Intern
Joined: 30 Jun 2011
Posts: 25
Location: United States
Concentration: Finance, General Management
GPA: 3.65
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
Please evaluate my potential application
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30 Jun 2011, 09:55
1) Basic demographic info: 26 year old (at matriculation) white male
2) Educational Background: University of Maryland, double major accounting and finance, GPA 3.7, 690 GMAT (Q44 V40), licensed CPA
3) Work experience: Big 4 Consultant within Transaction Services group for a year and a half. Previously spent 2 years in audit at the same firm. Will be a senior associate upon matriculation. I anticipate having strong recommendations.
4) Extracurriculars: Involved in a 3 year long mentoring program aimed at getting underpriveledged high schoolers into college. Involved in volunteering for Junior Achievement and soup kitchens through work.
5) Short/Long term goals: I am looking to make the switch from doing diligence on M&A deals to investment banking M&A and eventually into private equity. Preference of location would be NYC or San Francisco.
6) Schools: Considering all top 10 schools, (except Stanford and Harvard, which I assume are out of the question) Columbia, Cal, Penn, Chicago, MIT, NYU, Michigan, Northwestern, etc.
I am looking to attend one of the above mentioned schools. Please let me know what you think my chances are and whether there are areas in which I can improve. I am considering taking the GMAT again, but I am not really sure how much more a 710 will help my cause. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.