Hello,
I am a black male with 1 year and 7 months of experience as an aerospace engineer thus far. I have a really poor undergraduate performance (~2.2 gpa) b/c I was lazy and was more interested in socializing/partying amongst other complicated situations I would not like to discuss. I majored in Aerospace Engineering at an elite undergrad (Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Cornell). I took the GMAT fall of 2011 and got a balanced 730 (Q49 V40) 6 AWA. I currently work for a top 3 defense contractor (Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop). I have leadership positions in two extra-curricular activities post-college, one is sports and one is volunteering.
I have recently started working on my father's political campaign for the upcoming presidential elections in a third world country. I will be leading a team dedicated to youth campaigning/recruiting/involvement in order to obtain their votes.
I will be getting promoted to level II Engineer this June. I also have a small leadership role in my group (lead peers hired the same year as me).
2) Will it matter if I apply this upcoming fall 2013 (3 years experience upon matriculation) vs 2014 (4 years experience)? Assume there are no significant leadership gains in the extra year.
3) Will an external transcript with finance courses help much? If so how many courses will suffice?
4) Anything else I can do between now and next fall to improve my profile?
Post MBA I'd like to start my own foreign tech-startup or work for an investment firm focused on third world start-ups. (Still doing some soul-searching...)
Which schools should I realistically target?
Thank you
I am a black male with 1 year and 7 months of experience as an aerospace engineer thus far. I have a really poor undergraduate performance (~2.2 gpa) b/c I was lazy and was more interested in socializing/partying amongst other complicated situations I would not like to discuss. I majored in Aerospace Engineering at an elite undergrad (Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Cornell). I took the GMAT fall of 2011 and got a balanced 730 (Q49 V40) 6 AWA. I currently work for a top 3 defense contractor (Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop). I have leadership positions in two extra-curricular activities post-college, one is sports and one is volunteering.
I have recently started working on my father's political campaign for the upcoming presidential elections in a third world country. I will be leading a team dedicated to youth campaigning/recruiting/involvement in order to obtain their votes.
I will be getting promoted to level II Engineer this June. I also have a small leadership role in my group (lead peers hired the same year as me).
2) Will it matter if I apply this upcoming fall 2013 (3 years experience upon matriculation) vs 2014 (4 years experience)? Assume there are no significant leadership gains in the extra year.
3) Will an external transcript with finance courses help much? If so how many courses will suffice?
4) Anything else I can do between now and next fall to improve my profile?
Post MBA I'd like to start my own foreign tech-startup or work for an investment firm focused on third world start-ups. (Still doing some soul-searching...)
Which schools should I realistically target?
Thank you
