fakaymba wrote:
Hi All,
I am a private equity associate finishing up my first year at a middle market (<$5Bn AUM) fund after spending two years at a bulge bracket investment bank. I am planning on applying to MBA a schools this upcoming cycle with the goal of returning to private equity. I'm only interested in the top 5 or so schools (and really focused on HSW) but it seems like I'm in an incredibly competitive pool of applicants and there seems to be a lot of randomness with admissions, especially at the schools I'm focused on. How can I stand apart from the 1000s of other PE associates out there? My stats are competitve -- 3.8 GPA, 770 GMAT, top 20 (non-ivy school) with some generic extra curricular activities / leadership roles.
Thanks!
Interesting, what do you mean by randomness? How have you come to that conclusion? I will say that good stats are not enough, I've worked with people who had been rejected with a 780. Nobody is pounding the table for a statistic, but for a person. It's extremely important to make an emotional connection with the reader.
And, it's all about articulating the unique contribution that you will be bringing to the program. The level of diversity is measured in the number of different ways and the more diverse it is the greater value add the program is.
Generic extra curricular activities / leadership roles?.....will need to transform into something clear, substantive powerful and in alignment with your overall narrative.
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04 Mar 2018, 21:24
