Profile Evaluation
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03 May 2010, 21:19
Hi Alex,
Please provide your thoughts on my profile. My target schools are Wharton, Harvard, Columbia, Tuck.
Female, 25 years old, born in Russia, have lived in the U.S. for 13 years.
GMAT: 710 (Q47, V41)
Undergrad (state school): graduated in May 2007; finance & investments major (lots of quantitative courses); 3.98 GPA (class salutatorian). During undergrad, I was VP of Publicity for the Finance & Economics Society, undergraduate student representative on the Executives on Campus Committee, taught a full semester orientation course for Freshmen) for 3 years. I held internships/worked 30 hours a week to support myself throughout college.
Work Experience: After graduation, I worked at Merrill Lynch (Structured Products) for 1.5 years; completed their Sales & Trading Analyst training program. I currently work in investment consulting (for the last year), with a focus on private equity and infrastructure (my client base consists of large public pension plans)
Extracurricular Activities: I am involved with the Financial Women's Association (Annual Dinner & Holiday Benefit fundraising committees). I mentor for two different mentoring programs (one for NYC public high schools and one for a Financial Leadership program at my university). I teach financial literacy workshops geared towards NYC public high school students.