Deferred MBA Profile Evaluation Request - Where do I stand? : Ask Personal MBA Coach

I’m currently a junior in college and am looking to apply to deferred MBA programs in January 2024. My profile will be given in future tense as I am currently on track to achieve all these goals. I am trying to gain an understanding of how strong my application will be for the main deferred MBA programs I am interested in. I have strong leadership positions on campus and lots of volunteering. I have a target GMAT score. I have a lower GPA, but the number doesn’t do the justice as my low GPA isn’t a B+ average but rather two bad years mixed with 3 years of perfection. My current summer internship is at a smaller consulting firm, but I have a consulting internship at a larger company upon graduation next summer. One of my recommendations will come from my economic professor who is a faculty advisor for one of the clubs I’m president for. My other recommendation will come from the VP (who recommended me for the job) of the small/midsize consulting internship I have this 2023 summer. I have not written any essays yet but am currently thinking about how to craft my profile into a compelling story. From college failure, to exceeding grades, extracurriculars, etc.

•My target programs include: Booth Scholars, Kellogg Future leaders, Yale Silver Scholars, Columbia, MIT, Wharton Moelis, HBS 2+2, Stanford GSB, Berkely HAAS, UVA Darden.
•My target career is in consulting

Profile:
•White Male, 22 years old, Florida
•Double Major in Economics and Sociology at a top 50 university, Cum Laude
•GMAT: 740+ *Side Note* I am currently looking to boost this score a little more to make up for my lower GPA.
•Cumulative GPA: 3.23 *Side Note* I did very bad my first two years in college during 2019-2020 and failed out from a rank 250 university with a 1.5 GPA in Spring 2021. I wasn’t passionate about my major, Covid happened, was working, and just generally didn’t have any long-term plans so I didn’t care about school. However, Fall 2021, I started back at community college, took 12 classes, made straight A’s in all of them, and graduated with my associates degree with honors. Once I got my Associates degree I got admitted into a Rank 50 university. Starting in Fall 2022, I took another 17 classes and made straight A’s in all of them. So upon my application, I am currently on a 29-class streak (85 credits) of 4.00 GPA straight A’s. So, my GPA has gone from a 1.5 to a 3.23.
My transcripts look like this: (Rank 250 University) ACDCDCUUUUFFWFFWC ------> (Community College) AAAAAAAAAAAA ------> (Rank 50 University) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Extracurriculars:
•Entrepreneurship Club – Founder/President
•National Business Economics Association – President
•Student Government – Executive Branch Financial Assistant
•Financial Management Association - Member
•Foster Care Mentoring – 200+ Volunteer Hours
•Special Olympic Volunteering – 100+ Volunteer Hours
•University’s Scholar Society, University’s Leadership Honors Society, Economics Honors Society, Sociology Honors Society
•Quiz Bowl Academic Team – Top 5 Scholar

Work Experience:
•Summer 2023 consulting Internship at a small-mid size consulting firm (publicly traded, 150m Revenue, 1b market cap)
•Summer 2024 consulting Internship at a Fortune 500 company (Not MBB but slightly lower tier)

Entrepreneurial Projects:
•Created my own private software utilizing multiple programming languages that connected to the OpenSea API and automatically traded NFT’s on the OpenSea market, generated $135,000 in purchases and sales while maintain steady profit margins.
•Founded an Instagram Media Page that organically grew 40,000 followers, generated 50 million impressions and 35 million views on content, Collaborated with companies to generate revenue with sponsored posts/advertisements

Deferred MBA's have been a driving factor in my motivation for my grades, and extracurriculars. I passionately believe an MBA will accelerate me in the workforce and I want the security of having a degree from a top institution. I want to apply deferred so that I can have peace of mind going into the workforce after college knowing that I have grad school lined up. I also like the aspect that If I get denied from deferred MBA's I can apply again 2-5 years down the line for regular admissions with higher acceptance odds and more schools available. I'm all in on the idea of Business School and getting into a top institution has been a dream of mine ever since I started taking college and my long term goals seriously. I look forward to advice of how strong/weak my application stands for deferred MBA programs. Thank you so much!!!!

