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12 Jun 2007, 16:15
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25 yr old Korean male citizen raised in Japan. Fluent in both Korean and Japanese (read financial papers and write decent documents).
GPA:2.9
Small school. Double majored in Marketing and Communication. Attended because of full scholarship on tuition, allowing me to finance myself through school, which is rather difficult for international students.
GMAT: V36(80%) Q35(78%) for 670 (88%) 5.0
Work experience- one year as a sales associate for international food distributor in Los Angeles. Increased previous sales associate's average sale of $120,000/month to $180,000/month, which was above average sales in the department.
Other misc. facts that may not even help.
-door-to-door sales experience (educational books) during summer. Decent results.
-Number of other blue/white color jobs to finance myself through college.
-Awarded every year in college's business plan competition.
Leadership Experience/volunteer activity:
None really. Does church music leader or volunteerer at kid's soccer camp count?
After working as a sales associate, i quit my job to breath fresh air and travelled around U.S. and Japan. Also worked on my hobby and created decent websites... Unfortunately, this refreshing time became a bit too long, and I have not worked in nearly one year. To explain this hole, I can say I took 24 online credits of accounitng classes for a CPA exam, which I will probably have passed before my MBA application.
I would like to attend study MBA because I realized I want to work in management consulting. I need a "spark" to help jump-start my new goal.
I know I have multiple things going against me; low GPA, lack of experience and leadership/volunteer work. I hope to counter these things with a decent GMAT score (hopefully 700+ by the time I apply), passing the CPA exam, and great understanding of international relations.
My goals are UCLA/Stern/Cornell. Are these schools feasible? Will passing the CPA exam help me much? If these schools arent practical, what schools in Los Angeles and New York area can I be looking at?
Sorry for the barrage of questions and needlessly long post. I wanted to be as comprehensive as possible. Thank you very much for your help.
25 yr old Korean male citizen raised in Japan. Fluent in both Korean and Japanese (read financial papers and write decent documents).
GPA:2.9
Small school. Double majored in Marketing and Communication. Attended because of full scholarship on tuition, allowing me to finance myself through school, which is rather difficult for international students.
GMAT: V36(80%) Q35(78%) for 670 (88%) 5.0
Work experience- one year as a sales associate for international food distributor in Los Angeles. Increased previous sales associate's average sale of $120,000/month to $180,000/month, which was above average sales in the department.
Other misc. facts that may not even help.
-door-to-door sales experience (educational books) during summer. Decent results.
-Number of other blue/white color jobs to finance myself through college.
-Awarded every year in college's business plan competition.
Leadership Experience/volunteer activity:
None really. Does church music leader or volunteerer at kid's soccer camp count?
After working as a sales associate, i quit my job to breath fresh air and travelled around U.S. and Japan. Also worked on my hobby and created decent websites... Unfortunately, this refreshing time became a bit too long, and I have not worked in nearly one year. To explain this hole, I can say I took 24 online credits of accounitng classes for a CPA exam, which I will probably have passed before my MBA application.
I would like to attend study MBA because I realized I want to work in management consulting. I need a "spark" to help jump-start my new goal.
I know I have multiple things going against me; low GPA, lack of experience and leadership/volunteer work. I hope to counter these things with a decent GMAT score (hopefully 700+ by the time I apply), passing the CPA exam, and great understanding of international relations.
My goals are UCLA/Stern/Cornell. Are these schools feasible? Will passing the CPA exam help me much? If these schools arent practical, what schools in Los Angeles and New York area can I be looking at?
Sorry for the barrage of questions and needlessly long post. I wanted to be as comprehensive as possible. Thank you very much for your help.
15 Jun 2007, 09:29
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junjunforever
junjunforever,
Yes, the church music leader and volunteer at kid's soccer camp count as community, but ideally you want them to be current involvements, not just past involvements. You will need a minimum of a 700 to compensate for the 2.9 GPA and also to be competitive at UCLA, NYU, and Cornell, where 700 is just a competitive score. I consider the unemployment to be a major issue and recommend that you get a job, hopefully one that doesn't seem like a step down from your previous job and ideally relates to your long-term goals. If you do, you will be able to partially minimize the damage that the one year traveling may have on your chances. My problem is that I don't think a year spent traveling adds nearly as much value as a year spent helping Ugandan peasants learn farming techniques etc. (or similar social impact example). Saying that you used the time to prepare for the CPA would help a little bit but to make that count you would need to pass the CPA. And if you do you would then have to explain why you passed the CPA if your goal is to be a consultant. Unfortunately I also think that adcoms slightly discount the achievements of people in sales career tracks (don't ask me why). Assuming you get a 700+ I think you would have a chance at schools like USC, UC Irvine, and any of the NYC programs (other than CBS and NYU) whose average GMATs are, let's say, 660 or lower (so your 700 would give you leverage).
Hope this helps,
15 Jun 2007, 10:20
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Thank you very much for your help. I guess the best thing i can do now is to get a nice-sounding-job and increase the GMAT as much as possible.
Just want to let u knwo your advices in this forums has helped a lot of people.
Just want to let u knwo your advices in this forums has helped a lot of people.
