Profile evaluation request
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24 Jul 2015, 13:38
Male, Czech Republic native, 28
Education:
MSC in Banking and Finance - #1 Economics Schools in the Czech Republic, GPA 3.7, graduated with Honors; Exchange at San Francisco State University
MA in International Business Administration - #1 Business admin. school in the Czech Republic, GPA 3.6; Exchange at University of Sussex (UK)
GMAT: 700 (Q: 48, V: 36); TOEFL iBT: 108
Experience:
1Y 3 M at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Czech Republic based) as Business Analyst, Top-tier management consulting, top performer
1 Y at KBC, a major Financial Group in Europe as in-house management consultant; Had the chance to interact with top-management on daily basis; In the second half of tenor, I was leading projects with direct delivery to BoD members
>>relocated to Dubai, UAE to join a start-up management consulting company, led by ex-BCG principals
1 Y at Mennheim Associates; Top performer, promoted in 1Y (shortest-possible period); Spearheading mostly commercial due diligence engagements, interacting with senior-level clients
Extra-Curriculars:
Raised and invested (+co-invested) ~USD 120 ths. to Real Estate to prove a business case for a to be RE fund
Pro-bono: Co-founder of Educatio Mundi (Foundation supporting education of children in developing countries), Career mentor of talented graduate students
Sports: team captain of junior and senior teams, referee, coach of junior team
Certifications: None
Post-MBA goals: Transfer from Management Consulting to Investment management at a Private Equity / Venture Capital firm
Targeting schools: Stanford, UC Berkeley, Sloan, UCLA, Columbia, LBS, INSEAD; Applying in R1-2 2015/16
I would appreciate if you could evaluate my chances, suggest potential improvements I could make to my profile (e.g. pushing up GMAT to 720-30) in short run and recommend any other schools that might be a good fit considering my goals.