Hi!, I would appreciate your help evaluating my profile!
Background info: Peruvian, 26yo.
1) Brief description of your full-time work experience. What do you do?
2006 (3 months):I went to USA to get a summer job. I worked as an assistant at a nursing school @ Los Angeles, USA - 2008 (8 months): Telecom. Engineer at a rural telecommunications company ( during college, full time, needed to pay my studies). 2009 (2 years): Network Engineer at one of the biggest telecommunications company in Peru (Intership, until I graduated).2011 (1 year, 8 months): Network Administrator at one of the top Banks in Peru. 2012 (9 months, currently) : Pre Sales Engineer at one of the two biggest telecommunications company in Peru. I am very happy with this change because I wanted to move from the technical area to the business/commercial area of IT, and this represents a first step.
2) Your GMAT.
1st attempt :710 (49,38)
Taking it again in 1 month (want to get at least 730). Please tell me if this is a must considering my target programs.
3) College info:
Undergrad:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Grade Avg. 13.4 (on a scale from 0 to 20). Not so high because I also had to work for 3 of the 5 years of my carreer.
Major: Telecommunications Engineer, graduated in mid 2010.
PostGrad
ESAN | Graduate School of Business
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (1 year program), graduated 2013
Ranked 1st of the class, GPA 4.0 – I found that management if one of my passions, I liked it a lot, which reflects my success.
4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.
College:
Captain of the university Kung Fu, as a team we won several university championships.
Once every two months (aprox.) I did some community service in rural areas of Peru. We (Kung fu team) gathered donations for the kids on that areas, played with them, taught them kung fu, etc.
Post College:
Formed a 3 person team to make a startup developing Iphone apps. I had to quit for my MBA preparation.
Fitness enthusiast. I have also helped a lot of my friends to change their nutritional and exercising habits, by motivating and guiding them. This has improved their way of life, which makes me very happy.
5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.
ITIL : Information Technology Infrastructure Library (maybe not so important)
6) Your target programs.
HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Booth, Tuck (Please tell me if this is realistic).
7) When you plan to apply? Please specify round and application cycle, for example R1 2013-14 or R3 2012-13.
R2 2013-14
8) Your post-MBA goal.
Management Consulting / Finances
Thanks a lot!![]()
Background info: Peruvian, 26yo.
1) Brief description of your full-time work experience. What do you do?
2006 (3 months):I went to USA to get a summer job. I worked as an assistant at a nursing school @ Los Angeles, USA - 2008 (8 months): Telecom. Engineer at a rural telecommunications company ( during college, full time, needed to pay my studies). 2009 (2 years): Network Engineer at one of the biggest telecommunications company in Peru (Intership, until I graduated).2011 (1 year, 8 months): Network Administrator at one of the top Banks in Peru. 2012 (9 months, currently) : Pre Sales Engineer at one of the two biggest telecommunications company in Peru. I am very happy with this change because I wanted to move from the technical area to the business/commercial area of IT, and this represents a first step.
2) Your GMAT.
1st attempt :710 (49,38)
Taking it again in 1 month (want to get at least 730). Please tell me if this is a must considering my target programs.
3) College info:
Undergrad:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Grade Avg. 13.4 (on a scale from 0 to 20). Not so high because I also had to work for 3 of the 5 years of my carreer.
Major: Telecommunications Engineer, graduated in mid 2010.
PostGrad
ESAN | Graduate School of Business
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (1 year program), graduated 2013
Ranked 1st of the class, GPA 4.0 – I found that management if one of my passions, I liked it a lot, which reflects my success.
4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.
College:
Captain of the university Kung Fu, as a team we won several university championships.
Once every two months (aprox.) I did some community service in rural areas of Peru. We (Kung fu team) gathered donations for the kids on that areas, played with them, taught them kung fu, etc.
Post College:
Formed a 3 person team to make a startup developing Iphone apps. I had to quit for my MBA preparation.
Fitness enthusiast. I have also helped a lot of my friends to change their nutritional and exercising habits, by motivating and guiding them. This has improved their way of life, which makes me very happy.
5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.
ITIL : Information Technology Infrastructure Library (maybe not so important)
6) Your target programs.
HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Booth, Tuck (Please tell me if this is realistic).
7) When you plan to apply? Please specify round and application cycle, for example R1 2013-14 or R3 2012-13.
R2 2013-14
8) Your post-MBA goal.
Management Consulting / Finances
Thanks a lot!