I was fortunate to have stumbled upon these boards after serious contemplating doing a second Masters in Education.
I am Canadian, and I'm interested in pursuing a Masters in Education in the U.S., but never dared to try because of my poor undergrad grades.
It's now been 6 years since I completed my undergrad and after working in both in the business/education world, I've decided I want to start up my own Educational consulting company after completing a Masters in Education.
Background:
A little about myself.
Education:
1) Graduated from UBC in 2011 with a poor GPA (~2.8). Without a doubt, this is the glaring weakness in my profile. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I spent more time than I should have participating in extracurricular activities (Emerging Leaders Club, a Greek Fraternity, Rotaract, etc). I also swapped between full/part time jobs throughout my undergrad. I realize that I didn't spend enough time on my grades. I received multiple Cs and Ds while dropped my GPA by a lot.
2) Did a Business Management diploma at a Technical Institute in 2013.
3) Received my Real Estate License from UBC's Sauder School of Business in 2014.
4) Received my TESOL teaching certification from a 120-hour classroom-based program.
5) Currently doing my MBA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Matriculated 2016, graduating 2018.
Work Experience:
1) Worked as a water safety instructor for 4 years during my Undergraduate days. Also volunteered as a HS Tennis Coach.
2) Started a career in Real Estate in 2011. Started as a Real Estate assistant. After getting my Real Estate License in 2014, worked with a partner and did 110 million (CAD) in sales between the years 2011-2015.
3) Also worked as a Licensed Sales Associate for a Real Estate Developer in 2015. Generated about 20-30 million in sales (CAD) with team that year.
4) Started my own real estate fund, managing $2-3 million in various commercial real estate projects for private investors.
5) Came to Shanghai and worked as an English Teacher at a University.
6) Got into Education Counselling in mid 2016. Currently working as a senior Education Consultant for the same company.
Future Goals: While working in luxury Real Estate, I somehow got into involved in private educational training. It started off first as customer service for the kids of my clients. But as time progressed, I really started to enjoy teaching and working with kids. For me, To me, it's more special to be a contribution to the happiness parents and their kids feel after getting into the school of their dreams than making any house sale.
Now, I want to work in Education Consulting full-time. I want to attend an Education Masters program at an Ivy League school (Harvard's M.Ed, Columbia's TA, etc). Upon graduation, Using my previous business experience, I want to start-up an educational consulting company,. I've met so many brights students who can't get into their dream schools simply because of one glaring weakness in their profile (Ie- poor interview skills, poor essay writing skills, etc).
My goal is to start an Education program once I graduate from my MBA program. I realize I have glaring weaknesses in my academics. Given my certain circumstance, do I have a shot at these prestigious schools? If so, what work will I have to do?
I appreciate your time and effort to give feedback. I admire all of you, as this forum seems to be filled with many intelligent, diligent individuals.
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Lee_C
Hey guys,
I was fortunate to have stumbled upon these boards after serious contemplating doing a second Masters in Education.
I am Canadian, and I'm interested in pursuing a Masters in Education in the U.S., but never dared to try because of my poor undergrad grades.
It's now been 6 years since I completed my undergrad and after working in both in the business/education world, I've decided I want to start up my own Educational consulting company after completing a Masters in Education.
Background:
A little about myself.
Education:
1) Graduated from UBC in 2011 with a poor GPA (~2.8). Without a doubt, this is the glaring weakness in my profile. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I spent more time than I should have participating in extracurricular activities (Emerging Leaders Club, a Greek Fraternity, Rotaract, etc). I also swapped between full/part time jobs throughout my undergrad. I realize that I didn't spend enough time on my grades. I received multiple Cs and Ds while dropped my GPA by a lot.
2) Did a Business Management diploma at a Technical Institute in 2013.
3) Received my Real Estate License from UBC's Sauder School of Business in 2014.
4) Received my TESOL teaching certification from a 120-hour classroom-based program.
5) Currently doing my MBA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Matriculated 2016, graduating 2018.
Work Experience:
1) Worked as a water safety instructor for 4 years during my Undergraduate days. Also volunteered as a HS Tennis Coach.
2) Started a career in Real Estate in 2011. Started as a Real Estate assistant. After getting my Real Estate License in 2014, worked with a partner and did 110 million (CAD) in sales between the years 2011-2015.
3) Also worked as a Licensed Sales Associate for a Real Estate Developer in 2015. Generated about 20-30 million in sales (CAD) with team that year.
4) Started my own real estate fund, managing $2-3 million in various commercial real estate projects for private investors.
5) Came to Shanghai and worked as an English Teacher at a University.
6) Got into Education Counselling in mid 2016. Currently working as a senior Education Consultant for the same company.
Future Goals: While working in luxury Real Estate, I somehow got into involved in private educational training. It started off first as customer service for the kids of my clients. But as time progressed, I really started to enjoy teaching and working with kids. For me, To me, it's more special to be a contribution to the happiness parents and their kids feel after getting into the school of their dreams than making any house sale.
Now, I want to work in Education Consulting full-time. I want to attend an Education Masters program at an Ivy League school (Harvard's M.Ed, Columbia's TA, etc). Upon graduation, Using my previous business experience, I want to start-up an educational consulting company,. I've met so many brights students who can't get into their dream schools simply because of one glaring weakness in their profile (Ie- poor interview skills, poor essay writing skills, etc).
My goal is to start an Education program once I graduate from my MBA program. I realize I have glaring weaknesses in my academics. Given my certain circumstance, do I have a shot at these prestigious schools? If so, what work will I have to do?
I appreciate your time and effort to give feedback. I admire all of you, as this forum seems to be filled with many intelligent, diligent individuals.
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