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I am a Pakistani National and want to do mba from a top usa university. Kindly provide me with realistic evaluation of my profile and the ways to improve it.

Born December 1991
O Levels 2007
A Levels 2009
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Affiliate 2012
Bsc(Hons.) Applied Accounting Oxford Brookes University 2013 : Upper Second Class Honours
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17 Jan 2013, 13:34

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Thanks for the quick reply. If MBA requires work experience then what about the MS Finance.Moreover as I am an ACCA Affiliate I can also get into CFA. What will be your advice?

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17 Jan 2013, 13:39

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Hi,

There are Msc in Finance programs that don't require full-time work experience, such as the one at MIT.

So I guess you are looking to enter into a Masters program right after your undergraduate degree?
Your career goals would help determine what to study, and when.

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Thanks for the quick reply. If MBA requires work experience then what about the MS Finance.Moreover as I am an ACCA Affiliate I can also get into CFA. What will be your advice?

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I am in the process of deciding which consultancy to use and I wanted to know if anyone here can suggest or perhaps has a list of questions that I should answer about myself before contacting a consultant.

I want to be prepared so I can provide the consultant with enough quality information so that she/he can best help me in return.

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Exactly!!!. Actually i am preparing for the Central Superior Services Exam of my country.It is a long and cumbersome procedure of about 2 years starting with the written examinations. So in the mean time I want to earn a masters degree which can nurture my personality.

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17 Jan 2013, 14:21

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Hi MaxLRok,

It would be helpful to know your career goals, your strengths, and target MBA programs (though we can refine that list together). Resume would be helpful also. Besides that, any additional information regarding special skills, leadership capabilities, challenges you had to overcome, etc.

Here's the link to our contact form to give you an idea.

https://marveladmissions.com/contact-us/

I will ask a lot of questions to learn about the candidate during the initial consultation, but you should be able to answer these questions about yourself quite easily. Other than the discussion around career goals, which generally requires the applicants to do more introspection and research if they're not clear.

I highly encourage people to talk to as many consultants to choose one that they like best. Happy to have a chat if you're interested.

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1) Work Experience: 5+ yrs in NYC
Current Employer: Top 10 European Corporate and Investment Bank.
Global Credit Management - 3 years
Loan Syndications and Trading - 2+ years (now an Associate)

2) GMAT.
700 GMAT 47math/39 verbal

3) College info:
3.4 GPA at a top 30 university in U.S.

4) Graduate School: Masters in Economics and Finance at the same school (BA/MA): 3.7 GPA

5) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service

College:
Events Coordinator at International Club
Board Member of South East Asian Club
Investment Club - Analyst

Post college:
Career Services Mentor for my undergraduate school (5 years)
3 years of mentoring high school students (3 hours a week)

Other: Thai Native, recovering from GBS (a nerve disease that paralyzed my lower body- I was out of work for 4 months).

6) Target programs.

Top 10 schools. In particular, Wharton, Columbia (J Term), Haas, Kellog, harvard, Sloan, Stern, London Business School, Insead
Do you have any recommendations?

7) Strong, personable work recommendations from supervisors

8) Post-MBA goal.

My father has a mid-sized, education-focused technology company in Bangkok, Thailand. The company recently suffered its first quarterly loss in 11 years. Post MBA I will go back to Thailand to help revive the family business.

Longterm - Expand business overseas and determine new strategic vision of business.

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17 Jan 2013, 22:00

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Could you please evaluate my profile and let me know what my chances for admission are for the M7 schools (in Round 2), namely:
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT, Booth, Columbia

I am sorry if I am vague on details but need to protect my identity.

1) Basic demographic info

Location: Somewhere in Asia
Age: 31

2) Educational Background:

Undergrad: One of Harvard, Yale or Princeton, majored in one of the natural sciences, GPA 3.5/4.0
Grad: Other top school, master's degree, GPA 3.7/4.0
GMAT: 760 (Q50, V44), AWA 6.0

3) Work experience: what is your current role?

By the time I enter in fall 2013, will have 5-6 years of experience at a top tier global investment bank (working in mergers and acquisitions). Promoted from analyst to senior analyst, then to associate.

4) Extracurriculars

Yes, but will not mention here.

5) Short/Long term goals: what do you want to do after your MBA? Any geographic preferences?

PE/VC in Asia

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18 Jan 2013, 01:39

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Hi Calvinbabushca,

I wish you a speedy recovery. You've had to overcome quite a challenge.

Great work experience. I wish your undergrad GPA and GMAt score were a little higher, but overall you seem like a competitive candidate for the top schools. Focus on putting forth strong essays to demonstrate leadership capabilities, and transferrable skills that will make you successful to help manage the family business post-MBA.

London Business School has a very active family business club in recent years. I enjoyed the time at LBS, and I think it will provide you with great knowledge in strategy and growing a business.

INSEAD would be a another great option for you, since you don't need to spend extra time looking for an internship and a post-MBA job. I see it as the best one-year MBA program. Makes sense for you to save some time since you already have another masters degree in economics and finance.

You probably want to narrow down the list of schools to about six. We can work on that if you like.

I would be happy to talk to you to see if I can be of help. I have also done leadership consulting and succession planning for family businesses. Please feel free to send me your info, and I'll schedule a time for us to talk. https://marveladmissions.com/contact-us/

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Hi,

You seem to have a really strong profile. Most of our clients who got into these M7 schools don't neccessary profiles as strong as yours.

If you can demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, get awesome recommendation letters, you should be fine.

To get into PE or VC, be sure you show that you are ready to do a lot of networking on your own, (or even better, show that you've already established some network in the area). Start doing lots of informational interviews of people working at PE firms and VCs if you have not done so. Having a deeper understanding of the career goal, and underlying passion that drives you to the goal would strengthen your application.

I would be happy to talk to you and give you a better assessment if you're interested in getting admissions consulting help. Please feel free to send me your info, and we can schedule a time to talk. https://marveladmissions.com/contact-us/

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18 Jan 2013, 02:56

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Education:
-B. Tech. (Mechanical Engg) from NIT Hamirpur, Class of 2007. GPA=2.83
Work Ex:
-1.5 yrs as Engineer in Essar Steel Ltd., Surat.
-4 yrs in Futures First, currently as Associate.
Current Job Details: Trading in carbon emissions and crude oil futures markets.
Extra-Curricular:
-Participated in Cricket, Football in college and in company, but have no certificates.
-No real role of responsibility in college.
-Managed 3-4 technicians in my last job.
-In current job, managing none.

More Info:
-Good analytical skills, got 99.56 on CAT 3 years back but didn't chose to go for an MBA.
-Good programming skills.
-Weakness might be low experience in leadership roles.

GMAT:
-First attempt on 25 mar.
-Attempted Veritas Free Mock, scored, Q51, V35 = 690.
-Working on verbal and striving for V40=around 720-730.

My first query is: for me, which is better, MBA or M. Fin.
Next is: How is my profile, can I target, say top 25 colleges.

Thanks,
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Location: Canada

Schools: HBS '16 (WL) Wharton '16 (D)

GMAT 1: 720 Q45 V44 Verified score

GPA: 3.59

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18 Jan 2013, 10:14

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Greetings,

I’m looking to start an MBA in 2014. Any ideas which programs I have a shot at?

Target Schools:
- HBS, Stanford, Booth, Wharton, Columbia

Here are the key details of my profile:

Canadian/Caucasian Male, 25
Education: Undergraduate from a top business school in Canada
GPA 3.6
GMAT 720 (94%), Q45 (68%) V44 (97%), AWA 6 (90%), IR 8 (92%)
Work Experience:
- 2 years at a no-name asset management firm in buy-side equity research
- 1 year at PricewaterhouseCoopers in audit (co-op term)
Extracurricular:
- Good at University (club presidency, other charity work)
- Great after University (board of directors of a charity helping kids with learning disabilities, scout leader, other stuff)
Other Stuff:
- Diagnosed with the learning disability, Dyslexia
- Legacy Status at HBS (brother went there)

Career Goals: Hedge Funds or Venture Capital with high-tech industry focus

Thank you very much for your advice.

Cheers,

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Location: United States

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General:
White Male
Age 25
GMAT 720 Q49 V40

Job Related:
3.5 Years of work experience as a financial analyst at a boutique wealth management firm
Passed all three levels of the CFA on the first try (December 2010, June 2011, June 2012)
Series 7, Series 66, Insurance Licenses

College:
3.4 GPA in Finance
Founding President of a fraternity
Division 1 football player (Student-Athlete honor roll)
Internship with a startup software company my senior year

Extracurriculars after college:
Board member of a non-profit that raises money for children's charities (Outstanding new member in 2011)
Toastmasters

I would like to attend a top 10 school. Do I have a shot?

Thanks

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Hi fellow Toastmaster!

KUDOS on getting the CFA and being a Divison I football player! Awesome

Any idea what you would like to do post MBA? Long-term?

You've demonstrated leadership capabilities through extracurricular activities. Your work may be more technical in nature, so think about professional leadership examples through leading projects, or getting support for an idea or facilatating a major change, etc.

If you can put forth strong essays, get strong recommendation letters, and show that you have the skills that will help you succeed in your post mba role, you would be competitive for the top ten schools.

Happy to have a chat if you're interested in getting help w career coaching and admissions consulting. https://marveladmissions.com/contact-us/

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JonAdmissionado

California is cool, that's for sure,. And very very Tech. But it is FAR from the only place where Tech rules. Take a look at McCombs, Tepper, Gerogia Tech... plenty of other options too.

although it is nice to be near family.

Hello all:

I m a SAP Consultant ( https://www.sap.com ) with 6 years of experience , I have expertise in Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management (I ve worked in: Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia), so I m looking for B-Schools in California, I know that the best options are: Haas, Anderson and Marshall, but I d like to have 2 or 3 more options.

I m a international student who s just preparing in GMAT (looking for 710), ending the mba i look forward to get a job in CA.

Hope you guys can suggest me some.

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Hi,

If you would like to add two more schools in California on your list of schools, you can consider University of California, Davis in N. California, and University of California, Irvine (Merage) in S. California.

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GMAT 1: 690 Q49 V35 Verified score

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Schools: Mendoza '16 (D) Simon '16 (D) Urbana-Champaign '16 (WL) Sauder '16 (A) Rotman '16 (A) Weatherhead '16 (A$)

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JonAdmissionado

I think I may have answered in another post, but I'd lean towards Tippie... better name and all.. it counts for a lot.

Thanks Jon! I guess this makes a lot of sense.

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I would be attempting GMAT in March what are the options for getting through the Opportunities for fall 2013 MBA full time? Can you give me score wise cut for universities ?

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Hi ! I was hoping you could provide some valuable inputs to my profile !

Indian Male Engineer (Non IT)

GMAT : 680 (Q49 V34) IR-8 AWA-6.0 :roll:

REALLY don't have the time/patience/energy to retake.

Work Experience : Here comes the big problem. I only have close to an year's Full Time Work experience. I have been working in my family owned engineering design and constructions firm. However, during my undergrad, I worked in the firm part time for all 4 years. My responsibilities all throughout have included technical design, site management and project bid management. Recently I established a new sector in our firm in the field of constructions. It's a new field and I have already succeeded in establishing our market dominance. Have also acquired a few massive projects in our traditional services.

I also have 4 summer/winter internships at some of the best recognized names all over the world in engineering design. Had major roles in International Airport/Rail/Metro projects.

Goals : Short - Get back to India. Work with my company and expand to a few more sectors such as military engineering services for 3-5 years.
long - Help relieve my father off his responsibilities and take charge at the helm of the company.

Extra Curricular - President of IEEE. Head of Energy Club. Won several debating competitions such as Model United Nations.
Content writer for 2 national magazines, Editor for a college club magazine and Student Editor for America Online.

Community - Worked for an year in a children's education fundraiser. Currently managing a team of 19 volunteers for government assistance work in a community of 200 people.

Other Involvements - Team member of of a hydrogen fueled aircraft design project. On completion, we plan to forge ahead commercially.
- India Head for a recently initiated global entertainment company based on employee stock ownership plan. Already several VC's have
expressed interest to fund when we're ready. Company in final structuring stages.

Choice of Universities : I know my GMAT is not 700 but it's not all that bad. Also, My work experience is on the low side so I have highlighted my involvements
in the company during undergrad. Also valuable experience at 2 start ups mentioned above.

I have already applied to Texas A&M Mays, SMU Cox, Washington Olin, Purdue Krannert, Johns Hopkins Carey, Notre Dame Mendoza.

I also plan to apply to Toronto Rotman, CMU Tepper, Vanderbilt, UC Irvine and UC San Diego Rady( New Program but I'm very impressed).

What's your opinion about my choices ? Could you list safe/competitive ? Any other programs I should look at ?

CMU Tepper and Cornell Johnson are my absolute dream schools but I'm not sure if I'd be competitive enough, especially at Cornell with it's
jump in rankings and applications. Still plan to take a shot at Tepper.

Really look forward to your inputs

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Hi,

Wow, so you're applying late round to start the MBA in Fall 2013. Here's a link that will give you an idea of the past average GMAT at various business schools. I'm assuming you're starting to work on the essays as well.

https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings

Good luck w everything. Please feel free to reach out if you need any help w the applications. https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings

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I would be attempting GMAT in March what are the options for getting through the Opportunities for fall 2013 MBA full time? Can you give me score wise cut for universities ?