Hello all,
I am planning on applying for the 2010 fall term to start b school. Can you please evaluate my profile? Thanks in advance!
Age: 26 GMAT: 740 (Q49, V42) (97%) AWA: 5.5
Undergrad gpa: 2.87 in Computer Engineering at UCSB
Work experience:
- 2 years at software application company (public company w/ ~1000 employees)
- 2 years at large Software corporation (80,000 plus employees – acquired smaller company that I was at for the 2 years above).
- Promotions in past 4 years (customer care org):
1. Promoted from Customer Advocate to Associate Project Manager
2. Promoted to Strategic Project Manager
• Ownership of go live projects for the major customers of the company
• This position gave me a lot of insight and experience working closely with both our company executives and client upper management as these were the key “strategic” accounts for our company
3. Promoted to Escalation Management Team Lead
• Handled all internal / external escalations
• Lead team of 6 developers
4. Promoted and received “Manager” title with 3 direct reports
5. Added responsibility to 8 direct reports including Sr. Principal and Principal engineers
Extracurricular activities: I am a bit lacking in this area. I am currently doing some volunteer work for the Special Olympics and Sacred Heart. I also ran both the men’s basketball and golf league for our company before we got acquired (I am not sure if this is worth mentioning. What do you think?). I am also a scratch golfer and spent a lot of time volunteering at a local golf club during high school, but am not sure if this will count towards extracurricular activities since it was so long ago (I was also president of our golf club in high school).
I feel that my work experience and GMAT scores are very strong and good enough to qualify for the top schools, however my GPA is very low. Fortunately in the 3 calculus classes I took during undergrad I received A+, A+, B+, and in the Differential Equations class an A. I will also have very strong recommendation letters from my current management.
I am currently looking at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and USC. Do you think these are realistic goals? Also, would it even be worth my time to apply to the top schools like Wharton / Stanford?
Thanks again for taking the time to help me out, and I apologize for the long post, but I wanted to make sure to include as much detail as possible to ensure an accurate assessment!
I am planning on applying for the 2010 fall term to start b school. Can you please evaluate my profile? Thanks in advance!
Age: 26 GMAT: 740 (Q49, V42) (97%) AWA: 5.5
Undergrad gpa: 2.87 in Computer Engineering at UCSB
Work experience:
- 2 years at software application company (public company w/ ~1000 employees)
- 2 years at large Software corporation (80,000 plus employees – acquired smaller company that I was at for the 2 years above).
- Promotions in past 4 years (customer care org):
1. Promoted from Customer Advocate to Associate Project Manager
2. Promoted to Strategic Project Manager
• Ownership of go live projects for the major customers of the company
• This position gave me a lot of insight and experience working closely with both our company executives and client upper management as these were the key “strategic” accounts for our company
3. Promoted to Escalation Management Team Lead
• Handled all internal / external escalations
• Lead team of 6 developers
4. Promoted and received “Manager” title with 3 direct reports
5. Added responsibility to 8 direct reports including Sr. Principal and Principal engineers
Extracurricular activities: I am a bit lacking in this area. I am currently doing some volunteer work for the Special Olympics and Sacred Heart. I also ran both the men’s basketball and golf league for our company before we got acquired (I am not sure if this is worth mentioning. What do you think?). I am also a scratch golfer and spent a lot of time volunteering at a local golf club during high school, but am not sure if this will count towards extracurricular activities since it was so long ago (I was also president of our golf club in high school).
I feel that my work experience and GMAT scores are very strong and good enough to qualify for the top schools, however my GPA is very low. Fortunately in the 3 calculus classes I took during undergrad I received A+, A+, B+, and in the Differential Equations class an A. I will also have very strong recommendation letters from my current management.
I am currently looking at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and USC. Do you think these are realistic goals? Also, would it even be worth my time to apply to the top schools like Wharton / Stanford?
Thanks again for taking the time to help me out, and I apologize for the long post, but I wanted to make sure to include as much detail as possible to ensure an accurate assessment!
