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Male, 25 years old, Hispanic

Work Experience - Management Assisstant at Enterprise Rent A Car - 3 years experience (4 by matriculation)

Responsiblities include - Managing and training trainees, Inventory Management, Loss Control, Managing Accounts Recievables from customers and business accounts, Marketing for new business, Maintaining great customer service, and Sales.

Accolades - I've worked at 4 different offices. All 4 increased in customer service scores, net income and amount of business (Fleet size). Top 10% in sales. Trained 8 employees on to promotion. My current office has increased in business by 38% in a matter of one year.

GMAT - 670 Q45 V37 W5 - (retaking this month)

Undergraduate - University of Florida - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Management Major - 3.16 GPA total with a 3.8 GPA in the final two years.

Extracurricular Activities - Founded the Sigma Nu Fraternity Chapter at UF, had two jobs during undergrad, Intramurals Chairman, also held board positions on the Finance, Bylaw, Philanthropy, and Social Committees, Competative Rock Climbing

Post Grad extracurricular - Started my own running group, also ran in many charity runs including those for Breast Cancer, Leukemia, and the Corporate IOA 5k.

This past year I interviewed (invited not open) at Duke, Virginia, and Emory. I did not get into any. I plan to reapply to all three. I am still deciding on others to add.

My goal is to change careers into Management Consulting and possibly in the long term start my own business, a health and fitness center.

I fear my age and the fact that Enterprise isn't the most prestigious job are weaknesses.

Thank You

Hello aceofdymunds, thanks for your question.

For reapplications, the crux of the matter is what has changed since you applied last year? Have you received a promotion? Have you taken on additional leadership responsibilities? Have you grown as a leader in your organization? If you weren't admitted last year, the onus is on you to prove that you are a stronger candidate this year.

Did you receive any feedback from Emory, Fuqua, or Darden about why you were not admitted?

I am happy to comment more with further information.

Best of luck,
Brian

Just recently received good news and bad news. I just received a promotion at work to manage a large branch,
However, I did not score higher on my 2nd GMAT attempt, my q score improved slightly, but my verbal dropped slightly as well. With my current profile, plus my promotion, would it be worth my time and investment to reapply to duke, Virginia, and Emory, or should I put more of my energy into applying to schools where I will be more competitive?

I applied to reaches my first time around and got interviews, but I would hate to go through another year of dings, so I do plan to apply to some safety schools this year on top of my reapplying attempts. I am ready to get my MBA and take my career to the next level. Based on my profile, are there some schools you would recommend I look into?

Unfortunately, I did not receive feedback from schools