jbnewton,
Congrats for overcoming your GPA issue -- your breathtaking GMAT and your CFA will definitively bury any doubts about your ability to handle B-school and you have a strong story to tell in your optional essay regarding the GPA. You also have a fast-track career pace, a strong current extracurricular leadership role, and focused, organic goals. So I do think you will have a solid shot at all of these schools. Feel free to send me your resume if you'd like more feedback:
paulsbodine@gmail.com.
--Paul Bodine, Great Applications for Business School,
www.paulsbodine.com/outcomesjbnewton wrote:
Hello,
I was hoping someone could take a look at my profile and give an honest opinion.
GMAT: 780
GPA: 2.6 from public university, upward trending
Major: Economics
WE: 3 years investment consulting - received 3 promotions. 2 years in a client-facing, revenue-generating role as a buy-side equity research analyst for a prominent Emerging Markets equity manager. I focus on Chinese equities as part of a 3-person team that manages over $800m in Chinese equities across four China-focused mandates - received 2 promotions at current employer for total of 5 promotions in 5 years.
27 year old white male
CFA Charterholder
HSK Level 3 Candidate (Mandarin proficiency test)
Undergraduate Extracurriculars:
Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization
Economic Student Association
Collegiate Entrepreneurs
Delta Chi Fraternity
Post-graduate Extracurriculars:
Board Member of Non-profit that gives out scholarships to at-risk youths to attend college.
--Member of the Selection Committee for scholarships - recently awarded $250k to 30 students, out of 70 applicants.
--Co-Founder and Chair of the Student Resources Committee
Volunteer as a mentor for a young, at-risk child for a government program. We meet 10 hours per month.
Member of Toastmasters club focusing on public speaking and leadership.
CFA Society of Washington, DC
I was the first one in my family to attend college and worked full-time all four years to help pay for it. Unfortunately, two of my really close friends were killed two months apart from each other during my second year, and I fell apart emotionally, which my grades reflect. I eventually managed to pull myself together, and managed a 3.0 junior year and 3.6 senior year.
Target Schools: Columbia, NYU Stern, Dartmouth Tuck
Many former colleagues of mine, and former employees in general at my current firm, have started their own hedge funds and equity shops in New York and Hong Kong. I am hoping to leverage my experience and connections in the emerging markets equity space, along with an MBA from one of the above schools, to land a job at an Emerging Markets long/short or long-only hedge fund in New York, London or Hong Kong as a Senior Analyst/Co-Portfolio Manager. Eventually, with enough experience and connections, I'd like to start my own EM-focused long/short fund.
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14 May 2015, 14:30
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