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Profile Eval: Top performer at tier 2 consulting firm, low GPA
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12 Apr 2015, 08:57
Hello,
Would you please evaluate my profile? My answers to the standard questions below. Thanks for your help!
1) Brief description of your full-time work experience. What do you do?
- Ranked top business analyst at Tier 2 consulting firm - 2 years (Deloitte / Accenture / ATK)
- plenty of firm-related ECs, focused on TMT strategy roles
- Promoted to M&A practice as a strategy consultant - 1 year
- focused on TMT pre-deal M&A and TMT strategy roles
- Senior Project Manager - type role at large canadian telco - 9 months
- managed large projects for wireless business, advised lead VP on set up of internet of things business
- Promoted to Associate director - current
- focus on setting up IoT group (strategy, forecasting, processes, etc)
2) Your GMAT
- Scheduled 5 weeks from now, mock tests (kaplan, mba.com, manhattan) get me to 700-720 biased toward verbal
3) College info: The name of the college, your GPA or grade average, your major, year of graduation. For any graduate degrees, please provide the same info. If you grades are low, please indicate if there were extenuating circumstances.
- University of Toronto (Rotman) undergrad, specialist in accounting with minor in economics 3.0 (worked full time during school terms)
- professional experience program in year 4, completed 12 months worth of internships at major Tech firm (think microsoft, oracle, etc) and Big 4 audit firm, took 5 years to graduate
- currently completing certificate in business innovation (U of Toronto)
4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.
- Ugrad: founded pro-bono consulting group focused on non-profit organizations in last year, now (postgrad) act as alumnus advisor to project teams
- Post grad: founded program to train select students for management consulting recruiting, consulting to non-profits (as a project manager) through an organization founded by a work friend
5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.
- N/A
6) Your target programs. Please note that my experience is with the top MBA programs (FT, PT, EMBA, Sloan Fellows) around the world. If the programs you are targeting are not listed here, I may not respond due to lack of time.
- focused on 1 year european programs (LBS, INSEAD)
- May apply to select 2 year programs in us (Tuck, MIT, Wharton)
- need to figure out safety schools
7) When you plan to apply? Please specify round and application cycle, for example R1 2013-14 or R3 2012-13.
- will apply this fall R1, matriculating fall 2016
8) Your post-MBA goal.
- I'd like to go back to strategy consulting in a tier 1 firm, ultimate goal is to be a director / VP in a large TMT organization in <5 years
Thank you for reading
cdnaudit