> Hello. I'd like an honest assessment of my profile and chances of getting into below mentioned schools.
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> Preferred Schools
> 1)Harvard
> 2)Stanford
> 3)Wharton
> 4) Chicago Booth.
> 5) MIT Sloan
> 6)Kellogg
> 7) Yale
> 8)Columbia
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> Safety Schools
> 1) UTexas McCombs
> 2)Darden
> 3)Stern
> 4) Mendoza
> 5) Carlson
> 6) Ross
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> Detailed Profile
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> Introduction.
> My name is Salman Qasim and I was born and raised in Pakistan. I did my Bachelor's from UK and am also a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the UK. I have also cleared the Certified Financial Analyst Exams and have Certificate in Quantitative Finance provided by the Fitch Group. I also have the Financial Risk Manager and Professional Risk Manager credentials. I also have been involved in various extra-curricular activities.
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> Achievements.
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> 1)Bachelor's of Science in Applied Accounting awarded by Oxford Brookes University of UK in First Class Honours(US 3.6 GPA as per iGPA calculator of World Education Services)
> 2)Have a two Certificates of Merit awarded by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for achieving highest marks worldwide in two of the exams.
> 3)Awarded Simpson Scholarship by ACCA on the basis of brilliantly written essays and strong academic history. 6000 applied out of which, 20 were short-listed for the scholarship. Among the 5 winners, I was the one.
> 4)Awarded Bronze medal by ACCA for achieving highest aggregate marks in ACCA exams in the year I graduated.
> 5) Have worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the big 4 accountancy firm, as an Audit Assistant and recently was promoted.
> 6) Have 750 GMAT score.
> 7) Volunteered for non-profit organization, Community Development Rural Program, which was established by my brother to work for the development of lifestyle in troubled tribal areas of Pakistan and awareness and promotin education. We established more than 5 mobile schools for the children in tribal areas and still working on it.
> 8) Was awarded a Candidate of the Year award by Professional Risk Management Association.
> 9) Completion of Higher Diploma in Accounting accredited by Scottish Qualifications Authority in shortest possible time.
> 10) Devoted to continuing professional education and has several Coursera Verified Certificates with distinction.
> 11) Have played cricket for my college internationally and was a class representative.
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> Experience: 3 years in Audit and Consulting, I performed financial statement audits of companies that carried significant assets and liabilities subject to fair value accounting. I assessed the reasonableness of the valuations and assumptions behind the valuations of those assets and liabilities.
> Age: 24
> Nationality: Pakistan
Also, I'm considering Master in Finance program of Princeton University so please also assess that
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> So that was a some information about my background. Will please evaluate and determine whether I have chances in any of the aforementioned schools? I am looking forward to hear from you. Thanks
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> Kind Regards
> Salman Qasim(BSc,ACCA,CFA,FRM,CQF,PRM)
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