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Re: Chances at a Top-10 Business School?
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16 Jun 2010, 22:16
in my opinion, i don't think that a higher GMAT would necessarily put you in another "bucket" so to speak. the one thing that might stand out is your desire to break into hedge funds without any real finance experience. just to get some perspective, the HF industry is one of the toughest and most highly sought-after industries, and very few students at top schools (even ones like HBS and stanford) manage to break into this industry. those that do generally have some sort of experience in an investment bank or other financial firm.
anyway, i'd try and get some feedback from an admissions consultant, since i think you might be doing yourself a disservice by focusing your essays on a goal like that. i'm not trying to deter you from your dream, but rather making you aware that if you choose to focus your essays on that, you'll really need to go into detail as to what steps you are going to take in order to accomplish your goal.