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Profile Evaluation for R2?

by dctech » Sat Sep 19, 2015 12:33 pm
-27 year old Asian female
-700 GMAT (47 math, 39 verbal, 6.0 AWA)

Education:
-Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010 with a Bachelors in Computer Science, Bachelors in Chinese Studies, and a minor in business administration
-Undergraduate GPA: 3.39/4.00
-Extracurricular activities in college include: Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority (was Risk Manager for one year), and many musical organizations (Kiltie Band, Flute Choir, University Orchestra)

Work Experience:
-Worked at Google from 2014-present (~1.5 years) as an analyst fighting ad fraud. I do data analysis but I focus especially on education and outreach. I create a lot of external resources for our stakeholders. I also have traveled to different regions and deliver live training.
-Past work experiences include working at Starbucks HQ as a business analyst (2012-2014), and at UBS as a technology analyst (2010-2012)
-Summer internships were at major investment banks as a technology analyst

Fun Extracurriculars:
-Yelp Elite for 5 years (very active in the reviewing community)
-Volunteered as fun committee and organized all the offsites and team merchandise for my team at Google

Why I want an MBA:
I originally wanted to do a business major, but couldn't fit it in with my other two majors. I liked my business courses a lot (especially my international business class) and have always wanted to learn more in a top-notch academic environment. I always thought that business acumen was a great foil to my extremely technical background. Getting an MBA will help me improve my leadership skills and business acumen so I can figure out how to drive my organization or company to greater successes. I'm always striving for improvement in products that I work on, and I want to be able to lead such an organization on a much larger scale. I'm interested in becoming a product manager, and eventually leading a team of product managers.

Schools I'm interested in:
Duke, MIT, Yale, NYU, maybe Northwestern?
Stanford sounds interesting but I'm not sure how my profile would rank

If anyone has any advice on how my profile is, and what schools would be a good fit, please let me know!
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by Alexbr@ClearAdmit » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:08 pm
you have a pretty attractive profile for top 10 programs for sure. I would tighten your goals, make sure your story flows nicely to Y MBA and your goals. If you had more volunteer leadership outside of work, I would say you would be competitive for the very best, you still might be. cheers, alex
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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:30 am
Hey there,
Well so far so good!
I mean you are a female. A computer genius. You work at Google! All off to a good start.

With 1.5 years, I think you might want to wait to prepare a R1 application next year, and my personal advice would be that if you think you can get even 20-30 points higher on the GMAT it would be worth it for you to retake and really strengthen your Top 10 applications. I mean if you apply with a 730-740, it's a whole another game, and you just make it that much easier for you for the schools to want to accept you.

Not that you can't do well with a 700.... but still....

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:03 am
We agree here with our friends at Admissionado. One thing we'd add is bolster those involvement activities. While Yelp Elite is interesting, it isn't truly impactful. So find ways to boost that side of your profile too!
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by dctech » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:32 pm
Thank you all for the replies. Sorry if my original post wasn't clear - I've been working since 2010 so I have about 5 years of work experience now and not just the 1.5 years at Google. I worked at UBS from as a technology analyst in 2010-2012, then Starbucks as a business analyst from 2012-2014. Not sure if this edit changes anything or not but wanted to point that out :)

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by Alexbr@ClearAdmit » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:38 pm
my post still stands, you are competitive for the schools you are targeting. The key will be to target a couple of reach schools, just so you know you stretched yourself in the process. cheers, alex
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