<p>Hi, not sure if this is the right place to be, but this seems like the most active part of the web. I just graduated few weeks ago and I just started to putting together the admission package for MBA admissions for the fall of 2011. Hopefully I can turn everything in by R2. Please take a look at my record. </p>
<p>Here are the list of schools I want to get into </p>
<p>Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UCI </p>
<p>Lets start with my information </p>
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<li>3.45/Business Economic/Fullerton College-Cal State Fullerton 2007-2010 (Finished School in less than 4yrs) </li>
<li>Haven't take the Gmat yet. I just started on the 60 day study plan. </li>
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<p>Work experiences</p>
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<li>I served 4 years in the Marines from 2002-2006 as an enlisted deployed to Iraq three times Got promoted to Segregant in the 4 years </li>
<li>2006-2008 Group Fitness Instructor 2007-2008 </li>
<li>2008 Tutor for kids for an non profit company </li>
<li>Started my own company(Self employ doing fitness bootcamp and mainly contract with cities to work with kids) </li>
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<p>Here are few questions I got </p>
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<li>extracurricular involvements
Got a question here. I spend a lot of time helping out local Marine recruiters but we didn't log in any hours, how can I prove this? </li>
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<p>Also is it worth it if I start to volunteer in the tutoring center at the local junior college? Because first I enjoy helping other students with Econ (Of course I would only tutor Econ), and second I can also use that time to study for the gmat. I see a lot of volunteers in the tutor center before when they planned to transfer to a good school from the junior college. (I never did much with extracurricular involvements because I never thought about going to an elite school until my senior year, also I didn't have much time because I always took 15+ units and work at the same time. And I thought spending 4 years in the Marines would be good enough, but now I would like to increase my chance if I can.) </p>
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<li>awards, patents, publications, etc... </li>
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<p>Should military awards includes in here? </p>
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<li>interesting personal facts - countries lived in, challenges faced, unusual interests </li>
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<p>I grown up in Hong Kong and moved to the US when I was 13. First in the family to attend college(No one attended high school in my family). I was a 2.0 GPA student in high school (I am going to write an essay on how the military changed my view on education). lived on my own since I was 18 and my family relocated back to China. Had to paid for everything on my own. </p>
<p>Questions on letter of reference
Who should write my letter of references? Like Stanford ask for 2 professional/workplace references and a peer reference. </p>
<p>Quote:
You must obtain at least one recommendation from your current direct supervisor.
If you are unable to provide a letter from your current direct supervisor, include a brief note of explanation in the Additional Information section of the online application.
College seniors may use a direct supervisor from a summer, part-time, or internship experience. Alternatively, you may ask someone who oversaw you in an extracurricular, volunteer, or community activity.
Your second Professional/Workplace Letter of Reference must come from someone else in a position to evaluate your work
-another supervisor, a previous supervisor, a client, etc.
Since I am self employ do I just get my recommendation from my clients? Also how about professors? I had close relationships with most of my professors so it wouldn't be a problem for me to get a letter of references from my professors or clients. Also what about people that I work with through the city? Like the city members that I work with to run my fitness camp in the city? </p>
<p>Also letters of reference from my clients would it be smart if I ask people from the school I am applying to to write the letter? Like I got clients from USC, UCLA, UCI and they would write a letter of reference for me, so I think it would be smart if I just match them up when I send in the letter of reference right?(As you can see I am currently living in So Cal) </p>
<p>Quote:
1 Peer Reference
An individual with whom you have worked on a team or on a project, in a position equal to your own, should complete this recommendation. This person should not be a supervisor or subordinate. You may choose this person from any of your team experiences: charitable, extracurricular, professional, or other.
The peer recommender cannot be your supervisor or subordinate.
Same problem since I am self employ, would this be a fellow student? or who else should I ask to write this? </p>
<p>This is a lot of information. So please let me know if you can answer few of my questions and help me improve my resume. Thanks alot!</p>