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Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   22 Jan 2015, 13:09
28 URM female
2.5 GPA from a state school. First generation college student. Marketing major. interned with a non profit museum in the sales department. Also interned with a large REIT company in their regional office as a Marketing Assistant
650 Gmat
5 years WE in (One of the 4 big banks )retail banking(2 years full time prior to graduation). Currently work as a Commercial Fraud Analyst (3rd promotion)

Volunteer 15-20 hours per year for work related
6 months as an organizer out of 4 total for a young professionals networking group.
Participant in college of a Women's empowerment group, First year class treasurer, Honda All Star challenge participant (something similar to Jeopardy)
I'd like to use my experience to land a marketing role or even in a general leadership program. I wouldn't mind working in a Marketing position in a financial services company, but ideally I prefer to work with a CPG company like P&G. I'm also open to retail marketing.
Please chance me at:
Duke
Emory
Indiana
Georgetown
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
UNC
Texas
Rice
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Maryland
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Re: Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2015, 02:27
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28 URM female
2.5 GPA from a state school. First generation college student. Marketing major. interned with a non profit museum in the sales department. Also interned with a large REIT company in their regional office as a Marketing Assistant
650 Gmat
5 years WE in (One of the 4 big banks )retail banking(2 years full time prior to graduation). Currently work as a Commercial Fraud Analyst (3rd promotion)

Volunteer 15-20 hours per year for work related
6 months as an organizer out of 4 total for a young professionals networking group.
Participant in college of a Women's empowerment group, First year class treasurer, Honda All Star challenge participant (something similar to Jeopardy)
I'd like to use my experience to land a marketing role or even in a general leadership program. I wouldn't mind working in a Marketing position in a financial services company, but ideally I prefer to work with a CPG company like P&G. I'm also open to retail marketing.
Please chance me at:
Duke
Emory
Indiana
Georgetown
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
UNC
Texas
Rice
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Maryland


Hello there!
Thanks for writing.
Well, you have a tough GPA there to work with, which will make things harder. I think that some of the schools in your list (Duke, UNC, Emory, Austin) are gonna be unfortunately out of range. The GMAT scores are 40-50 points higher than what you have, and their average GPAs is also gonna be significantly higher.

Probably you should apply to schools where your GMAT is more in range (so in the 35-60 ranking about), and that will give you your best chances,

Best,
Jon
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Re: Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2015, 04:37
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teesmartgirl wrote:
28 URM female
2.5 GPA from a state school. First generation college student. Marketing major. interned with a non profit museum in the sales department. Also interned with a large REIT company in their regional office as a Marketing Assistant
650 Gmat
5 years WE in (One of the 4 big banks )retail banking(2 years full time prior to graduation). Currently work as a Commercial Fraud Analyst (3rd promotion)

Volunteer 15-20 hours per year for work related
6 months as an organizer out of 4 total for a young professionals networking group.
Participant in college of a Women's empowerment group, First year class treasurer, Honda All Star challenge participant (something similar to Jeopardy)
I'd like to use my experience to land a marketing role or even in a general leadership program. I wouldn't mind working in a Marketing position in a financial services company, but ideally I prefer to work with a CPG company like P&G. I'm also open to retail marketing.
Please chance me at:
Duke
Emory
Indiana
Georgetown
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
UNC
Texas
Rice
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Maryland


Hello there!
Thanks for writing.
Well, you have a tough GPA there to work with, which will make things harder. I think that some of the schools in your list (Duke, UNC, Emory, Austin) are gonna be unfortunately out of range. The GMAT scores are 40-50 points higher than what you have, and their average GPAs is also gonna be significantly higher.

Probably you should apply to schools where your GMAT is more in range (so in the 35-60 ranking about), and that will give you your best chances,

Best,
Jon


Thank you for responding!
Indiana is my dream school. Is there anything that I could do to make me a more competitive applicant there? Also, I plan on applying via the Consortium. So do you think that I have a better chance at Simon or Wisconsin as their stats are more aligned with mine?

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Re: Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2015, 03:34
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teesmartgirl wrote:
JonAdmissionado wrote:
teesmartgirl wrote:
28 URM female
2.5 GPA from a state school. First generation college student. Marketing major. interned with a non profit museum in the sales department. Also interned with a large REIT company in their regional office as a Marketing Assistant
650 Gmat
5 years WE in (One of the 4 big banks )retail banking(2 years full time prior to graduation). Currently work as a Commercial Fraud Analyst (3rd promotion)

Volunteer 15-20 hours per year for work related
6 months as an organizer out of 4 total for a young professionals networking group.
Participant in college of a Women's empowerment group, First year class treasurer, Honda All Star challenge participant (something similar to Jeopardy)
I'd like to use my experience to land a marketing role or even in a general leadership program. I wouldn't mind working in a Marketing position in a financial services company, but ideally I prefer to work with a CPG company like P&G. I'm also open to retail marketing.
Please chance me at:
Duke
Emory
Indiana
Georgetown
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
UNC
Texas
Rice
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Maryland


Hello there!
Thanks for writing.
Well, you have a tough GPA there to work with, which will make things harder. I think that some of the schools in your list (Duke, UNC, Emory, Austin) are gonna be unfortunately out of range. The GMAT scores are 40-50 points higher than what you have, and their average GPAs is also gonna be significantly higher.

Probably you should apply to schools where your GMAT is more in range (so in the 35-60 ranking about), and that will give you your best chances,

Best,
Jon


Thank you for responding!
Indiana is my dream school. Is there anything that I could do to make me a more competitive applicant there? Also, I plan on applying via the Consortium. So do you think that I have a better chance at Simon or Wisconsin as their stats are more aligned with mine?

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Hey there,
So well I will be the first one to tell you you should try! Being a female and a n underrepresented minority is always an X-factor which can work out for your benefit especially if you can show some good community involvement. At the same time, realize what you are up against - an average GPA of 3.3 and an average GMAT 20 points higher. I think if you take these things head on and express your passion for Kelly, you can still have a shot.

In general, I wouldn't say "School X is too hard" or whatever. (Although maybe Duke in Top 10 is really out of range) but what's important is that you have a very balanced strategy. Meaning apply to 1-2 hard schools... great! And then apply to 2-3 schools where you will be competitive and then one or two where you are better than the average student. At the end taking such an application strategy will leave you with the best results.


Plus, going through the Consortium, you do have that distinct advantage...

Hope this helps!
Best,
Jon
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Re: Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2015, 07:19
Great thank you!

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Re: Evaluation request, URM and female [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2015, 02:15
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Great thank you!

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Good luck!
And let me know how you do!

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