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Hi,
I know that HBS 2+2 is still a very new program, so it's hard to evaluate chances but I'd appreciate any feedback you have on my application or any advice you have about the application.
I am a female college junior (rising senior) at a top 25 liberal arts college in the U.S. I am an English major (which I know is fairly atypical for b-schools), religion minor. I've taken some econ classes and will take more during my senior year. I'm a U.S. citizen but I'm of Indian origin (I don't know if that will hurt). I'm interested in marketing, particularly social media.
GPA: 3.59
My GPA is fairly low for this program, I know, but it has a very strong upward trend (my junior year GPA is a 3.92 and I expect senior year to be similarly high). I had a rough adjustment to college and if you discount my first semester freshman year, my GPA is a 3.77. One of my recs will come from a professor.
GMAT: 760 (48Q, 47V)
I just retook the GMAT so I don't know what my AWA score is. I took the GMAT last February and scored a 620 (40Q, 35V) with a 6.0 AWA so I'm not worried about this AWA score. I don't know if I should try and explain why I took the GMAT twice in my essay.
Work Experience:
Internships: I will have held two summer internships by the time I apply (I start my internship for this summer in the next few weeks). One was doing marketing for a prominent social media firm, helping to grow some new features on their site, etc. I did well there, received praise from my boss, and worked there again full time over Christmas break and was offered a summer position this year, which I decline. This summer, I'm interning at a well-established clothing company, working on social commerce -- attempting to monetize social media, help launch a microsite, and generally advancing the company into the internet age by utilizing Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. to try and establish a significant online presence outside of their website. I hope it will be a good experience, where I have some leadership opportunities.
School Year: Last year, I held down five part time jobs while in school, many of them for the school. I worked for a social media esque website for the school, updating with news posts, managing restaurant reviews, promoting events, etc. I also worked for the school's Media Relations Office, and was third runner up for Student Employee of the Year and will be promoted last year. I trained several new hires in the office (I've worked there for 3 years) and will get a rec from my boss in that office. I also work as a peer writing tutor, an RA (and was promoted to a higher RA position for the coming school year), and a tour guide, and next year will apply to be an admissions interviewer. I would definitely consider myself a leader on campus, but a more "quiet" type of leader -- I definitely work my way to the top of organizations but I don't usually set out to lead - it often just happens.
Extracurricular:
My jobs keep me pretty busy, as I'm sure you can imagine. I do try to stay involved in my school community, however. For the better part of last year, I organized a speaker event at my school for an annual lecture series. The idea was entirely self generated and I worked with several campus organizations, secured over $15,000 in funding (since I go to a school with <2000 students, a speaker of this magnitude is unusual), and organized an event attended by nearly 900 people (again, huge for my school, which is in a rural location). I tried to involve the community in the event as well, since we have a strained town-gown relationship, and the event was well attended by community members.
I also do several programs with youth in the local community. It's a fairly depressed economy, so there are a lot of problems that allow college students to visit elementary schools, trying to instill in children from a young age the idea of going to college. For the past two years, I've been going to a local elementary school and working with a program that teaches second graders how to read. I also do a program where I go and eat lunch with a group of five third graders once a week during the school year. Next year, I hope to start to work as a Wish Granter for the Make a Wish Foundation, though since I haven't done it yet, I likely won't include it in my application.
Goals:
I would love to combine some sort of aspect of my English major and love of literature with my interest in social media and Web 2.0. Ideally, I'd love to work with viral marketing and books - sort of helping books adapt to an age where less and less people seem to be reading "traditional" books. That's sort of a far off dream though, but I really enjoy what I do in the social media sphere, and would like to continue in it.
Why 2+2?
My mother attended HBS in the 80s, so I've heard about it since I was a little girl. Last fall, she was in Boston for her 25 year reunion, so I joined her there and had lunch with her study group. It was that moment where I realized I really, truly wanted to go to HBS. It wasn't just the success of the people in the room (though they were successful in a huge array of industry), it was the camraderie that permeated the entire room, even 25 years after they had gone to school together. Beyond what HBS offers while you are there, which is unbelievable alone, I think it also offers a community of people that lasts far longer than the time it takes to get an MBA. HBS is truly my dream school. When I stumbled across the 2+2 program, I realized what they were looking for honestly described me, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a shot and see where it led.
Some questions
(1) Because I'm an English major (which I think some people might view as a soft major, though my 45 page seminar paper this past semester says differently
) and I only scored in the 84th percentile for quant, do you think that will hurt me?
(2) Do I need to address taking the GMAT twice? I plan to address my GPA one of my essays - is this advisable?
(3) What would you suggest to improve/firm up my application? Do I have a shot? I'm confident my essays + recs will be strong.
Much appreciated, and thanks in advance!
I know that HBS 2+2 is still a very new program, so it's hard to evaluate chances but I'd appreciate any feedback you have on my application or any advice you have about the application.
