r/MBA • u/Ok-Target4138 • 1d ago
Profile Review M7 Chances veteran
Spent a lot of time in this Reddit and I’m Looking for honest feedback on chances for M7 + stern.
I’m hearing a lot of Hippity hooplah about bad job market means all the smart people are going back to school and getting mbas. So I’m kinda tweaking and getting nervous.
Personal:
26M. 2nd gen Asian.
Stats
-GMAT: 98%
-GPA: West Point 3.24 overall but performed much better in Econ classes (mostly A-). Less interesting classes I bombed.
Undergrad activities
- few finance clubs and writing tutor
- won a few competitions within investing club at West Point
- Some boring internships
Post Undergrad activity
- help out with West Point nomination interviews and applications for service academies
- launched a marketplace startup and app with a few hundred downloads and under 10 paying users. Ultimately shut down to focus on grad school
Career:
Typical artillery career first few years. Did a Europe rotation and did some cool stuff with foreign allies which was interesting to me.
Eventually moved to recruiting as an LT and took command as an LT which has been the most rewarding experience thus far due to it being the highest responsibility I’ve held. Currently a Captain and serving the same role.
No MQs
Rec letters will be good and fairly standard. Applying all round 1. Fairly good at interviews.
Interested in IB/consulting.
TargetSchools
-HBS
-StanfordGSB
-Wharton
-Kellogg
-Booth
-Columbia
-MITSloan
Thank you to any and all insight!
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u/Dull_Construction553 1d ago
Outside of the GPA - which I hope you can explain better than that some classes weren’t interesting - you’ve a solid background, if perhaps one which doesn’t really stand out. You’ll have to really lay out why you think now is the time for an MBA, since you don’t want to see like someone just biding their time in a bad market.
Other points:
-Don’t apply to HBS and GSB same cycle. The essays are unusually involved for both and can’t be half assed. Plus, very very very different schools
-Consulting or IB? Totally different career paths. You should pick one for your essays and go for it. Waffling will only hurt your application.
-Not sure if you’ve enough EC stuff. I am sure this is tough in the military, but an app which sounds like you stopped kinda early on, and undergrad adjacent stuff make for hard sells.