Unusual applicant
Hey all, I know these threads are dime a dozen but I figured I'd give it a shot. I am interested in applying for my MBA at Northwestern in 3-4 years. To give some background:
Graduated with a 3.3 from a non-target with a liberal arts major. Attended graduate school at a prestigious school in NYC, graduated with a 3.7 (also a profession/liberal arts concentration). I scored a V165 and Q160 for the GRE, hopefully I could replicate those scores for the GMAT and land top 15% or so. Volunteered for none profits for a year. Currently work at the most challenging and complex public school system on the east coast as a teacher.
My ultimate goal is to enter the consulting world as an education consultant. Given my extensive experience with broken systems, subpar management, and failing administrators, I am pretty well versed in just how dysfunctional education systems can be and am striving to use my experience and skills in improving these systems.
Tear me down and/or tell me what I need to work on,
Thanks for reading!
Work on crafting a very strong story as to why you want to get into education consulting and how Kellogg's MBA is the right fit for that goal. Are you looking at Ross and Booth as well? Two other Midwest schools that place well in consulting. I'm at Booth; while the "super quant nerd" stereotype is long dead (the school bodies are more similar than you'd think, I was at a Kellogg party recently) you'll learn a lot more hard skills there than you will at Kellogg if you're trying to round out your profile.
Kill the GMAT. Aim for the "80/80" rule and you probably want to be over the mean score. "Fluffy" majors and experience (i.e. more soft vs hard skill oriented) may make them weight your GMAT, especially the quant side, a bit heavier. If you're teaching a rigorous subject like higher order math, you might be OK.
Thanks for the reply.
I would be interested in Booth, but to be honest I just don't think I'm quant enough for them, despite the stereotype being dead. From my research, it sounds like Northwestern is much more forgiving of soft skill/career choices. As for Ross, being from a city that was very similar to Ann Arbor, Im just not interested in spending two years of my life in that kind of environment. I really want to keep living in NYC, but as far as I know NYU doesn't fit with my experience/goals, and Columbia lacks the culture and networking experience I want from B school.
Ill work diligently on that quant score, and mention that I do teach (lower level :/ ) math as one of my subjects on my app.
Additionally, does it at all help that Im a woman, or do schools only mention that to insist on diversity?
" Given my extensive experience with broken systems, subpar management, and failing administrators, I am pretty well versed in just how dysfunctional education systems can be and am striving to use my experience and skills in improving these systems. "
"Currently work at the most challenging and complex public school system on the east coast as a teacher. "
Maybe work on your humility?
why your prestigious NYC school hasn't helped why MBA is good for education consultant what have you already improved why bother GMAT again when 325 on GRE isn't bad at all.
It would be more accurate to say "unimpressive", not "unusual".
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