Wharton10 taking questions(校园秋色)

tanglele

Hi guys,

Thanks for taking questions!

One question from me - do you think it actually matters whether the application is made before the 1st round deadline or the 2nd? 

Any input/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks for the help.

jasoncaoyi

请教一下LZ！我的背景实属一般，优势劣势明显……

education:

1.BUAA本科，EE专业，GPA3.9

2.Master of Science，Florida State University，全奖，Computer Science，GPA4.0

问题1：我成绩很好，数学成绩尤其好，基本都是90-95以上，北美的成绩是straight A，但是不是MBA的申请根本不care这个？所以基本无用？CS的硕士对于申请MBA是不是基本完全没用？

career:

国内No.1芯片设计企业4年经验，从芯片研发开始做，现在是产品线的项目经理（负责该产品线的研发和市场，研发60%，市场40%）

问题2：4年经验是不是实在偏少？尤其我只有1.5年左右的市场经验，其余都是纯研发经验…… 

standard test:

GMAT好低，680（羞愧^^^^）

问题3：这个分数…… 是不是硬伤？如果说我强调GPA好，能稍微弥补一点点吗？

others:

oral English出色……

读MBA的motivation很强，很清楚why MBA.

问题3：committee期待学生diversity,我这样基本纯正的技术背景的学生，是不是太ordinary，一般不会有什么优势，无法和那些四大的NN比的……

问题4：如果我狗屎运能进Wharton，我期待能进finance，尤其投行方面，这样的技术背景，对于这个goal是不是硬伤？简而言之，IB是不是会根本不care这样的背景？传说只有四大+MBA=IB?

 

非常期待楼主和其他诸位牛人指点迷津！ 不胜感激！

 

princesy

炫耀帖 鉴定完毕

jasoncaoyi

princesy，没人在这里炫耀！如果你对我的背景有什么评价直接说，褒贬都ok，不用人身攻击！来这里，只为了请教！我虚心向每一个人请教！谢谢！

littleca

Don't want to see any irrelevant argument here.

To jasoncaoyi:

1.Academic is part of the application package so high gpa surely can help you stand out. However just remember that mba is more of a career training so I'd say probably career achievement matters more.
2. I think "quality" is more important than "quantity". If you can demonstrate your career ambition, achievements and strengths, your understanding of leadership and teamwork, how you become who you are today, etc, you can definitely apply with 4yrs exp.
3. I'd say if you could score higher then I encourage you to re-take gmat. Personally I feel the more recent the parameter is the more relevant it is to your application. You finished school years ago and just got an average gmat - what do you expect school to evaluate? However, the gmat ranges from 650 to 800 at wharton so if you are confident with the whole application package you can just go ahead.
4. As I mentioned before we have many many students with tech background. And ib is generally friendly to career swithchers.

littleca

To tanglele:

Personally I feel no much difference. But if you are ready don't need to wait.

littleca

To benk:

The way of teaching and the course content are very relevent to real business. For example, during statistics class our math professor discussed with us how to best leverage your investments in different portfolio to get tangible return. I took a trading class in pre-term taught by an incredible professor that even the noises of trading floor were simulated in classroom. The consultant in charge of s&t at school's career management office had been a currency trader for 17 years and has shared with us a lot how to hit the point during recruitment. Examples are too many to list. In general Wharton is a very down to earth school and the school definitely knows how to equip you for future success in a real business world.

jasoncaoyi

以下是引用littleca在2008-9-10 11:15:00的发言：
Don't want to see any irrelevant argument here.

To jasoncaoyi:

1.Academic is part of the application package so high gpa surely can help you stand out. However just remember that mba is more of a career training so I'd say probably career achievement matters more.
2. I think "quality" is more important than "quantity". If you can demonstrate your career ambition, achievements and strengths, your understanding of leadership and teamwork, how you become who you are today, etc, you can definitely apply with 4yrs exp.
3. I'd say if you could score higher then I encourage you to re-take gmat. Personally I feel the more recent the parameter is the more relevant it is to your application. You finished school years ago and just got an average gmat - what do you expect school to evaluate? However, the gmat ranges from 650 to 800 at wharton so if you are confident with the whole application package you can just go ahead.
4. As I mentioned before we have many many students with tech background. And ib is generally friendly to career swithchers.

thanks a million for your kind message! i got everything more clear now. i l do my best for the application package.

hopefully i could get the chance.   

BenK

以下是引用littleca在2008-9-10 11:32:00的发言：
To benk:

The way of teaching and the course content are very relevent to real business. For example, during statistics class our math professor discussed with us how to best leverage your investments in different portfolio to get tangible return. I took a trading class in pre-term taught by an incredible professor that even the noises of trading floor were simulated in classroom. The consultant in charge of s&t at school's career management office had been a currency trader for 17 years and has shared with us a lot how to hit the point during recruitment. Examples are too many to list. In general Wharton is a very down to earth school and the school definitely knows how to equip you for future success in a real business world.

Thanks a lot. We are so lucky to have you here. Just one more question, in my goal essay, I can barely accommodate my contents in 1000 words and have to reach almost 1300. Will that cause any problem? What is the general threshold in your experience? Thanks again.

littleca

Keep it brief. Many people say as long as you don't exceed more than 10% it should be fine, but I don't agree. I think you should not exceed more than 50 words.