Please give me some light as I am a bit lost. It seems pretty difficult to benchmark my profile against other candidates as my history is a bit different.
Target schools: HBS, ST & LBS
Nationality: Brazilian
Age: 28
GMAT: Male
Undergrad major: Pharmacy & Biochemistry with 8.4 (out of 10) GPA - graduated in 2005
Masters of Science in Canada, 4.4 (out of 4.5) GPA - graduated in 2008
Work experience:
- 2 years as a Research Assistant (Canada): I am claiming my graduate work as work experience since I was doing full time research and have produced 8 scientific papers of my authorship;
- 30 months as a project manager (Switzerland): global R&D centre of a blue-chip consumer goods company. Led a significant project implementation in Asia which has achieved outstanding results.
Leadership and extracurricular:
- Quite a bit: internships in Germany and UK while in undergrad in Brazil, founded a junior consulting company in Brazil, won several academic and extracurricular awards, trainer in NGO-run leadership development events.
GMAT: 720
Would I have any chances with well written essays and strong recommendations from different sources (academic from Canada, corporate from Switzerland and community from UK)? I am putting my package together as an individual who indepentendly designed his roadmap for an international career and who tries hard to make an impact along his journey in spite of the adverse conditions (languages, cultural shocks, etc). I also speak Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
Thanks for your feedback!
Alex
Target schools: HBS, ST & LBS
Nationality: Brazilian
Age: 28
GMAT: Male
Undergrad major: Pharmacy & Biochemistry with 8.4 (out of 10) GPA - graduated in 2005
Masters of Science in Canada, 4.4 (out of 4.5) GPA - graduated in 2008
Work experience:
- 2 years as a Research Assistant (Canada): I am claiming my graduate work as work experience since I was doing full time research and have produced 8 scientific papers of my authorship;
- 30 months as a project manager (Switzerland): global R&D centre of a blue-chip consumer goods company. Led a significant project implementation in Asia which has achieved outstanding results.
Leadership and extracurricular:
- Quite a bit: internships in Germany and UK while in undergrad in Brazil, founded a junior consulting company in Brazil, won several academic and extracurricular awards, trainer in NGO-run leadership development events.
GMAT: 720
Would I have any chances with well written essays and strong recommendations from different sources (academic from Canada, corporate from Switzerland and community from UK)? I am putting my package together as an individual who indepentendly designed his roadmap for an international career and who tries hard to make an impact along his journey in spite of the adverse conditions (languages, cultural shocks, etc). I also speak Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
Thanks for your feedback!
Alex
