Hope you're doing well. I know you probably get a ton of request, but I just wanted to know what you thought of my profile. I am a twenty-five year old African-American male who has a two years of engineering experience at a Fortune 60 company (Cisco). I plan to matriculate two Falls from now, so I will have three years under my belt. I am currently 25 years old. My undergraduate degree was in Economics, but I assumed a role as an Engineer straight out of college. Hear are my measurables and background...
EDUCATION
- Economics degree
- 3.2 undergraduate GPA from a party school in the south
- 3.5 GPA at the Harvard Summer School (two classes)
- Took the GMAT and got below a 700, so I am retaking it
EXTRACURRICULARS
- President of my undergraduate fraternity
- President of the College Democrats at my University
- Student Body Vice President (for two years)
- Staff Writer for student magazine
- Staff Writer for student newspaper
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Started my own online travel agency, which books Kilimanjaro climbs for customers. We've had six figures worth of revenues in the past two years.
- Started my own real estate investment firm 6 months ago. I currently have two homes and I'm working on my third with $3000 in revenue each month
- Engineer at Cisco for the past two years. Will have three years of experience by the time I start school
- Worked as a Genius at Apple for a year during school
- Interned at Bank of America summer of my junior year
- Interned at Northwestern Mutual during the Fall of my junior year
VOLUNTEER WORK
- Community Organizer for a Governor's election campaign during my junior summer
- Volunteered doing intake and transport in the ER of a hospital during college
- Volunteered during school in a program for at-risk youths (high schoolers) where we taught them business skills, so that they could learn how to make an earnest living and hopefully start their own venture. I mentored the team that won the business plan competition.
- Volunteered at a homeless shelter once I graduated. I taught typing, MS Office suite, and how to create E-mail accounts, so that homeless people could learn how to successfully apply for jobs online and learn basic computer skills.
- Coached basketball at an inner city middle school after work. The lowest ranked school by parents on Greatschools.org in the county.
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro
- 1st place in undergraduate business plan competition
- Finalist in undergraduate university's Consulting Competition (Top 5)
- Honorable mention in undergraduate research competition (Top 4)
- Won the recruitment award for my fraternity. Increased membership by 110%
- Won freshman Engineer of the Quarter for North and South America (with no previous formal engineering education) at my current job
I'm looking to apply to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, UC Berkeley, MIT, Duke and Yale. I would like to continue with my current streak of successful entrepreneurial endeavors and start a company that creates enterprise management software. What do you believe my chances are at the aforementioned schools and where are my strengths/weaknesses?
EDUCATION
- Economics degree
- 3.2 undergraduate GPA from a party school in the south
- 3.5 GPA at the Harvard Summer School (two classes)
- Took the GMAT and got below a 700, so I am retaking it
EXTRACURRICULARS
- President of my undergraduate fraternity
- President of the College Democrats at my University
- Student Body Vice President (for two years)
- Staff Writer for student magazine
- Staff Writer for student newspaper
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Started my own online travel agency, which books Kilimanjaro climbs for customers. We've had six figures worth of revenues in the past two years.
- Started my own real estate investment firm 6 months ago. I currently have two homes and I'm working on my third with $3000 in revenue each month
- Engineer at Cisco for the past two years. Will have three years of experience by the time I start school
- Worked as a Genius at Apple for a year during school
- Interned at Bank of America summer of my junior year
- Interned at Northwestern Mutual during the Fall of my junior year
VOLUNTEER WORK
- Community Organizer for a Governor's election campaign during my junior summer
- Volunteered doing intake and transport in the ER of a hospital during college
- Volunteered during school in a program for at-risk youths (high schoolers) where we taught them business skills, so that they could learn how to make an earnest living and hopefully start their own venture. I mentored the team that won the business plan competition.
- Volunteered at a homeless shelter once I graduated. I taught typing, MS Office suite, and how to create E-mail accounts, so that homeless people could learn how to successfully apply for jobs online and learn basic computer skills.
- Coached basketball at an inner city middle school after work. The lowest ranked school by parents on Greatschools.org in the county.
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro
- 1st place in undergraduate business plan competition
- Finalist in undergraduate university's Consulting Competition (Top 5)
- Honorable mention in undergraduate research competition (Top 4)
- Won the recruitment award for my fraternity. Increased membership by 110%
- Won freshman Engineer of the Quarter for North and South America (with no previous formal engineering education) at my current job
I'm looking to apply to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, UC Berkeley, MIT, Duke and Yale. I would like to continue with my current streak of successful entrepreneurial endeavors and start a company that creates enterprise management software. What do you believe my chances are at the aforementioned schools and where are my strengths/weaknesses?
