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18 Oct 2006, 21:09
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-25 years old
-GMAT: 730 Q49 V41
-GPA: 3.3 in Economics @ UCLA
-1 year as a Trading Assistant at a buy-side investment management firm
-will have 2 years as a separately managed accounts Trader at a different buy-side investment firm
-I basically have no extracurriculars excpet for 1 group @ UCLA and 1 day of volunteering.
Big Red Flag: I recieved a no pass (I took the class as a passs/no pass. No letter grade) in my last quarter @ UCLA. It was an upper division econ class. Because of this, I had to take summer school at another school to get my degree @ UCLA.
I'm targeting second round at UCLA, UC Berkeley, U of Chicago, and Stanford. If time permits I will also apply to Wharton and Harvard.
How much of a dealbreaker is my lack of extracurriculars?
How much of a dealbreaker is my fail? How should I address it?
What are my chances?
-GMAT: 730 Q49 V41
-GPA: 3.3 in Economics @ UCLA
-1 year as a Trading Assistant at a buy-side investment management firm
-will have 2 years as a separately managed accounts Trader at a different buy-side investment firm
-I basically have no extracurriculars excpet for 1 group @ UCLA and 1 day of volunteering.
Big Red Flag: I recieved a no pass (I took the class as a passs/no pass. No letter grade) in my last quarter @ UCLA. It was an upper division econ class. Because of this, I had to take summer school at another school to get my degree @ UCLA.
I'm targeting second round at UCLA, UC Berkeley, U of Chicago, and Stanford. If time permits I will also apply to Wharton and Harvard.
How much of a dealbreaker is my lack of extracurriculars?
How much of a dealbreaker is my fail? How should I address it?
What are my chances?
22 Oct 2006, 19:09
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biggamejames
biggamejames,
Lack of curriculars will hurt your chances at all six of the schools you mentioned, especially since you don't seem to have had leadership roles at work. The failing grade is not a dealbreaker, since you corrected it. The lack of extracurriculars and leadership (in or outside work) is your real red flag, so I would say that Stanford, HBS, and Wharton are not doable. Haas and Chicago are also longshots, with UCLA being marginally more achievable. I think you should aim lower or wait and build leadership in and outside of work.
Good luck,
