Hi Stacy,
I recently took the GMAT with an eye towards a regionally respected program in the second tier of schools, and was blown away when I ended up with a 770. This has me thinking that I could work a few more years and take a shot at a top 10-15 program. Please let me know what you think.
Education - No-name state school
BS Computer Science - 3.15
MS Computer Science - 3.0
Work -
2 years as a "Software Solutions Engineer" for a mid-size (800 employee)software company.
I spend about half of my time as a billable consultant architecting and implementing custom software for large companies. The other half is spent working in prototyping and new product development. Overall, a real blend of business/tech. I often coordinate ad-hoc teams of 4-10 other consultants and developers, but have no potential to be formally promoted as I work directly for a company officer.
My job is infinitely spinnable for essay/interview purposes, and references would not be a problem, but I worry that my lackluster academics (and especially percieved low quality of my university) will be an obstacle if I decide to wait and shoot for top 10's.
As for extracurriculars. I have founded a small but profitable web based business, and nothing else.
So here are my questions -
1. Is it reasonable to expect that I could shoot for a top 10 given 2 more years of similar work experience.
2. If so what kind of extracirriculars would you recommend to beef up an application to a technology-focused top tier MBA program?
Thanks very much in advance.
I recently took the GMAT with an eye towards a regionally respected program in the second tier of schools, and was blown away when I ended up with a 770. This has me thinking that I could work a few more years and take a shot at a top 10-15 program. Please let me know what you think.
Education - No-name state school
BS Computer Science - 3.15
MS Computer Science - 3.0
Work -
2 years as a "Software Solutions Engineer" for a mid-size (800 employee)software company.
I spend about half of my time as a billable consultant architecting and implementing custom software for large companies. The other half is spent working in prototyping and new product development. Overall, a real blend of business/tech. I often coordinate ad-hoc teams of 4-10 other consultants and developers, but have no potential to be formally promoted as I work directly for a company officer.
My job is infinitely spinnable for essay/interview purposes, and references would not be a problem, but I worry that my lackluster academics (and especially percieved low quality of my university) will be an obstacle if I decide to wait and shoot for top 10's.
As for extracurriculars. I have founded a small but profitable web based business, and nothing else.
So here are my questions -
1. Is it reasonable to expect that I could shoot for a top 10 given 2 more years of similar work experience.
2. If so what kind of extracirriculars would you recommend to beef up an application to a technology-focused top tier MBA program?
Thanks very much in advance.
