Hi all,
I was hoping to get some insight on my chances for M7 schools. Let me know if there is any other information to include that would be helpful!
Round: Applying round 1 in fall 2018, for matriculation in fall 2019
Age at time of application: 28
Demographic: Caucasian, transgender (born female, living as male)
Undergraduate Program: 3.2 GPA at a Penn-state equivalent large state school, chemical engineering degree with biotechnology focus. No extracurriculars, but worked 2-3 part time jobs throughout school to support myself
Graduate program: 3.5 GPA for research-based M.S. from the same school and same engineering program, with one first author publication, one citation in another paper, and one poster presentation (took almost 3 years to complete the master's though). no extracurriculars.
Work experience: 1.5 years as a process engineer with a cutting edge diagnostics company (did many cost savings, cycle time improvement, and organization projects with significant results). 1.5 years as an engineer at a small but also very cutting edge pharmaceutical company that focuses on curing ultra-rare genetic diseases in children. My work here is developing data to support high-level strategy decision-making--my work often goes to VPs and the exec board.
GMAT: 780
Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt
Community Service: At time of application, will have spent 1 year volunteering for a transgender-specific suicide hotline (10+ hours a week of volunteering), and 1 year volunteering for a transgender legal support center (doing phone intake for people experiencing discrimination and seeking legal advice; 10+ hours a week here as well). Total over 1000 hours of volunteer experience in the year leading up to my application.
MBA Goal: I want to dive more extensively into biotech/medical device strategy development, with a focus on life-saving technologies and spinning them up as quickly as possible.
Essays: Should be very strong
Recommendations: Should be decent
Thank you for any insight you could provide! I'm primarily interested in Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and Wharton.
I was hoping to get some insight on my chances for M7 schools. Let me know if there is any other information to include that would be helpful!
Round: Applying round 1 in fall 2018, for matriculation in fall 2019
Age at time of application: 28
Demographic: Caucasian, transgender (born female, living as male)
Undergraduate Program: 3.2 GPA at a Penn-state equivalent large state school, chemical engineering degree with biotechnology focus. No extracurriculars, but worked 2-3 part time jobs throughout school to support myself
Graduate program: 3.5 GPA for research-based M.S. from the same school and same engineering program, with one first author publication, one citation in another paper, and one poster presentation (took almost 3 years to complete the master's though). no extracurriculars.
Work experience: 1.5 years as a process engineer with a cutting edge diagnostics company (did many cost savings, cycle time improvement, and organization projects with significant results). 1.5 years as an engineer at a small but also very cutting edge pharmaceutical company that focuses on curing ultra-rare genetic diseases in children. My work here is developing data to support high-level strategy decision-making--my work often goes to VPs and the exec board.
GMAT: 780
Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt
Community Service: At time of application, will have spent 1 year volunteering for a transgender-specific suicide hotline (10+ hours a week of volunteering), and 1 year volunteering for a transgender legal support center (doing phone intake for people experiencing discrimination and seeking legal advice; 10+ hours a week here as well). Total over 1000 hours of volunteer experience in the year leading up to my application.
MBA Goal: I want to dive more extensively into biotech/medical device strategy development, with a focus on life-saving technologies and spinning them up as quickly as possible.
Essays: Should be very strong
Recommendations: Should be decent
Thank you for any insight you could provide! I'm primarily interested in Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and Wharton.
