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18 Dec 2011, 23:27
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Hello gmatclub community. First time poster here, long time reader.
I am posting for the first time because I am in dire need of some advice. I have just been rejected from every school that I have applied to this year. Granted, they are some fantastic schools, but I have yet to even be waitlisted at a school, and I think my application is fairly decent. My stats are as follows:
750 GMAT
3.35 GPA at a top 50 school, finance major
3 years work experience in commercial lending
I have interviewed at Dartmouth, Duke, UNC (all self-initiated), and UT Austin (invitation). And then I was dinged without interview at Yale and HBS. I know that I am not delusional and that my essays and interviews were at least decent. Some, personally, I thought, were great. I kept them fairly conservative too as to not raise any red flags.
My guess now is that there are 1 of 2 things that are making schools immediately disqualify me.
1. Most of my recommendors were peers from internships or summer work instead of my former supervisors at my full time jobs.
2. This recently occurred to me- but I had to take a disciplinary course my senior year of undergrad because I once signed into a class and snuck out halfway through and was caught. However, this course does not appear on my transcript. Could schools somehow still be finding out about this and disqualifying me?
Also, I was hoping to call an admissions consultant for some free advice, but didn't know where to start.
Thank you so much in advance for any help you can provide!
I am posting for the first time because I am in dire need of some advice. I have just been rejected from every school that I have applied to this year. Granted, they are some fantastic schools, but I have yet to even be waitlisted at a school, and I think my application is fairly decent. My stats are as follows:
750 GMAT
3.35 GPA at a top 50 school, finance major
3 years work experience in commercial lending
I have interviewed at Dartmouth, Duke, UNC (all self-initiated), and UT Austin (invitation). And then I was dinged without interview at Yale and HBS. I know that I am not delusional and that my essays and interviews were at least decent. Some, personally, I thought, were great. I kept them fairly conservative too as to not raise any red flags.
My guess now is that there are 1 of 2 things that are making schools immediately disqualify me.
1. Most of my recommendors were peers from internships or summer work instead of my former supervisors at my full time jobs.
2. This recently occurred to me- but I had to take a disciplinary course my senior year of undergrad because I once signed into a class and snuck out halfway through and was caught. However, this course does not appear on my transcript. Could schools somehow still be finding out about this and disqualifying me?
Also, I was hoping to call an admissions consultant for some free advice, but didn't know where to start.
Thank you so much in advance for any help you can provide!
21 Dec 2011, 14:43
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Hi there,
Sorry to hear that your outcomes are not as good as you had hoped. B school admission is tough! (I'm going through it now myself - so caution: layman's advice here).
I'd like a bit more data if you don't mind:
1. Why did you not choose to have any of your recommenders be from your current employer?
2. What's your demographic, if you are comfortable with sharing?
3. In your essays, what % was self-focused (my goals are x; i've lead in y situation) vs. community focused (I plan to give back in x way; being a member of y community has shaped me)
Sorry to hear that your outcomes are not as good as you had hoped. B school admission is tough! (I'm going through it now myself - so caution: layman's advice here).
I'd like a bit more data if you don't mind:
1. Why did you not choose to have any of your recommenders be from your current employer?
2. What's your demographic, if you are comfortable with sharing?
3. In your essays, what % was self-focused (my goals are x; i've lead in y situation) vs. community focused (I plan to give back in x way; being a member of y community has shaped me)
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21 Dec 2011, 15:31
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I will take laymen's advice all day long, as long as I have some kind of advice!
1. I have worked directly with a very limited amount of people, all of whom I contacted for a recommendation, but were very busy at the time. I feared their recommendations would be brief and impersonal. Summer co-workers were simply easier to contact and more available. However, this time around, I am determined to get at least a few recs from my previous employer, as I'm starting a new job in a couple weeks.
2. I am a white male.
3. My essays were probably more self-focused than community focused. I did not write about how a community has shaped me, but I did write about my desire to pursue microfinance and why I want to give back.
On a side note, do you think mentioning microfinance hurts my chances? It's not exactly a prestigious field, and I know business schools want their graduates to be prominent business men and women. I also mentioned that my short term goals are to do venture capital before transitioning to microfinance (since both involve investing in young companies). Do you think this will scare MBA programs which realize that I might not immediately get a job in the ultra-competitive venture capital field, thereby bringing down their employment stats? Moreover, is private equity/venture capital too common or cliche of a goal in general? And finally, how much humor or informal writing is acceptable? My essays are fairly devoid of it - I think I come off as boring.
Sorry for all the questions! Thanks for the advice!
1. I have worked directly with a very limited amount of people, all of whom I contacted for a recommendation, but were very busy at the time. I feared their recommendations would be brief and impersonal. Summer co-workers were simply easier to contact and more available. However, this time around, I am determined to get at least a few recs from my previous employer, as I'm starting a new job in a couple weeks.
2. I am a white male.
3. My essays were probably more self-focused than community focused. I did not write about how a community has shaped me, but I did write about my desire to pursue microfinance and why I want to give back.
On a side note, do you think mentioning microfinance hurts my chances? It's not exactly a prestigious field, and I know business schools want their graduates to be prominent business men and women. I also mentioned that my short term goals are to do venture capital before transitioning to microfinance (since both involve investing in young companies). Do you think this will scare MBA programs which realize that I might not immediately get a job in the ultra-competitive venture capital field, thereby bringing down their employment stats? Moreover, is private equity/venture capital too common or cliche of a goal in general? And finally, how much humor or informal writing is acceptable? My essays are fairly devoid of it - I think I come off as boring.
Sorry for all the questions! Thanks for the advice!
