Hi,

Age: 27
Country: USA
Gender: Asian (Chinese/Vietnamese) Male

GMAT: 700

Education: USC, Bachelors of Science Accouting (3.52 Overall GPA, 3.67 Major GPA); Various Community Colleges (4.0) - note that I'm not a transfer student, but just took classes outside of USC given the outrageous tuition.

Work experience

Professional
Licensed CPA; Sitting for the CAIA exam
Big Four Accounting for 2 years
Fortune 100 Media Company in the Cable Television Group

On the Side
I own my own investment company. I studied finance on my own extensively for two years while I was at the Big Four firm (given the resources), and 3 years later, I've got my own company with other partners. The assets under management are in the $1M-$10M category, all fully owned (we invest for ourselves, not others).

Extra-Curricular
While at USC: Four Internships total, one on-campus job, and was a member of several organizations for a long period of time, but no serious leadership. Mentored underclassmen in official programs once I became an upperclassmen for two years.

After USC:

For the past three years, heavily involved with a Non-Profit in several committees, namely for Strategy and Operations; Also helped create a new grant program that utilizes academic research to help support the Non-Profit's efforts in obtaining corporate funding; In the process of researching ROI, ROE to help measure the efficiency with which donated dollars are being spent. I also manage the relationship of the organization with its various partner schools (they perform a civic function in partnership with the organization on certain days of the week) and manage the event (usually has over 100 people per event).

I'm also involved in a Career Mentorship program at USC, and my involvement will be three years at Matriculation.

Before those three years: Was heavily involved in volunteering at my Big Four, and led a fundraising effort that brought in over $2K for a charity. I also was involved in several committees at the Big Four, but nothing special came of it (a committee with no teeth).

I'm not really asking about my chances, since I already know where I stand a good chance to get into (Schools ranked #8-25). Money isn't an issue, so I'm not worried about getting scholarships and what not.

My goal is to eventually build my firm into a Warren Buffett-like machine. The MBA, for me, is a means to that end. It'll help me gain access to an I-Banking job, or a corporate development role where I can further develop my investing/finance skills. You can only do so much on your own.

What I am worried about is the structure of my resume as well as my essays. As you can see, I detailed my involvement with my ECs extensively, not so much with work. However with work, particularly at the Media company, should I detail out my accomplishments, in terms of the escalating responsibilities or should I describe them in monetary terms, such as PL sales managed and profit achieved? Also, what should I emphasize most in my resume, my EC accomplishments or my work accomplishments? I'm dedicated to both and they do take up a lot of my time.

Thank you for your time.

USCtrojan2006

Thanks Bakfed, much appreciated.

I'm just apprehensive about writing about the PL items, given that I only did the analysis behind them, not the decision making. That obviously falls to the Executives....I would think the adcom/interviewers could see through this?