Acads:
strength: top ug school (7.2/10), top grad school in discipline (3.8), widely published in leading journals lending credibility to acads (UG gpa maybe low, but i can manage that, especially with my publications, anybody have any comment on the relevance of publications in leading journals to academic strength)
weakness: dropped out of THE top phd program (have story)
Serious XC: sport: poker.. stellar 3 year performance track record, winner of numerous big field-large prizepool tournaments all over the place including important world poker tour circuit events, stories aplenty
community service: computer teacher for underprivileged kids (4 hours/week) with salvation army
weakness: no leadership exp in XC (impossible really with an individual sport like poker and a teaching volunteering activity)
Career: strength: good progress, developed several leading cutting edge technology with direct and very visible impact on company's bottom line , related to this worked on atleast 2 of the company's most important projects in the past 1 year, atleast one HUGE project obtained by company on the merit of technology developed
weakness: no traditional leadership exp, could be typecasted as tech (and no not software/IT)
MBA essay underlying theme: Career changer.
And that is that... in a nutshell, comments, critiques, observations welcome.
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- OMG stands for Oh My God. Its origin can be traced back to the time when, after watching the whole of American Idols season 2, I realized that Clay Aiken was actually not a girl but a boy. The very first historical documented use of OMG is "OMG-Clay-Aiken". This blog would be a chronicle for a(n) MBA admit (class of '12), but would avoid the usual cliches (read gmat prep, essay prep, interview prep etc etc). Although it would hopefully be, more informative and more entertaining than your usual mba-next-door-blog. Current profession: Research scientist in the oil and gas space. Desired profession: Professional Poker player. More realistic desired profession: Energy and commodities consulting/Sales and trading.
3 comments:
The good part about your assessment is that you already know the weaknesses, and that your strengths are completely outweighing them ! Good luck !
WOW were you on TV. I love watching TV poker :P
@ tryst: u think so, i am still scratching my head about my drop-out fiasco though
@happybunny: WSOP 07 main event, indian guy in a cap is shown for exactly 10 seconds on ESP, on one of the outside tables. But these days its mostly online
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