MBA Wire Taps 281—Army ranger, modest GRE. Fire service, now undergrad. Aerospace engineer.

March 13, 2023 00:36:58
MBA Wire Taps 281—Army ranger, modest GRE. Fire service, now undergrad. Aerospace engineer.
Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast
MBA Wire Taps 281—Army ranger, modest GRE. Fire service, now undergrad. Aerospace engineer.

Mar 13 2023 | 00:36:58

/

Hosted By

Graham Richmond Alex Brown

Show Notes

Our first candidate is an Army Ranger (Special Forces) and no doubt has some pretty amazing experience. They have a very solid GPA and a good plan regarding their post MBA goals. Their GRE score is 319. For the programs they are targeting, this might well be high enough, but we wonder whether they should have one more go at trying to boost the score into the 320s. We think they belong at an M7 program. Our second candidate has a very unorthodox background, which includes 15 years with the fire service, before attending their undergrad program, which they are now completing. This presents several challenges that the candidate will face, and which we discuss in detail. A top GMAT score will help, too. Our final candidate is an aerospace engineer with outstanding numbers. They are a little earlier in their career and their goals are not as well developed as we would like. If they can develop their goal focus between now and the round 1 deadlines, we think they will have some good options.

Other Episodes

Episode

November 25, 2024 00:33:30
Episode Cover

MBA Wire Taps 397—American applying to European MBAs. Family business candidate. Three offers, accept or reapply.

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing the activity of MBA LiveWire; a few MBA programs are still rolling out Round...

Listen

Episode 0

March 06, 2023 00:35:54
Episode Cover

MBA Wire Taps 280—Difficult personal story. 770 GMAT, off to MBB. Product manager at fintech unicorn.

Welcome back to another jam-packed episode of the Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast!  This week's show kicks off with some discussion the activity on...

Listen

Episode 0

June 22, 2020 00:34:09
Episode Cover

Episode 108: Wire Taps—When Is It Time to Give Up on the Waitlist?

[ss_player]

Listen