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yaboiahmedd

Profile Review – Deferred MBA (2+2 / GSB / HBS / Haas)

Profile Review

Hi everyone, would really appreciate feedback on my profile and chances for deferred MBA programs. Planning to apply this cycle.

Demographics

•	Age: 22

•	Citizenship: Canadian

•	Gender: Male

•	Background: Tech

Education

•	University of Waterloo

•	Bachelors in Computer Science

•	GPA: 3.5 / 4.0

Work Experience

•	6 internships across Big Tech / Fortune 500 companies, 1 internship at a startup, with hands-on ownership and fast-paced execution

•	Mix of Product Management and Software Engineering

•	Worked on customer-facing products, platform tooling, and large-scale systems

•	Will be returning full-time as a Product Manager at one of the big tech companies I interned at

Leadership & Extracurriculars

•	VP for 3 student organizations

•	Includes 2 tech-focused clubs

•	Held leadership roles for 2+ years in each

•	Involved with building software solutions for nonprofits

Letters of Recommendation

•	Manager from a big tech internship

•	Professor who mentioned my project was one of the best projects they’ve seen

Post-MBA Goals

•	Short-term: Continue in tech/product

•	Long-term: Entrepreneurship (building and scaling tech products)

Schools I’m Applying To

•	MIT Sloan (Deferred)

•	Stanford GSB (Deferred)

•	Harvard Business School (2+2)

•	Berkeley Haas (Deferred)

Testing

•	Planning to take the GRE in March

Thanks in Advance

Posted Jan 11, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

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