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作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-11-26 22:37
标题: Need advice for MBA application--aiming for m7 31 years old
大家好！求各位大神帮忙定位下学校，目前目标是s16，希望可以运气好点进m7，要赶2018 fall round 2，时间紧迫。Thanks in advance!

Background as follow:
31 years old, male

GMAT: 730 TOEFL: 107

University: a normal foreign language university, majored in English and Japanese

Working experience:
1. Infosys Industry: outsourcing 3.5 years
Team lead of order management project: use ERP system to manage order to cash process
team size: 30 FTE
led project transition (went to Singapore for project transition), automation project(saved 4 FTE), team restructure project(saved 5 FTE)

2. Citibank Industry: bank 4 years
Associate manager of Account service Unit: provide account service for corporate customers, make sure all requests are in compliance with laws and regulations.
team size: 8 FTE

Both working experiences are related with operations. I was incharge of Japan market for both companies.
I guess my advantages are:
Diversity: fluent in both Japanese and English, understand different cultures, worked with colleagues from various countries.
Project experiences

disadvantage:
1 year gap: resigned last year to take care of my mom--she fractured her leg. Prepared GMAT and TOEFL at the same time.

Thanks again.
Alex
Wechat：alex86422

作者: ChaseDreamMBA 时间: 2017-11-27 12:47
背景综合看来还okay~ 你的问题是啥？
GMAT 730 对于 M7来说稍显低了一些，如果经历中还有其它特殊亮点个别M7 maybe可以尝试。
一年Gap不是很理想，且工作时间较久，S16-Top20可能更保险一些。

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-11-27 15:45

ChaseDreamMBA 发表于 2017-11-27 12:47
背景综合看来还okay~ 你的问题是啥？
GMAT 730 对于 M7来说稍显低了一些，如果经历中还有其它特殊亮点个别M ...

谢谢建议。
暂时想不出有其他特殊亮点。
可能因为每个人都有一个名校梦想的原因，还是想试一下M7。斯坦福和哈佛应该希望渺茫，其他的m7可以试哪些呢？

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-11-27 15:48

ChaseDreamMBA 发表于 2017-11-27 12:47
背景综合看来还okay~ 你的问题是啥？
GMAT 730 对于 M7来说稍显低了一些，如果经历中还有其它特殊亮点个别M ...

推荐信可以找到之前职位很高的director 帮忙写，不知有没有加分

作者: Benny66 时间: 2017-11-27 15:59
挺好的

作者: JonFrank 时间: 2017-11-28 10:38
Hey there,
Overall I think you have a very good profile You have solid work experience, with serious leadership in both roles, which I think is your biggest strength.

Your second best strength is your internationalism, and your Japanese fluency and experience which should make you stand out.

I am lacking a bit of information about your school, your volunteer work and your Extra curricular activities, which will all influence your profile.

Overall, I’d say S16 should be good for you with an outside shot at M7. (Depending a bit on the above info)

Feel free to write me again with more detail or to send me more updates,

Best,
Jon Frank

作者: TianNao 时间: 2017-11-28 11:18
S16拿面试差不多吧，M7有点悬，特别是第二轮竞争更激烈一些。
毕业之后想干啥？

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-11-28 19:17

JonFrank 发表于 2017-11-28 10:38
Hey there,
Overall I think you have a very good profile You have solid work experience, with serious ...

Hey Jon,
Thank you for your reply.
Here are some more information about myself:
School
My university is Dalian university of foreign languages, not a famous school. I was interested in foreign cultures and languages since I was young. I did have options to choose other better schools, but I chose this school because this school is good at teaching foreign languages and cultures. And I chose a very challenging major--English and Japanese, the cultures and grammas are very different. I was one of the 4 students (out of more than 100 students in this major) who got both English and Japanese language certificates. This language ability helped me a lot in my later career.

Volunteer work: no big highlights
High school: Community clean up

University: Tutoring high school students English.

After work: Teaching neighbor kids English (4 to 5 kids) on weekends at my home. I learned that the best time for a person to learn a second language is before 6 years old, so I started this small English club for kids.

Started a small LEGO club for neighbor kids (6 members now). I am a LEGO fan, my son also love it. So I started this club to help kids to develop their imagination and practical ability. We gather and play with a theme every week.

