[求选校] 美本大四,创业者. 选MBA校

yunalyx

之前一直打算要申请MSF, 但是自从把Stanford申完, 呕心沥血写完那个Essay. what matters most to you.  去学校看了看, 跟他们聊了聊, 我也决定不再犹豫, 不再委曲求全. 所以放弃了MSF的申请. 打算转申MBA了.

本人大学就创业了, 现在公司年利润能达到600万吧.  有2个合伙人.  
之前受到家人的影响, 认为创业就是不务正业. 所以也就一直想着把自己的公司作为副业, 自己去IB呀~ 那些名声大的公司工作.
但是现在我的想法改变了, 毕竟创业是我自己喜欢的事情, 我也很热爱我自己正在做的事情, 所以没有必要为了所谓的名声和荣誉去工作.
现在公司打算往更大的方向发展, 所以我觉得MBA能够帮到我, 就打算申请MBA了.
只是不知道我目前这个状况, 哪个学校喜欢? 毕竟很多学校还是很偏爱有正式工作经验的人.  

状况就是.  EY实习过.  Citi实习过. 还有联合国的志愿者以及其他的乱七八糟的社会活动. 学校是学生会主席. 双学士学位.(会计和金融) GPA不高(会计专业的GPA低的惨不忍睹, 金融的MajorGPA 大概在3.7左右, 因为都是A, 就1,2个B). 刚来美国一直忙着公司的事儿, 跑来跑去, 也没怎么认真学过. 但是我大三以后就好了很多. 上个学期GPA 4.0 上了chancellor's honor list.   但是目前还是2.9的overall.... = =!

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申了Stanford 的R2.
打算再申几所MBA Program 的R3.  虽然据说希望很小. 呵呵呵呵呵. 不试试怎么知道.

我自己昨天研究了一个晚上选出了几所.    希望大家给一些建议和意见.
1. UC Berkeley
2. UCLA
3. Duke
4. Columbia
5. Yale (那个针对Senior 的MBA)

诚心求点评.

zzytshy

Hello,

Let me list out a few key giveaways here.

1) It is good to know you are part of a profitable business at such a young age, but remember, your MBA application is all about YOU. What have you done? What leadership roles have you taken? What contributions have you made? What challenges have you taken on? This leads to the ultimate question: why you need a MBA, and how that can help you? Your argument should be backed by details and evidence.

2) You may want to justify your career goal. Prior to managing your startup, it seemed you wanted to dive into IB. Not sure which Citi division you interned with, but clearly EY is not IB.

3) Your GPA is much lower than AdCom would typically expect for business majors. It is not a decent score even if you are studying at highly competitive schools. You need to justify this as well, especially you have literally no post-graduate full-time working experience.

4) Final advice: take some time and reflect on the question "why MBA". You do have an interesting background, but I do not see too many of your qualifications here.

Best,

-- by 会员 kennyz1120 (2013/1/22 3:11:19)

关于我的GPA我觉得是唯一的弱点, 只要additional essay写一下, 解释清楚就好了.  我去Stanford 问过了, 他们是说, 他们喜欢看到一个人的成绩在进步,  我的成绩恰好是这样的.   他们建议我写一个additional essay 就好.


谢谢你的建议.

-- by 会员 yunalyx (2013/1/22 6:01:58)

Any time. Stanford admits single digits (<5) college seniors each year, and you might want to take a look at 2+2 class profile to benchmark yourself while crafting your school list.

You need a really solid story to make your application stand out.

Good luck.

-- by 会员 kennyz1120 (2013/1/22 7:14:03)

Stanford definitely admits more than single digit college seniors each year. Almost 20 or more each year. And among them there are definitely some entrepreneurs. Especially this year the first round admitted college seniors are more from a traditional background. I think you have a good shot.

No one else but the AdCom knows the final decision. So just try it.

Good luck!

yunalyx

Soo First of all with such a great GMAT and such a successful business, you are one of the few candidates that would have a REAL shot in R3. Your school list is great and totally makes sense. I might add MIT to the list and maybe Kellogg if they appeal to you. Apply to as MANY schools as you can in R3, because even if you are a strong candidate, it still is R3 and nothing is guaranteed!

So go for it! And let us know how you do!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2013/1/28 16:26:20)

Thank you so much! btw, I tweet you on Weibo. lol~

viennawong

楼主条件太好了，想申就申吧， 这里都是打工屌丝，不能给你像样的意见。

JonFrank

Soo First of all with such a great GMAT and such a successful business, you are one of the few candidates that would have a REAL shot in R3. Your school list is great and totally makes sense. I might add MIT to the list and maybe Kellogg if they appeal to you. Apply to as MANY schools as you can in R3, because even if you are a strong candidate, it still is R3 and nothing is guaranteed!

So go for it! And let us know how you do!

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

Karmalot

这样还读什么MBA啊，洗刷本科不是名校的耻辱？

-- by 会员 fatmoe (2013/1/21 2:40:23)

其实是这样的，名校人脉资源是我需要的。

-- by 会员 yunalyx (2013/1/21 10:10:23)

一句话，Why now?

balabalabo

我一直有个疑问，目标创业的，在2年MBA中间的那段SUMMER INTERN时间里，究竟应该去干嘛呢？？

kennyz1120

我觉得LZ放心大胆地去申吧 前面很多回复说实话有点酸
不用看别人的profile来benchmark你自己，想好自己想去什么学校，然后try your best去包装自己。进B-school最应该具备的能力就是如何去sell你自己。GPA不高这个是事实也无法再改变，但是每年GPA不高进top的人都不少，关键是你怎么去突出自己的其他成就和给出合理的解释。
希望LZ成功

-- by 会员 infinitie (2013/1/23 14:39:57)

Easy my friend. You are not getting the point.
If OP received nothing but compliments here, how can he possibly improve?
And I am not saying my words are gold.
Every year there are a few young entrepreneur candidates at his age in the pool,  with better backgrounds.
He needs to dig deep and figure out his own game plan.

infinitie

我觉得LZ放心大胆地去申吧 前面很多回复说实话有点酸
不用看别人的profile来benchmark你自己，想好自己想去什么学校，然后try your best去包装自己。进B-school最应该具备的能力就是如何去sell你自己。GPA不高这个是事实也无法再改变，但是每年GPA不高进top的人都不少，关键是你怎么去突出自己的其他成就和给出合理的解释。
希望LZ成功

mally

还是有些背景，再考虑吧