Youngjames wrote:
IMO, you've got all the right ingredients to be successful at a top 10 school. there are pieces where I don't have a good perspective, such as the level of competition of your undergrad, but at a surface level view, your credentials don't look like there are obvious weaknesses. your biggest challenge is to describe, justify, and reflect on your career goals. it's clear that you've got the right skills to go into IB, but you want to distinguish WHY you want this (most adcoms bias toward thinking you just want to make $$), and show how it's credible. even your long-term goal (as stated) is not specific or meaningful enough, so you'll need to get a lot tighter here as well.
and my final point is that even within the top 10, there's a great deal of spread in level of difficulty. school 1 is 10X harder than school 10, as an example.
hope that's helpful,
-james
You are right I could elaborate on my career goals:
Short term: become an IB associate specialized in the high tech industry (telecoms or software more specifically) because I want to build on the experience I have so far. I want to work on non-traditional financing solutions for companies with highly intangible value. I can go on on how it is important to develop and promote these solutions which are the lifeblood of innovation which is the future of America.
Long term: With the combination of my CPA experience and IB, I want to become a CFO in a promising startup and turn it into a global organisation
Unfortunately I did not attend one of the top 10 schools but it is a very diverse school where the teaching is in French and English and 40% of the students are international. I did get to participate in some activities in Europe and Asia during my bachelor. I did turn down the best school in Canada to go there but I can't change the past...
I really appreciate it your constructive feedback!!! Sometimes it is very tough out there and it is hard to see where you stand...