I am a female college junior (rising senior) at a top 25 liberal arts college in the U.S. I am an English major (which I know is fairly atypical for b-schools), religion minor. I've taken some econ classes and will take more during my senior year. I'm a U.S. citizen but I'm of Indian origin (I don't know if that will hurt). I'm interested in marketing, particularly social media.
GPA: 3.59
My GPA is fairly low for this program, I know, but it has a very strong upward trend (my junior year GPA is a 3.92 and I expect senior year to be similarly high). I had a rough adjustment to college and if you discount my first semester freshman year, my GPA is a 3.77. One of my recs will come from a professor.
GMAT: 760 (48Q, 47V)
I just retook the GMAT so I don't know what my AWA score is. I took the GMAT last February and scored a 620 (40Q, 35V) with a 6.0 AWA so I'm not worried about this AWA score. I don't know if I should try and explain why I took the GMAT twice in my essay.
Work Experience:
Internships: I will have held two summer internships by the time I apply (I start my internship for this summer in the next few weeks). One was doing marketing for a prominent social media firm, helping to grow some new features on their site, etc. I did well there, received praise from my boss, and worked there again full time over Christmas break and was offered a summer position this year, which I decline. This summer, I'm interning at a well-established clothing company, working on social commerce -- attempting to monetize social media, help launch a microsite, and generally advancing the company into the internet age by utilizing Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. to try and establish a significant online presence outside of their website. I hope it will be a good experience, where I have some leadership opportunities.
School Year: Last year, I held down five part time jobs while in school, many of them for the school. I worked for a social media esque website for the school, updating with news posts, managing restaurant reviews, promoting events, etc. I also worked for the school's Media Relations Office, and was third runner up for Student Employee of the Year and will be promoted last year. I trained several new hires in the office (I've worked there for 3 years) and will get a rec from my boss in that office. I also work as a peer writing tutor, an RA (and was promoted to a higher RA position for the coming school year), and a tour guide, and next year will apply to be an admissions interviewer. I would definitely consider myself a leader on campus, but a more "quiet" type of leader -- I definitely work my way to the top of organizations but I don't usually set out to lead - it often just happens.
Extracurricular:
My jobs keep me pretty busy, as I'm sure you can imagine. I do try to stay involved in my school community, however. For the better part of last year, I organized a speaker event at my school for an annual lecture series. The idea was entirely self generated and I worked with several campus organizations, secured over $15,000 in funding (since I go to a school with <2000 students, a speaker of this magnitude is unusual), and organized an event attended by nearly 900 people (again, huge for my school, which is in a rural location). I tried to involve the community in the event as well, since we have a strained town-gown relationship, and the event was well attended by community members.
I also do several programs with youth in the local community. It's a fairly depressed economy, so there are a lot of problems that allow college students to visit elementary schools, trying to instill in children from a young age the idea of going to college. For the past two years, I've been going to a local elementary school and working with a program that teaches second graders how to read. I also do a program where I go and eat lunch with a group of five third graders once a week during the school year. Next year, I hope to start to work as a Wish Granter for the Make a Wish Foundation, though since I haven't done it yet, I likely won't include it in my application.
Goals:
I would love to combine some sort of aspect of my English major and love of literature with my interest in social media and Web 2.0. Ideally, I'd love to work with viral marketing and books - sort of helping books adapt to an age where less and less people seem to be reading "traditional" books. That's sort of a far off dream though, but I really enjoy what I do in the social media sphere, and would like to continue in it.
Why 2+2?
My mother attended HBS in the 80s, so I've heard about it since I was a little girl. Last fall, she was in Boston for her 25 year reunion, so I joined her there and had lunch with her study group. It was that moment where I realized I really, truly wanted to go to HBS. It wasn't just the success of the people in the room (though they were successful in a huge array of industry), it was the camraderie that permeated the entire room, even 25 years after they had gone to school together. Beyond what HBS offers while you are there, which is unbelievable alone, I think it also offers a community of people that lasts far longer than the time it takes to get an MBA. HBS is truly my dream school. When I stumbled across the 2+2 program, I realized what they were looking for honestly described me, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a shot and see where it led.
Some questions
(1) Because I'm an English major (which I think some people might view as a soft major, though my 45 page seminar paper this past semester says differently
) and I only scored in the 84th percentile for quant, do you think that will hurt me?(2) Do I need to address taking the GMAT twice? I plan to address my GPA one of my essays - is this advisable?
(3) What would you suggest to improve/firm up my application? Do I have a shot? I'm confident my essays + recs will be strong.
Much appreciated, and thanks in advance!
). I didn't mean to imply that 3.59 was low for my program -- in fact, I'll likely make cum laude or magna cum laude. I meant I thought it might be a little low for 2+2 since I'm sure u-grad GPA will be scrutinized far more than it would otherwise.
