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23 Feb 2020, 08:44
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Work experience: 2 years in F500 FLDP professional services company as an analyst. 2 years currently in Treasury as a senior financial analyst within the same company.
Extra curriculars:
Undergrad: 4 year D3 student-athlete, made national tournament 3 times in a popular sport, also held a leadership position. Student Advisory Board member for business school at my university. President of Beta Gamma Sigma chapter, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member, and investment club member. Won "Outstanding Student in Finance" my senior year (entails selecting the best student within respective major in the business school).
Post-Grad: Apart of Finance networking club at my company, intramural soccer, nothing significant since undergrad. Let me know if you think I can improve this.
Undergrad school/major: Small relatively unknown Liberal Arts school in Midwest - BBA in Finance & Management. Graduated in 3 1/2 years.
Other education/coursework: Studied abroad in Italy for a summer.
Race/nationality: White
Sex: Male
Stats
GMAT Score (include breakdown!): 710 (47Q / 40V)
Undergrad GPA: 3.86
MBA Info
Goal of MBA: Transition into Investment Banking. Did a rotation in Corporate Development before accepting an offer in Treasury. Really enjoyed the work and would like to go into IB before going back into Corp Dev in the long run.
Target schools: Would like some help in this aspect on which schools to target. I know Stern, Cornell, and KF have solid programs that probably fit my stats. Please let me know your thoughts as well as how many I should target (Safety, Target, Reach).
Thank you!
Work experience: 2 years in F500 FLDP professional services company as an analyst. 2 years currently in Treasury as a senior financial analyst within the same company.
Extra curriculars:
Undergrad: 4 year D3 student-athlete, made national tournament 3 times in a popular sport, also held a leadership position. Student Advisory Board member for business school at my university. President of Beta Gamma Sigma chapter, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member, and investment club member. Won "Outstanding Student in Finance" my senior year (entails selecting the best student within respective major in the business school).
Post-Grad: Apart of Finance networking club at my company, intramural soccer, nothing significant since undergrad. Let me know if you think I can improve this.
Undergrad school/major: Small relatively unknown Liberal Arts school in Midwest - BBA in Finance & Management. Graduated in 3 1/2 years.
Other education/coursework: Studied abroad in Italy for a summer.
Race/nationality: White
Sex: Male
Stats
GMAT Score (include breakdown!): 710 (47Q / 40V)
Undergrad GPA: 3.86
MBA Info
Goal of MBA: Transition into Investment Banking. Did a rotation in Corporate Development before accepting an offer in Treasury. Really enjoyed the work and would like to go into IB before going back into Corp Dev in the long run.
Target schools: Would like some help in this aspect on which schools to target. I know Stern, Cornell, and KF have solid programs that probably fit my stats. Please let me know your thoughts as well as how many I should target (Safety, Target, Reach).
Thank you!
27 Feb 2020, 23:47
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Hi YnK19
All else is on track here. However, you might want to enhance your GMAT score a bit, especially with IB as your future career goal. Look at Wharton, Columbia, and Tuck in addition to the schools you have listed. Overall, 5-6 should be the sweet spot, provided they are chosen well.
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GMAT 1: 700 Q49 V36
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Here's my take:
- Extracurriculars: Your feeling that you need something there is correct. Definitely get some meaningful community involvement in there (i.e. financial literacy/empowerment) or anything involving others and teams that ties to your interests and passions. Adcom wants to see proven track record of someone who will contribute to the community. Your undergrad activities are great, but they need evidence of what you've done lately.
- GPA: great for certain schools on the bubble of Top 10 range. Def competitive for schools in the upper half, but need everything else to be strong if your undergrad wasn't ranked as highly.
- GMAT: if you can score 730-740 (along with better ECs and a strong story), you'd be competitive for a Wharton, CBS, Kellogg. Try to get that quant up to 49Q, if possible.
- WE: pretty good. If given the right stats and story, you have the experience of many who get into the top 10 schools
Overall, it's a great profile for schools like KF and Cornell. But I think you have a lot of upside for schools like Columbia, Tuck, and Kellogg, which would require tightening up a lot of spots in your story. Since you want banking, I'd actually recommend diversifying your schools to not be solely Finance-focused schools. Your background, demographics, and career aspirations will be very similar to your competitive set for Wharton, