Dear Linda and Jon,
Thank you for your hard work and kind advice here.
I would like to ask for some suggestion about school and round choices.
Profile:Male
26
China passport
Career goal: Short term: I want to join NBA for international strategy and business development. This has always been my dream. I am a huge basketball fan, having watched all NBA finals from 1991 to 2013 (2014 around corner~), at least 3 times.
Long term: To promote professional basketball in Asia, maybe by entrepreneurship.
Backup: Strategic consulting towards Asia
Education Background:B.Eng from National University of Singapore, class of 2012, 75% out of 100 (UK CAP), at least 90% for all quant modules. Full scholarship.
CFA Level II candidate
GMAT 760, Q51, V41, IR8.
Japanese N2 pass, frequent user
Work Experience:2 years in entertainment industry by time of application, Japanese company, top 3% in promotion speed Assisted senior manager to start up the Europe subsidiary (by two of us)
Introduced company to mainland China by negotiating and contracting with major distributor
Audited USA subsidiary, set up standard record and report procedures, demonstrated to new manager from Japan
Coordinated first audit of company
Reformed tax agreement with major media partners to avoid penalty
Organized events in various countries
Internship at energy corporation:Modeled and analyzed electricity market of Singapore, to support the board in a S$15 million tender evaluation of power plant project
Extra-curriculum:Led a team of four participating Bain & Co case challenge, ending final four in Singapore
Volunteered to serve mental health institution, became a leader of ten
Basketball player of department team
Active in drama and Chinese cross talk performance
Coordinated several Japanese culture event in undergrad
In preparation of 2015 Fall intake, I feel Kellogg is the best fit of me, so is Fuqua (Duke's splendid history in NCAA basketball being very attractive). Other interested schools include Tuck, Ross, Johnson, CBS, Yale, and K-F of UNC. I need some advice on school choice as well as the arrangement of rounding. Also, I wanna try my full effort for HBS. Is it still within my reach?
Your evaluation and advice will be very helpful to my preparation. Do let me know if you need any further information.
Thank you!