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TroutmanJ
Joined: 21 Jul 2013
Last visit: 21 Aug 2017
Posts: 4
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Location: United States (NY)
Concentration: Finance
Schools: Johnson '19 (A) Stern '19 (A) Booth '19 (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V39
GPA: 3.5
WE:Analyst (Commercial Banking)
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04 Apr 2016, 21:00
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I am a 29 yr old white male
Current Experience: 5 years of work experience at Wells Fargo (in Credit, 2 promotions, can speak to quant focused work like financial modeling etc.)
Past Experience: 1.5 years in government contracting/consulting
BS in Finance from Small Private School, Cum Laude, Finished in 3 years
GPA: 3.52 overall, 3.65 for Finance classes
GMAT: 640 q42 v36
Interested in leveraging MBA for a career in P/E in general (career move to IB first then PE?).
Extra-Curriculars aren't particularly outstanding, just basic volunteering with local Food Drives and Furniture Drives for inner city programs, volunteering at First Tee Organization (Golf for kids inner city), other similar volunteering but again nothing outstanding.
I'd like feedback on where I stand with this profile. Is the GMAT too weak for top 15 school? Please no feedback suggesting I retake, I want to know what my candidacy would be as is. I feel like i would come up short for most top 15 but I could swing a part time MBA at NYU Stern (I live in NYC). Thanks
Current Experience: 5 years of work experience at Wells Fargo (in Credit, 2 promotions, can speak to quant focused work like financial modeling etc.)
Past Experience: 1.5 years in government contracting/consulting
BS in Finance from Small Private School, Cum Laude, Finished in 3 years
GPA: 3.52 overall, 3.65 for Finance classes
GMAT: 640 q42 v36
Interested in leveraging MBA for a career in P/E in general (career move to IB first then PE?).
Extra-Curriculars aren't particularly outstanding, just basic volunteering with local Food Drives and Furniture Drives for inner city programs, volunteering at First Tee Organization (Golf for kids inner city), other similar volunteering but again nothing outstanding.
I'd like feedback on where I stand with this profile. Is the GMAT too weak for top 15 school? Please no feedback suggesting I retake, I want to know what my candidacy would be as is. I feel like i would come up short for most top 15 but I could swing a part time MBA at NYU Stern (I live in NYC). Thanks
05 Apr 2016, 02:21
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Thanks for sharing your profile.
As you are aware, the current GMAT score would be at the lower end of the range for the top schools. Showing strong quant-related work accomplishments, and a track record of academic accomplishments should help mitigate concerns on your academic capabilities, to some extent.
You would need to stand out on the other aspects of your profile. Thus, you may consider deepening involvement with your current volunteer work. For example, you can take on leadership roles or initiate new activities at Food and Furniture drives, or create new programs or fund-raising activities for the First Tee organization. You would also need to show focus in your post-MBA goal, showing how the MBA can help you achieve your goal.
With your current profile, you may be able to craft an application that has a chance at the top 15 programs, while part-time programs would have lower average GMAT scores, so your odds to get admitted with part-time programs would be better.
Wish you all the best!
As you are aware, the current GMAT score would be at the lower end of the range for the top schools. Showing strong quant-related work accomplishments, and a track record of academic accomplishments should help mitigate concerns on your academic capabilities, to some extent.
You would need to stand out on the other aspects of your profile. Thus, you may consider deepening involvement with your current volunteer work. For example, you can take on leadership roles or initiate new activities at Food and Furniture drives, or create new programs or fund-raising activities for the First Tee organization. You would also need to show focus in your post-MBA goal, showing how the MBA can help you achieve your goal.
With your current profile, you may be able to craft an application that has a chance at the top 15 programs, while part-time programs would have lower average GMAT scores, so your odds to get admitted with part-time programs would be better.
Wish you all the best!
05 Apr 2016, 16:24
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TroutmanJ
I am a 29 yr old white male
Current Experience: 5 years of work experience at Wells Fargo (in Credit, 2 promotions, can speak to quant focused work like financial modeling etc.)
Past Experience: 1.5 years in government contracting/consulting
BS in Finance from Small Private School, Cum Laude, Finished in 3 years
GPA: 3.52 overall, 3.65 for Finance classes
GMAT: 640 q42 v36
Interested in leveraging MBA for a career in P/E in general (career move to IB first then PE?).
Extra-Curriculars aren't particularly outstanding, just basic volunteering with local Food Drives and Furniture Drives for inner city programs, volunteering at First Tee Organization (Golf for kids inner city), other similar volunteering but again nothing outstanding.
I'd like feedback on where I stand with this profile. Is the GMAT too weak for top 15 school? Please no feedback suggesting I retake, I want to know what my candidacy would be as is. I feel like i would come up short for most top 15 but I could swing a part time MBA at NYU Stern (I live in NYC). Thanks
Current Experience: 5 years of work experience at Wells Fargo (in Credit, 2 promotions, can speak to quant focused work like financial modeling etc.)
Past Experience: 1.5 years in government contracting/consulting
BS in Finance from Small Private School, Cum Laude, Finished in 3 years
GPA: 3.52 overall, 3.65 for Finance classes
GMAT: 640 q42 v36
Interested in leveraging MBA for a career in P/E in general (career move to IB first then PE?).
Extra-Curriculars aren't particularly outstanding, just basic volunteering with local Food Drives and Furniture Drives for inner city programs, volunteering at First Tee Organization (Golf for kids inner city), other similar volunteering but again nothing outstanding.
I'd like feedback on where I stand with this profile. Is the GMAT too weak for top 15 school? Please no feedback suggesting I retake, I want to know what my candidacy would be as is. I feel like i would come up short for most top 15 but I could swing a part time MBA at NYU Stern (I live in NYC). Thanks
Hello there good sir,
So first of all, yes you will have to get at least a 700 on the GMAT (if not 730+) to get into a top 15 school. Not only that, in IB, your recruiters will look at your GMAT too, and with anything less than a 700, chances are slim indeed.
Also I think you will need to work on the story of your goals more. You want to go into PE? Well, unfortunately so does every other candidate who works in Banking, and in audit, and well most of the IT folks too. the only problem is there are fee jobs and way too many people who want to do it. So the question I would ask (and the schools as well) is what would make YOU interesting to a recruiter? Why would they choose you over someone who already has worked in PE three or five years? what can you bring to the table?
But anyhow, the first task you have for yourself is the GMAT. Get that above a 720, and lots of options will open up for you.
I wish you the best of luck,
Jon
