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Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2012, 20:07
Asian American, Male, US Citizen
1) 3 years of Internal Audit work experience at a large governmental organization (one promotion)
2) 730 (40V, 49Q)
3) UC Berkeley, 3.50, Economics major w/ Accounting minor
4) Limited EC, if any
5) CPA (in California)
6) I need advice about which b-schools (target, reach and back-up) would be a good fit for me given my current background and post-MBA career goal.
7) Career change into Asset/Investment Management
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2012, 16:33
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Asian American, Male, US Citizen
1) 3 years of Internal Audit work experience at a large governmental organization (one promotion)
2) 730 (40V, 49Q)
3) UC Berkeley, 3.50, Economics major w/ Accounting minor
4) Limited EC, if any
5) CPA (in California)
6) I need advice about which b-schools (target, reach and back-up) would be a good fit for me given my current background and post-MBA career goal.
7) Career change into Asset/Investment Management


Consider Cornell, Georgetown, UNC, NYU, UT, Duke and UCLA. If you can show leadership or spend some time on an non-work activity, it would strengthen your application.

Best,
Linda
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2012, 16:44
Thanks for the feedback Linda. I do have some volunteer experience, tax preparation and academic tutoring for low-income Asian families in my community. Among the schools you mentioned, which ones would you consider as my reach schools, target schools and back-up schools? Thanks again, and I really appreciate your help.
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2012, 18:39
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rwbaut wrote:
Thanks for the feedback Linda. I do have some volunteer experience, tax preparation and academic tutoring for low-income Asian families in my community. Among the schools you mentioned, which ones would you consider as my reach schools, target schools and back-up schools? Thanks again, and I really appreciate your help.


Cornell, Georgetown, UNC, NYU, UT, Duke and UCLA

I would say the reach schools are NYU, Duke and UCLA. The competitive schools are Cornell, Georgetown, and UNC. I might be being somewhat conservative here because while your academic stats are very competitive at even the stretch schools, I didn't sense much leadership in your post and initially there were no extra-curricular activities. Again, if you can boost the leadership (or if you have it and I just don't see it in your brief post), you would be much more competitive at all the programs.

You might be interested in a webinar we are having in a few weeks. We haven't even started publicizing it yet. "The Smart Timeline for 2013 MBA Applicants" will be held on March 14 at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET. It's free, and it will cover a suggested timeline to prepare for a round 1 2013 application.

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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   24 Feb 2012, 20:39
Thanks for the feedback, and I will surely attend the webinar! About "back-up/safety" schools, which would you recommend given my background and post-MBA career goal?
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2012, 00:06
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rwbaut wrote:
Thanks for the feedback, and I will surely attend the webinar! About "back-up/safety" schools, which would you recommend given my background and post-MBA career goal?


For you, Georgetown, UNC, and UT would probably be your back-up schools.

Thanks for joining us at the webinar!

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