My profile is as follows:
Nationality: US
Current Age / Gender: 27/ Male
Undergraduate: Large State School, BS Business Admin
GPA: 3.0 (I plan on submitting additional info explaining that I worked almost full-time through college and that I recognize that I did not give my undergrad a worthy effort, but that I have grown into a completely different person since then.)
GMAT - 710 (this was achieved without preparation - I will take the GRE as well for purposes of joint-degree applications and plan to score very high. Should I re-take the gmat?)
Work Exp - Hired out of college at a mid-size financial services firm and promoted immediately to Director of Marketing. Left after 2 years to pursue dream of Peace Corps. Served 2 years as Peace Corps working with the strengthening of business administration practices in community tourism projects, was named the regional business director, elected member of the volunteer advisor council, editor-in-chief of the volunteer news publication, will receive outstanding recommendations.
Extra-curriculars: have recently founded my own non-profit with the format of a web 2.0 start-up - taught myself how to develop a website for this cause. Generally active otherwise in extra-curriculars.
Reason for MBA - I am extremely inspired by the idea of the double and triple bottom line in business. I dream of a career that merges social responsibility through entrepreneurship and innovation with business for the benefit of all. I would like to manage start-ups in emerging markets.
Other - fluent in Spanish, currently studying Chinese. Marathon runner.
Do I have a realistic shot at Stanford or HBS? My current list of schools at which I'm applying is as follows: Stanford, Harvard, Yale (Peace Corps fellowship duel degree), Columbia and Duke (Peace Corps Fellowship)
Any constructive feedback will be sincerely appreciated.
Thank You.
Nationality: US
Current Age / Gender: 27/ Male
Undergraduate: Large State School, BS Business Admin
GPA: 3.0 (I plan on submitting additional info explaining that I worked almost full-time through college and that I recognize that I did not give my undergrad a worthy effort, but that I have grown into a completely different person since then.)
GMAT - 710 (this was achieved without preparation - I will take the GRE as well for purposes of joint-degree applications and plan to score very high. Should I re-take the gmat?)
Work Exp - Hired out of college at a mid-size financial services firm and promoted immediately to Director of Marketing. Left after 2 years to pursue dream of Peace Corps. Served 2 years as Peace Corps working with the strengthening of business administration practices in community tourism projects, was named the regional business director, elected member of the volunteer advisor council, editor-in-chief of the volunteer news publication, will receive outstanding recommendations.
Extra-curriculars: have recently founded my own non-profit with the format of a web 2.0 start-up - taught myself how to develop a website for this cause. Generally active otherwise in extra-curriculars.
Reason for MBA - I am extremely inspired by the idea of the double and triple bottom line in business. I dream of a career that merges social responsibility through entrepreneurship and innovation with business for the benefit of all. I would like to manage start-ups in emerging markets.
Other - fluent in Spanish, currently studying Chinese. Marathon runner.
Do I have a realistic shot at Stanford or HBS? My current list of schools at which I'm applying is as follows: Stanford, Harvard, Yale (Peace Corps fellowship duel degree), Columbia and Duke (Peace Corps Fellowship)
Any constructive feedback will be sincerely appreciated.
Thank You.
