Ask Jon Frank- P69-Q&A:WHY MBA? 7 OVERLOOKED REASONS TO GET AN MBA

chengya

你的情况跟我很像，但有个最大的不同：
我在中国，而且是部队!
所以我咨询的结果是建议我放弃。
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自己比较一下
My academic background is:
I have a MD (GPA: 4.0) degree.
And I got MS (GPA: 3.9) and Ph.D (GPA: 3.9) degrees from Virginia Tech. My MS and PhD major are molecular biology and biomedical sciences.  ……专业一样，我一直是前2名，所以GPA不会低于你。

I published many papers in good academic journals in my area.
I attended lots of biggest national and international conference in my research area and gave many talks there and also won some awards too.
一样的，而且我是通讯作者，因为我后来做PI了
Most of the research I did  are from NIH and NSF grants.
我拿的是中国自然科学基金和科技部的项目，科技部的项目很大
还有部队的，但不能说
Above is my academic background.  
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祝福你!

-- by 会员 gxben (2010/11/10 10:50:39)

谁建议你放弃？ 建议你放弃的理由是什么？ 你的gmat 分数一定比我好吧？

naturelove

刚刚收到Jon修改的essay，确实很专业。前段时间也用了其他家的服务，比较来说，我觉得Jon修改文法是一方面，另一方面会帮助申请者挖掘个人的深度，而后者确实是一些专业写作机构和Jon这边有HBS背景的人的显著区别。
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ciduo777

刚刚收到Jon修改的essay，确实很专业。前段时间也用了其他家的服务，比较来说，我觉得Jon修改文法是一方面，另一方面会帮助申请者挖掘个人的深度，而后者确实是一些专业写作机构和Jon这边有HBS背景的人的显著区别。
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-- by 会员 naturelove (2010/11/10 13:41:20)

我上周也用了PE的修改服务,现在空闲下来了，专门跑来强烈推荐啊~~起初也是看到这个帖子，试着问了Jon一些非常傻的问题，发现他都提供了非常有价值的建议，所以把自己当时刚刚submit了的essay交给他们做了free consultant。收到反馈后感觉特别好，立马决定接下来的一所学校用他家的服务。他不只是改语法错误，文字语句变化（当然，这一点我很喜欢他改的是，严肃不失幽默），而是真正的了解how to get into a top business school，会指出哪些地方需要重写，哪些可以删去。
现在尽管我还处于等面试通知的阶段，没有收到offer就来分享似乎不够激情澎湃，但实事求是地讲，PE的服务已经帮助我达到了想要用文书修改服务的目的，不管结果怎样，都会感谢他！真的很感谢他所做的努力，也是真心的希望他可以帮助更多的人。

chengya

请问楼上， 让jon 修改essays是email 给他吗，怎样的程序和收费？  E 是什么机构，怎样联系？ 关于essay，大家都是怎样招人或机构修改的？resume 需要找机构修改吗？

chengya

刚刚收到Jon修改的essay，确实很专业。前段时间也用了其他家的服务，比较来说，我觉得Jon修改文法是一方面，另一方面会帮助申请者挖掘个人的深度，而后者确实是一些专业写作机构和Jon这边有HBS背景的人的显著区别。
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-- by 会员 naturelove (2010/11/10 13:41:20)

请问让jon 修改需要花多长时间？ 怎样submit 给他？

JonFrank

Hello Jon,

I am new here. Just read some of your postings. I was so impressed by your wisdom!   I have an important strategic question and would like to ask for your advice. The questions is whether I can give a serious shot for Harvard MBA?

My academic background is:  I have a MD (GPA: 4.0) degree. And I got MS (GPA: 3.9) and Ph.D (GPA: 3.9) degrees from Virginia Tech. My MS and PhD major are molecular biology and biomedical sciences.  I published many papers in good academic journals in my area. I attended lots of biggest national and international conference in my research area and gave many talks there and also won some awards too.  Most of the research I did  are from NIH and NSF grants. Above is my academic background.  

My working experiences are following: I worked as a cardiologist for 2 years in China after I finished my MD. I attended some extra-curricular activities during that time, which involved in some management and leadership roles. I worked in American Universities for about two years ( as a team leader in a big lab). And worked in a startup biotech company in Virginia about one year ( as a senior scientist). During the first 3 months when I worked in that industry, I helped the company submitted a NIH small business innovation grant and got it successfully approved.

My long term career goal:  I want to do high level management in big biotech/pharmaceutical industry in USA.  I think my MD, PhD background plus my medical and biomedical working experience will be helpful in this area.

