grant for a utility. IEEE senior member with 15+ invited panel sessions in the past 4 years.

Short-term goal: Solidify the thoughts, identify potential collaborators and actively search for entrepreneurship opportunities within Stanford study period. Co-fund a new company via Angel Fund or the with DOE SBIR/STTR. May also join Venture Capital to gain broad market insights, before starting my own company.

Long-term goal: Lead an innovation company to provide disruptive solutions for energy industry, and propagate influence through building solid product and providing excellent services.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1642 Any additional activities outside of work? Any hobbies and interests?

Super numbers. Do you have 10 years of experience plus PhD? “Why now” may be an important aspect upon which to focus, as an older candidate.

Showing impact and growth at work, backed up by strong recommendations is really important. Assume this is an area that you can stand out, along with your numbers.

Are you targeting Round 1?

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hzheng8 Likes Earned: 1 Any additional activities outside of work? Any hobbies and interests? [Answer] IEEE activities. Key initiator of 2 taskforces and co-chair of one section of a conference organizing committee. Sports - tennis, badminton. Musical Instruments: Classical Guitar, attended a guitar festival in Greece 2004 and won second place. Super numbers. Do you have 10 years of experience plus PhD? “Why now” may be an important aspect upon which to focus, as an older candidate. [Answer] Good question. I am an immigrant and just received permanent residency in late 2023. Have a family with 2 children. Time for seek something different with family's support. Wish to make a broader impact via product and services to push energy industry moving forward. Showing impact and growth at work, backed up by strong recommendations is really important. Assume this is an area that you can stand out, along with your numbers. Are you targeting Round 1? [Answer] Yes - anything I should be aware of? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1642 Might add Sloan and Wharton to Round 1. Have you considered the different types of MBA options, making a clear distinction regarding why full-time versus exec MBA, for example? (0)

hzheng8 Likes Earned: 1 Yes I had campus visits to HBS, MIT and Stanford. Not sure if Wharton could offer what I am looking for - I know they like people who have more experience but I am more leaning toward Tech. For both MIT and Stanford, I will apply both 2 year and 1 year MBA program (considering my past experience). When I toured Harvard I did not feel the strong tech atmosphere therefore I am not sure if I should apply HBS - it is so different from MIT or GSB. I am not sure if it is good idea, at this stage, to pursue exec MBA - as in the next 5 years I have no interest to climb up the career ladder in a really large matrix company. What I wish to do is more leaning towards start-up, or join the VC/PE could fund those start-ups, push this industry moving faster. (1)

hzheng8 Likes Earned: 1 By the way, if I would go Booth then rather part-time as I live pretty close to it... (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1642 All makes sense. So if you apply to Booth, you’d apply to their part-time program. Consider the following, would you pick Sloan above HBS and Wharton? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1642 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/09/mba-wire-taps-383/ (0)