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Re: Current Applicant - Profile Evaluation Please
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21 Aug 2009, 21:17
Bluepic,
You have a good solid profile: excellent for your age, though nothing particularly "distinctive" (in the B-school sense) except the Cambodia experience. I think your school list and analysis is a good one. You'll need to work extra hard at making yourself stand out, seem "special." But you are in the driver's seat because of your age. If you get dinged this year you can come back next year with an even stronger app (more extracurricular leadership, more/better work experience, perhaps somewhat higher GMAT). If the "top 20" you referred to is BW's then the following schools look doable--Cornell, UNC, CMU--or even like "safeties": SMU Cox, Indiana, Notre Dame.
Hope this helps,