dougdoug wrote:
1) Brief description of your full-time work experience.
Transfer pricing senior associate at Big Four accounting firm (3 years) - Help companies price the intercompany transfer of tangible goods, services, intangible property (trademarks, patents, know-how) and financial transactions (loans, guarantee fees, factoring)
2) Your GMAT.
750 (Q50, V42)
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 Florida - 3.83 GPA, Joint bachelors and masters degrees in Accounting with a tax concentration (2009 graduation)
4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.
-Organize and captain a competitive adult league soccer team
-Serve as a volunteer coordinator for a massive park expansion project in the Metro Atlanta area
-Served as student adjunct trustee to the Gainesville, Florida City Council's Pension Review Committee
-Served as treasurer for a 110-member college social organization, managing about $500k annually
5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.
CPA in Georgia
6) Your target programs.
As high up the rankings as possible - no geographic preferences whatsoever
7) Your post-MBA goal.
I would like to leverage the valuation experience that I have gained in my current job, along with the MBA, to break into investment banking.
Impressive. Consider HBS, Chicago Booth, Haas, Wharton, Columbia, NYU Stern, and Tuck. IF you would consider something outside the U.S., consider LBS.
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help with your MBA applications, please keep Accepted in mind.
Best,
Linda
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