Product manager for a leading video security software company, Fabliha set his sights on a one-year accelerated MBA program. The 28-year-old professional is applying to Tech MBA programs at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Cornell Tech and New York University. And she’s planning something like a “Hail Mary” pass to Harvard Business School.
A thought leader in cloud software and the youngest person to be promoted to Product Marketing Director in company history, she is also recruiting “Women in Technology” for her private company of over 1,000. employees in Montreal. Fabliha holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Concordia University in Canada. It brings a GRE score with equal deviations of 161 on verbal and quant, as well as a GPA of 3.7 to its applications.
His immediate goal after the MBA: to transition to the United States and become a product manager for a cloud-based B2B software company. Longer term, Fabliha would like to become VP of Product, leading with empathy and offering a different perspective to the tech-bro culture. “I want to be the mentor that just didn’t exist when I was young,” she says.
In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, HBSGuru.com Founder Sandy Kreisberg assesses her chances of succeeding in gaining admissions to her target schools and gives her advice on how to do her best to tip the scales. his favor.
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ENTER WHARTON AND HARVARD WITH A 720 GMAT AND A 3.6 GPA
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HARVARD / STANFORD / WHARTON FOR THIS MONEY, NOT OR SUMMARY?
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IS THIS ENGINEER SUITABLE FOR BERKELEY HAAS & MIT SLOAN?
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CAN YOU GET STARTED WITH STANFORD IN YOUR FOURTH JOB?
WILL STANFORD & HARVARD BUY THIS STORY?
FULLBRIGHT, FAMILY POULTRY BIZ, PAKISTAN + HBS?
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