Hi gccfsu

Thank you for your detailed post. We do a lot of deferred work and would be happy to help. At this stage, you should focus on improving your profile and we can help through an Early MBA Planning package. The higher the GPA the better so is there any way to cram in extra credits and bump this up even more? Even if you find research to do for credit or take other easy courses, the more you can do to pad the transcript the better. Please send us your resume as well. We are very interested to learn more about your entrepreneurial pursuits as this can help you! Are you looking to hire a consultant to help you?

Best regards,

Personal MBA Coach

gccfsu wrote:I’m currently a junior in college and am looking to apply to deferred MBA programs in January 2024. My profile will be given in future tense as I am currently on track to achieve all these goals. I am trying to gain an understanding of how strong my application will be for the main deferred MBA programs I am interested in. I have strong leadership positions on campus and lots of volunteering. I have a target GMAT score. I have a lower GPA, but the number doesn’t do the justice as my low GPA isn’t a B+ average but rather two bad years mixed with 3 years of perfection. My current summer internship is at a smaller consulting firm, but I have a consulting internship at a larger company upon graduation next summer. One of my recommendations will come from my economic professor who is a faculty advisor for one of the clubs I’m president for. My other recommendation will come from the VP (who recommended me for the job) of the small/midsize consulting internship I have this 2023 summer. I have not written any essays yet but am currently thinking about how to craft my profile into a compelling story. From college failure, to exceeding grades, extracurriculars, etc.

•My target programs include: Booth Scholars, Kellogg Future leaders, Yale Silver Scholars, Columbia, MIT, Wharton Moelis, HBS 2+2, Stanford GSB, Berkely HAAS, UVA Darden.
•My target career is in consulting

Profile:
•White Male, 22 years old, Florida
•Double Major in Economics and Sociology at a top 50 university, Cum Laude
•GMAT: 740+ *Side Note* I am currently looking to boost this score a little more to make up for my lower GPA.
•Cumulative GPA: 3.23 *Side Note* I did very bad my first two years in college during 2019-2020 and failed out from a rank 250 university with a 1.5 GPA in Spring 2021. I wasn’t passionate about my major, Covid happened, was working, and just generally didn’t have any long-term plans so I didn’t care about school. However, Fall 2021, I started back at community college, took 12 classes, made straight A’s in all of them, and graduated with my associates degree with honors. Once I got my Associates degree I got admitted into a Rank 50 university. Starting in Fall 2022, I took another 17 classes and made straight A’s in all of them. So upon my application, I am currently on a 29-class streak (85 credits) of 4.00 GPA straight A’s. So, my GPA has gone from a 1.5 to a 3.23.
My transcripts look like this: (Rank 250 University) ACDCDCUUUUFFWFFWC ------> (Community College) AAAAAAAAAAAA ------> (Rank 50 University) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Extracurriculars:
•Entrepreneurship Club – Founder/President
•National Business Economics Association – President
•Student Government – Executive Branch Financial Assistant
•Financial Management Association - Member
•Foster Care Mentoring – 200+ Volunteer Hours
•Special Olympic Volunteering – 100+ Volunteer Hours
•University’s Scholar Society, University’s Leadership Honors Society, Economics Honors Society, Sociology Honors Society
•Quiz Bowl Academic Team – Top 5 Scholar

Work Experience:
•Summer 2023 consulting Internship at a small-mid size consulting firm (publicly traded, 150m Revenue, 1b market cap)
•Summer 2024 consulting Internship at a Fortune 500 company (Not MBB but slightly lower tier)

Entrepreneurial Projects:
•Created my own private software utilizing multiple programming languages that connected to the OpenSea API and automatically traded NFT’s on the OpenSea market, generated $135,000 in purchases and sales while maintain steady profit margins.
•Founded an Instagram Media Page that organically grew 40,000 followers, generated 50 million impressions and 35 million views on content, Collaborated with companies to generate revenue with sponsored posts/advertisements

Deferred MBA's have been a driving factor in my motivation for my grades, and extracurriculars. I passionately believe an MBA will accelerate me in the workforce and I want the security of having a degree from a top institution. I want to apply deferred so that I can have peace of mind going into the workforce after college knowing that I have grad school lined up. I also like the aspect that If I get denied from deferred MBA's I can apply again 2-5 years down the line for regular admissions with higher acceptance odds and more schools available. I'm all in on the idea of Business School and getting into a top institution has been a dream of mine ever since I started taking college and my long term goals seriously. I look forward to advice of how strong/weak my application stands for deferred MBA programs. Thank you so much!!!!

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