EMLY16 wrote:
Hello,
My profile: Australian/Taiwan/British female. dual nationality Australian/Taiwan. 2-3 years in Shanghai, Singapore
Undergrad: Top 10% of class Engineering degree from a top 4 school in the UK
GMAT: 700, roughly equal quant verbal
Work experience in chronological order:
1. 5 years in a top 3 US investment bank, of which 1.5 years as IBD analyst, 2.5 years in fixed income/credit research portfolio management, 1 year in Equity research. Promoted from analyst to associate
2. career gap of 1.5 years due to heath issues, but managed family business, wrote the GMAT and GAMSAT (equivalent to MCAT in US) and was admitted to a medical school, travelled
3. 1.5 years equity research experience as Associate Analyst (AVP) in a second tier north american investment bank, became sector lead analyst after senior director left the firm
4. Relocated country for personal reasons and currently associate director (credit rating analyst) at a credit agency
why MBA: to apply financial skills and general management skills from MBA into a leading financial role at a hospital provider in Southeast Asia
5. completed CFA in 1.5 years
Extra-curricular:
Currently Sunday school teacher for primary school children, 3 hours per week, ~8 months
Various social work such as weekly visit to the asylum seeker detention centre for one year
6 years yoga, starting in teachers program in May
Grade 7 piano, attempted AMusA
what are my chances for top schools like LBS, INSEAD, Wharton, Kellogg? What school do you recommend?
Hey there,
I like your profile. Your overall banking irreverence seems very solid, plus you have some quite good and unique ECs. That plus as a female candidate in finance (with international experience) I think this will put you in an interesting bracket, and if you can sell your story well, you should be able to do well. I think you can add a few more schools to your list, and the finance schools seem to be where its at - Columbia, NYU, maybe Oxbridge if that interests you, Yale could work... Booth...
Overall you are off to a great start and if you find and hone your story I would hope to see some good results.
Best,
Jon