liupatrick68 wrote:
I'm new to the site and was wondering what the community thought about my profile. Any feedback (negative or positive) is welcome. Thanks!
1) Work Exp: 1.5 years at an IT Audit / Internal Audit Company, 1 year as a Corporate Accountant at large public Silicon Valley video game company, just started an investment banking analyst position at a mid-market boutique investment banking firm (about 4 months)
2) Gmat: Have not taken it yet, but assuming I will get somewhere in the range of 700-730
3) College info: UC Berkeley, 3.0 GPA, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, I had a lower GPA because I studied EECS and had a major injury that prevented me from going to class for the first 2 semesters, ended up switching majors and forced myself to take 5,5,5, and 6 engineering classes my last 4 semesters at CAL in order to graduate on time (4 years). I also received an A.A. degree in Accounting after my undergrad and graduated with a 3.9 (not sure if this will help or if it's even relevant).
4) Post college EC: I was heavily involved with a micro-finance organization called Wokai as well as a pro bono consulting non-profit called The Taproot Foundation.
5) Certifications: CPA, Certified Info Sys Auditor (CISA) and Real Estate Brokers License
6) Schools: Penn, Columbia, NYU, Booth, MIT, UCLA
7) PostMBA Career: Corporate Development in a large Gaming firm or Tech focused VC / PE shop
Thanks for your input!
Your GPA will definitely be a problem, but as long as you can shoot for a 700+ GMAT score as you indicated, that should help with the academics side. One big problem right now with your profile is the jumpy career trend. The longest you've stayed at at job post-college is 1.5 year, which isn't all that long. Employers for the top schools don't typically like that. This mentality will trickle downward to the admissions level and make it harder for you to make it in. However, what's done is done. Penn, Columbia, Booth, and MIT will be long shots. UCLA and NYU are the places where you should focus in, along with Berkeley, Duke, and UVA. Given your postMBA career goal, definitely think about Haas as well.