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Profile evaluation please

by eozen » Sat May 04, 2013 3:52 am
Could you evaluate my profile?

Assessment of what stretch, aligned and safety schools and more school suggestion will be highly appreciated.


Male
29 years old
Turkish

Work experience

I work as international sales representative of a FMCG company based in Turkey. I do both B2B and B2C sales for foreign markets. I am responsible for both developing countries like Iraq, Libya etc. and developed countries like Japan, Korea Hong Kong and Israel.
Thus, I do believe I am quite experienced for doing International Business, intercultural communication and business development.

GMAT

660

Academics

One of the most reputed Turkish University
GPA 2,80 Business Administration
One year abroad (exchange program)

Extracurricular Activities

I was vice president of student club. I have acquired skills in leadership, motivation, communication and teamwork.


My target schools



Stretch:
University of Southern California
Emory University
University of Notre Dame
UNC Kenan Flagler

Aligned:
Rice University
Texas A&M
Georgetown University
Southern Methodist University

Safety
The George Washington University
Babson College
Boston College
University of California, Irvine

Why an MBA

I want to specialize in marketing to continue my career in a marketing related position. I can complement my sales skills with marketing skills via theoritical and practical knowledge which I will get from a good business school and improve my knowledge of finance, economics and organizational stragety to be fully equipped for future executive managerial positions.

Why in USA

I want to live in a culture which I can adopt easily without language barrier.
I want to work in US or abroad after my mba degree. Thus, I would like to receive a prestigious diploma (As you can easily realize employment rate is considerably important for my decision)

My Goals;

Getting brand management related position in a multinational company in US.

Thanks in advance

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by Jon@Admissionado » Sun May 12, 2013 11:44 pm
Hey there,
Sure thing. Let's jump right in:

Pros: 1. International experience - with your work abroad and with other countries this is gonna be stronger than a lot of other candidates. 2. You come from Turkey - It's not a country with an enormous amount of candidates (although a decent amount)

Cons: 1. Low GPA + So-so GMAT might give the impression to the AdCom that you are not necessarily the "Student type" (this can be fixed) 2. Maybe you have more stuff than what you wrote here, or more even than what you think, but your volunteer activities + extra curriculars seems a bit thin. (Do what you can to develop this).

Question Marks: Sales - Sales is not traditionally the strongest MBA industry, mainly because sales and management aren't necessarily the same thing (and there are born salesmen who are making more than MBAs and five years earlier too! so it's not a bad thing). But the schools will be looking for two things: 1. proof of prior success. 2. proof that it makes sense for you to do an MBA for the right reasons (your goals)

Overall I think you did an excellent job on your school selection, which I find to have a good mi x of realistic and ambitious schools, and if you can make a strong application with clear goals and impassioned essays you should have a shot.

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