Cleaning rubbish in coastal park every month.

Extra curricular activities

Hobbies
Painting: I started to learn Chinese traditional painting since I was very young, and won a national reward in elementary school.
Basketball: I started to play basketball since high school, and joined basketball club in my company. We often play with other companies.
Traveling and cooking: I love cooking and I traveled many places in China and some other countries to learn how to cook local food from local people.

I have a feeling that I don't have shining points for above parts.
Could you share your thoughts on this?
Thank you.

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-11-28 19:31

TianNao 发表于 2017-11-28 11:18
S16拿面试差不多吧，M7有点悬，特别是第二轮竞争更激烈一些。
毕业之后想干啥？
...

operation 相关的consulting，或者corporate 的operation manager

作者: JonFrank 时间: 2017-11-30 11:02

Darkalex86 发表于 2017-11-28 19:17
Hey Jon,
Thank you for your reply.
Here are some more information about myself:

Hey there!
I think overall you have a great story! There are a few minor weaknesses, such as lack of strong volunteer work, and your school isn’t famous. But still, you have an interesting story to tell, and have a profile that will stand out.

I think that with the right story and crystal clear goals, that you can make S16 programs. M7 is a bit harder. But I still think you should choose your favorites and apply also.

Just make the best application you can!

Best,
Jon Frank

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-12-1 13:07

JonFrank 发表于 2017-11-30 11:02
Hey there!
I think overall you have a great story! There are a few minor weaknesses, such as lack ...

Hey Jon, thank you so much for your advice.
My career goal is to develop further in operations or switch to operations consulting.
Will schools concern that I'm too old (31) to switch to consulting? You know consulting industry is pretty time-intense.
I'm not sure if my past working experience and career path will mitigate this concern.

Thank you.

Alex

作者: 骆夕 时间: 2017-12-1 13:38
跟楼主背景类似, 谢谢楼主的分享和jon的解答！
我今年29岁，计划在楼主的年纪回到学校，也是operation, supply chain, merchandising, retail experience in omni-channels, 也计划通过MBA转行做consulting，因为现在越发觉得我有很多hands-on的经验，但一直想知道这么多经验哪些是好的，哪些还可以改善...会持续关注楼主的动态！加油！

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-12-1 21:53

骆夕发表于 2017-12-1 13:38
跟楼主背景类似, 谢谢楼主的分享和jon的解答！
我今年29岁，计划在楼主的年纪回到学校，也是operation, sup ...

空闲时间做点感兴趣的volunteer，中国同学普遍这点不够。
还有就是尽量赶第一轮申请，这样第二轮还有更多选择。
加油！

作者: ann_huanhuan 时间: 2017-12-3 00:46
比你小三岁，gmat 一样分，托福比你少3分，本科差不多，也是英语专业。
也在申请北美mba，有空可以交流。

作者: JonFrank 时间: 2017-12-4 10:43

Darkalex86 发表于 2017-12-1 13:07
Hey Jon, thank you so much for your advice.
My career goal is to develop further in operations or ...

Good question!
I think you will be fine. First of all going into consulting is pretty “normal” for a post-MBA goal, even if it is true that you are a biiiit on the old side as a first-time hire. I think you can also mitigate this a bit by playing up your “Specialization” in your industry. and with that, I think you should be totally fine…

Good luck!!!
Jon Frank

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-12-4 19:17

JonFrank 发表于 2017-12-4 10:43
Good question!
I think you will be fine. First of all going into consulting is pretty “normal” f ...

Hey Jon,
I can't thank you enough for your advice.

Alex

作者: paiece 时间: 2017-12-5 20:12
和楼主年龄相似，也是非商科背景，加油！

作者: 骆夕 时间: 2017-12-6 14:48

Darkalex86 发表于 2017-12-1 21:53
空闲时间做点感兴趣的volunteer，中国同学普遍这点不够。
还有就是尽量赶第一轮申请，这样第二轮还有更多 ...

谢谢建议！
不知道你对volunteering资源有什么建议吗？不然我就去问度娘了~~哈哈哈...

ps. 我在深圳

作者: Darkalex86 时间: 2017-12-6 15:25

骆夕发表于 2017-12-6 14:48
谢谢建议！
不知道你对volunteering资源有什么建议吗？不然我就去问度娘了~~哈哈哈...

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