HBS MBA is my DREAMED school(when I was a little girl, I dreamed to go there one day), and actually is the only school I want to apply for.  You can see how much I LOVE it!

My current issue: My GMAT score is not very high ( Q:50, V: 29; total 660).  But I know GMAT is one of the factors to measure a candidate's academic potential. Some friends told me that because I have relatively strong GPA and other  academic background (such as MD/PhD degrees, publication, presentations, etc.), I should be able to balance the GMAT score by those stuff.  Also, I know that every year there are some students were accepted by HBS MBA with a GMAT score beyond around 600.  I am a girl and originally from China with a non-traditional major (hopefully HBS should like these kinds of diversity).

I really want to apply for the 2nd round of HBS MBA (the deadline is Jan. 2011), but really worry about my GMAT score. But if I do have a chance, I will give it a shot. But if I don't have any chance because of the GMAT score,  I have to think about re-take it. That means I may miss this year's application and this is the situation I really don't want it happen.  Also, I feel I am not good at taking such standard test as GMAT, so not sure whether I will for sure do better next time if I do it again.

Jon, could you please give me some advice or opinion on whether I can give a SERIOUS shot of Harvard MBA this year if I have the essays and other materials prepared very well? I really appreciate it and value your opinion.  I need to make a decision asap and then make my plan for the next step.   Thank you very much!

-- by 会员 chengya (2010/11/10 10:04:13)

Hey there!  What a great story.  My answer is that yes, you absolutely DO have a shot at HBS.  Your background is VERY unique indeed, and from this post anyway, you do seem to speak very good English.  Now.  HBS is a stretch for ANYONE.  That’s right, even if you had your exact background and a GMAT of 760, you would still be a stretch at HBS.  They have their pick of anyone from anywhere.  So while you do have a chance there, I would (and always do) recommend that you apply to more schools.  Given your interest in medicine especially, you have a number of other options worth considering.  Ross, for example, has a great MBA program with a specialty in healthcare.  Same with Wharton, even Haas and Duke.  Would you consider those programs?  If yes, you would have a great shot at getting in somewhere this year.  You do have a shot at HBS, but for everyone it is a stretch…
Good luck!


Jon Frank

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2010/11/10 10:18:53)

 Thank you very much for your advice, Jon.  If I plan to re-take GMAT at the beginning of Dec, do you think it's a better choice. In other words, do you recommend me to re-take the test? If I re-take the test on Dec. 9, I will have about one month left to prepare for all the other stuff in the application package, since the deadline for the 2nd round HBS application is Jan.11.  If I work on them full time and work really hard, do you think I am able to finish all the other stuff in the application package in time? Thanks a lot.

-- by 会员 chengya (2010/11/10 11:42:25)

Well I certainly wouldn’t wait to prepare your materials until you take the test.  I would instead prepare the other schools as you study for the GMAT.  repare both at the same time.  If you are only applying to HBS, then you can begin to pull that application together now as well. I wouldn’t wait to do eeeverything in December.  Try to multitask if you can.  : )  Hope this helps, and good luck!


Jon Frank

JonFrank

To naturelove   ciduo777
I'm so glad you are so happy with our service! but lets respect chasedream, they prefer that we not discuss business. so we try not to talk about it up here if possible. thanks again for your thoughtful notes.

To chengya
Please feel free to e-mail me at jfrank@mba2005.hbs.edu if there is more i can help with..

Good luck everyone --as always!!

Jon Frank

danasun2001

Jon,
I am writing the essays for Wharton. You can pick up three out of four.  The first topic is asking you to design a course for the MBA program. My understanding is they ask you about your view on a specific industry which you might be working post-MBA. This essay will be combined with the very short goal essay (300 words) to give them a holistic picture on your career goal.  But my problem is that i really want to write the other three topic. Can i skip the first one?

肥熊

Hi Jon! In the essays, does the adcom prefer one space or two space after each sentence? Many thanks.

chengya

Hi Jon,

Since I had my MS and PhD degrees here in USA, do I still need to submit TOEFL to HBS?  I actually didn't take it and I don't think I have time to take it before the 2nd application deadline.  I saw on the HBS website, which says for these kinds of student (have MS or pHd in English-speaking country), strongly encourage to submit TOEFL score.  If I don't submit TOEFL score, will it affect my application in anyway?   hopefully not, because I really want to apply this year and don't have time for TOEFL test.  lease let me know. Thank you very much.