Hi Linda ,
I am interested in majoring in finance so am concentrating on the following schools
1. Harvard
2. Wharton
3. Columbia
4. Chicago GSB
5. NYU Stern
Here is my profile
About 3.5 years of experience when I matriculate ( Age 24)
GMAT : 760 , Quant - 50 , Verbal - 45
Nationality : Indian , Male
Working in Systems / IT at a top 5 hedge fund in New York City. Working on a trading application : development / maintainence + basic finance
Previously was working at Merrill Lynch also in systems / IT
Certifications from Microsoft in programming
Member of Mensa , NY
BS in EE from IIT Kanpur , India's top engineering school.
GPA : 6.9 / 10
Increasing trend in GPA ...
Pursuing certificate in finance from NYU's SCPS school
GPA : 4.0 / 4.0
During school : interned 2 summers in an advanced computer science lab at Columbia university , NY
Published a research paper in Image Compression in two well known conferences in India
Extra Curriculars
In college
Elected reading room secretary for the dorm
Started a department level magazine which has grown since
Part of organization team in Cultural and Technical festival
After College
Working with a leading nonprofit for educating underpriviged children in India ...elected publicity coordinator for year 2006 for the NYC / NJ chapter ...we are one of the largest chapters and our chapter alone has over 2000 members...most of them not very active though
Hobbies : Running , Swimming , books , traveling
Planning to apply in Fall 2006 for 2007 - 2008 session
Thanks for all your help
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