Nervous with my profile for top MBA program

[kaweewut]

Hi Stacey

I would like to share you my profile and, hopefully, you could give me some feedbacks and advices.

Age : 26
Nationality : Thai
Degree : Bachelor of petroleum engineering from top-notch university in Thailand (Chulalongkorn).
GPA : 3.74 (1st class honor)

Work experience
: 2 yrs with Schlumberger Oilfield Services as a field engineer based in Australia and Thailand. Working in the remoted area includes desert, jungle and offshore.
: Currently working with PTTEP for almost 2 yrs (Thai national oil company, 2nd largest market cap in Thailand stock market) as a Strategic Planner.

Extracurricular activities :
: President of SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineering) student chapter in Thailand
- responsible for all activities from preparing public knowledge sharing to fund raising.
: President of Engineering music club.
- 8 of 40 bands which plays in final round of university music competition. (I'm on drums)

GMAT : 710 (49Q,35V,5.5AWA)
TOEFL : 110/120
Target MBA program : Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, MIT, LBS

[Lisa Anderson]

Dear kaweewut,

I think you have a good chance at your target schools with the profile you posted. Your essays, recommendations and interviews will need to be stellar and make a compelling case for your admission to give you the greatest chance for success. The only possible weakness might be in extracurricular as you noted activities you did in college, but nothing that you have done since. I also encourage you to identify 1-3 schools outside the top 10 to apply to as these schools are highly selective and you cannot predict what will happen in MBA admissions for any profile.

Good luck,
Lisa

[kaweewut]

Lisa

Thx for your advices.

Actually, I have one extracurricular activitie which I kept doing since I started working with PTTEP in Bangkok.

I am president of Energy Music Band, serving all CSR projects for PTT group (highest market cap in Thailand stock market) CSR team :
- responsible for playing music in all PTT CSR event from fund raising charity to company group annual party.
- manage to collect musical volunteers from PTT employee for practising and social from time to time
- has been playing for more than 50 events in 2 years

I took this responsibility as my hobby as well since I was very passionated in music especially drums and guitar.

I was wonder whether this activity will consider interesting and able to differentiate me from others or not.

Anyway, thx for your advices again.

Kaweewut

[Lisa Anderson]

Any activity you do on a consistent basis in your spare time counts. I think it is something you will want to include and be sure to note that you are handling much of the organization and coordination in addition to playing as a musician.

Regards,
Lisa