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Please Evaluate My Profile

by eceglenn » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:36 pm
Hi,

I am in the process of applying for MBA programs starting in Fall 2010. Please give me some feedback on my profile:

Nationality: Dual citizenship, American and EU national

GPA: 3.0 in Electrical Engineering at a state school

GMAT: 710 Q48 V40

Age: 35 at matriculation

Work Experience:
3.5 years in oil field services industry at Schlumberger with significant responsibility and leadership experience. I was promoted once during this time and selected to manage part of a high profile project.
3 years as a Product Engineer for a contractor in the mining industry.
6 months supervisory position at a mine in Indonesia for Freeport McMoran.
+ whatever I do for the next year (I was layed off because of the economic crisis)
I spent a significant time abroad with my jobs. I spent 3 months in Egypt and a month in France when I worked at Schlumberger. I spent a total of 3 months in Africa when I worked as a Product Engineer.

I don't have much formal EC experience. I spend most of my free time travelling, catching up with friends and hiking. I am a citizen of Malta (EU country) and I have spent over 2 years there, mostly during college.

So far I have really enjoyed the international component of my career and I would like to go somewhere that is strong in international business. I am also interested in sales and marketing or general management. I would like to depart from the Oil/Mining industries but probably still stay in a technology related industry since I studied electrical engineering. Basically, I would like to tweak my brand a bit, when I hand someone my resume with an electrical engineering degree they automatically think that I am the "technical guy". I don't mind a job with some technical component but I enjoy working with people and I would like my brand to line up with this. I am not interested in I Banking, Management Consulting or any other role where I would end up working 70-80 hours a week. To go along with that, I am fine with not making $150k a year when I graduate, $90-100k with a good work/life balance is perfect. I am interested in the programs in Europe and I am particularly interested in the programs in Spain (ESADE, IESE, IE). I would really like to pick up a second language and I think being there would be the easiest way. I would like to do a full time program because I want to do an internship to facilitate changing industries/job function, I have the money to go to school without working and I would enjoy the social aspects much more.

I have also considered Thunderbird, UT Austin and ASU(carey) since I am from Arizona. Do you have any other recommendations? What are my chances at the schools I mentioned and any others that you think might be a good fit?

I didn't do as well as I thought I would on the GMAT. Would it be worth it to take it again and perhaps get in the 720-740 range?

Thanks for your help.
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Re: Please Evaluate My Profile

by Linda Abraham » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:25 pm
eceglenn wrote:Hi,

I am in the process of applying for MBA programs starting in Fall 2010. Please give me some feedback on my profile:

Nationality: Dual citizenship, American and EU national

GPA: 3.0 in Electrical Engineering at a state school

GMAT: 710 Q48 V40

Age: 35 at matriculation

Work Experience:
3.5 years in oil field services industry at Schlumberger with significant responsibility and leadership experience. I was promoted once during this time and selected to manage part of a high profile project.
3 years as a Product Engineer for a contractor in the mining industry.
6 months supervisory position at a mine in Indonesia for Freeport McMoran.
+ whatever I do for the next year (I was layed off because of the economic crisis)
I spent a significant time abroad with my jobs. I spent 3 months in Egypt and a month in France when I worked at Schlumberger. I spent a total of 3 months in Africa when I worked as a Product Engineer.

I don't have much formal EC experience. I spend most of my free time travelling, catching up with friends and hiking. I am a citizen of Malta (EU country) and I have spent over 2 years there, mostly during college.

So far I have really enjoyed the international component of my career and I would like to go somewhere that is strong in international business. I am also interested in sales and marketing or general management. I would like to depart from the Oil/Mining industries but probably still stay in a technology related industry since I studied electrical engineering. Basically, I would like to tweak my brand a bit, when I hand someone my resume with an electrical engineering degree they automatically think that I am the "technical guy". I don't mind a job with some technical component but I enjoy working with people and I would like my brand to line up with this. I am not interested in I Banking, Management Consulting or any other role where I would end up working 70-80 hours a week. To go along with that, I am fine with not making $150k a year when I graduate, $90-100k with a good work/life balance is perfect. I am interested in the programs in Europe and I am particularly interested in the programs in Spain (ESADE, IESE, IE). I would really like to pick up a second language and I think being there would be the easiest way. I would like to do a full time program because I want to do an internship to facilitate changing industries/job function, I have the money to go to school without working and I would enjoy the social aspects much more.

I have also considered Thunderbird, UT Austin and ASU(carey) since I am from Arizona. Do you have any other recommendations? What are my chances at the schools I mentioned and any others that you think might be a good fit?

I didn't do as well as I thought I would on the GMAT. Would it be worth it to take it again and perhaps get in the 720-740 range?

Thanks for your help.
You have a very interesting profile and I don't think it makes sense to retake the GMAT.

I do hope that you will make clearer in your applications what you would like to do. Your post-MBA goal seems very vague above.

You are competitive at the programs you mentioned both in Europe and in the US. Nonetheless I would suggest that you also consider INSEAD, Michigan Ross, Duke, Haas, and Tuck. They are all strong in marketing and general management, and you don't have to go into consulting or IB if you attend them.

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Linda
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