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clinicputters
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Hi Stacy or Lisa,
The following is my info:
GPA: 3.65
Major: B.S. in Electrical Engineering
School: University of Colorado
GMAT: Have not taken it yet.
Work Experience: Interned with Boeing for 2 summers. I have been an engineer at Boeing for a year so if I apply this cycle I will have been there for 2 years.
Activities: Besides outdoors stuff, various volunteering efforts around the community, finance chair of a new employees organization at my company, previous church leadership positions in college.
A few notes and questions:
My primary motivation in obtaining an MBA is to switch careers. I have realized while in school and on the job that I do not want to stay in engineering. I am more interested and want to be involved in consulting, finance, entrepreneurship, etc. I know this is a broad range of fields but they all interest me.
I understand I need to score well on the GMATs, but assuming I do, do I have a legitimate chance at some top 20 MBA programs? I am looking at programs such as Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Texas, UCLA, USC, NYU, Columbia. I realize these schools are all within different ranges, but from the info provided am I at least in the hunt? What GMAT would I be looking at? Your typical 700+?
Another primary concern is that I won't have much experience entering business school...just 2 years. Will programs view this as insufficient time? Thoughts? I have realize engineering is not what I want to do so I figured sooner better than later. Do you think this is too early in my career to apply? If I delay is there something I can do to strengthen my application in a year?
Any feedback or recommendations is appreciated!
Thanks!
The following is my info:
GPA: 3.65
Major: B.S. in Electrical Engineering
School: University of Colorado
GMAT: Have not taken it yet.
Work Experience: Interned with Boeing for 2 summers. I have been an engineer at Boeing for a year so if I apply this cycle I will have been there for 2 years.
Activities: Besides outdoors stuff, various volunteering efforts around the community, finance chair of a new employees organization at my company, previous church leadership positions in college.
A few notes and questions:
My primary motivation in obtaining an MBA is to switch careers. I have realized while in school and on the job that I do not want to stay in engineering. I am more interested and want to be involved in consulting, finance, entrepreneurship, etc. I know this is a broad range of fields but they all interest me.
I understand I need to score well on the GMATs, but assuming I do, do I have a legitimate chance at some top 20 MBA programs? I am looking at programs such as Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Texas, UCLA, USC, NYU, Columbia. I realize these schools are all within different ranges, but from the info provided am I at least in the hunt? What GMAT would I be looking at? Your typical 700+?
Another primary concern is that I won't have much experience entering business school...just 2 years. Will programs view this as insufficient time? Thoughts? I have realize engineering is not what I want to do so I figured sooner better than later. Do you think this is too early in my career to apply? If I delay is there something I can do to strengthen my application in a year?
Any feedback or recommendations is appreciated!
Thanks!
