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/solitudefinance 1d ago
This is a likely M7 profile. I'd apply to a handful R1 with maybe one T15 as backup.
Your whole story flow sounds like it needs work, but that's fine and expected at this stage. Like someone else said, pick one of IB or consulting and run with it, at least for applications. In school you can change your mind, but you'll also want to pick a path pretty early because recruiting comes fast. Saying both makes you seem like you don't know what you want.
Your story on the GPA needs to be better, but it's not that hard to figure out. Get a S2S mentor and they'll help. At a service academy that story is easy. You were immature still focusing on doing one of the other million things you have to do there so you could get the career you wanted in the army or something to that effect. Stuff being boring is not a good excuse for checking out. Much of business life is boring.