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victorypants
- Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
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- Joined: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:08 pm
- GMAT Score:710
Hi. I was hoping to get some feedback on my profile and some potential schools I have on my radar.
My Profile:
White American Male. 29 years old at matriculation. Attended small regional state school. Had a weak 2.7 overall gpa which was the result of immaturity and a lack of clear career goals. I also worked 25-30 hours a week in college and commuted 40 minutes one way to go to school. But I did have a 3.2 for my last 60 credit hours and my gpa within my major (sport management/business administration) was higher as well. I know how detrimental my gpa could be to my chances at top 20 schools, so I recently signed up for a business statistics course at the local community college to help show that I can handle the academic rigor. I am taking the gmat tomorrow, and while I know that practice scores cannot be taken as completely predictive of your real score, I have been hitting 710 or 720 in my last 5 tests. The breakdowns have been roughly equal in terms of Q and V, mid to high 40s.
As for work experience, I have worked in my family's small business (manufacturing, have had over a million dollars in sales in a year, <20 employees) most of my life. I worked there during college and have been there ever since, except for a 6 month period during which I moved 1000 miles away to Colorado to become a snowboarding instructor.
Extracurriculars are kind of thin. I like to run for exercise and plan to enter a few 5ks this summer. Also, I'm an avid reader. Literary fiction and non-fiction. Was considering trying to learn Spanish from computer software program over the summer as well. Also, as I mentioned before, I love to snowboard, even though I grew up a 1000 miles from any mountains.
Career goals: Short term: strategy/management consulting. Long term: Take a strategic planning position with a leading American based company. These are the very condensed version of my goals. I can delve much deeper into them during the application process. Also, I would like to live in Chicago, Boston, New York, or DC preferably.
Schools I'm considering: Northwestern, Chicago, Tuck, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Vandy, and Wash U.
I am hoping for any feedback on my chances at these programs and possibly point out some other schools that might fit my profile and goals that I might have overlooked. Any other advice is welcome. Thanks in advance for your time.
My Profile:
White American Male. 29 years old at matriculation. Attended small regional state school. Had a weak 2.7 overall gpa which was the result of immaturity and a lack of clear career goals. I also worked 25-30 hours a week in college and commuted 40 minutes one way to go to school. But I did have a 3.2 for my last 60 credit hours and my gpa within my major (sport management/business administration) was higher as well. I know how detrimental my gpa could be to my chances at top 20 schools, so I recently signed up for a business statistics course at the local community college to help show that I can handle the academic rigor. I am taking the gmat tomorrow, and while I know that practice scores cannot be taken as completely predictive of your real score, I have been hitting 710 or 720 in my last 5 tests. The breakdowns have been roughly equal in terms of Q and V, mid to high 40s.
As for work experience, I have worked in my family's small business (manufacturing, have had over a million dollars in sales in a year, <20 employees) most of my life. I worked there during college and have been there ever since, except for a 6 month period during which I moved 1000 miles away to Colorado to become a snowboarding instructor.
Extracurriculars are kind of thin. I like to run for exercise and plan to enter a few 5ks this summer. Also, I'm an avid reader. Literary fiction and non-fiction. Was considering trying to learn Spanish from computer software program over the summer as well. Also, as I mentioned before, I love to snowboard, even though I grew up a 1000 miles from any mountains.
Career goals: Short term: strategy/management consulting. Long term: Take a strategic planning position with a leading American based company. These are the very condensed version of my goals. I can delve much deeper into them during the application process. Also, I would like to live in Chicago, Boston, New York, or DC preferably.
Schools I'm considering: Northwestern, Chicago, Tuck, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Vandy, and Wash U.
I am hoping for any feedback on my chances at these programs and possibly point out some other schools that might fit my profile and goals that I might have overlooked. Any other advice is welcome. Thanks in advance for your time.
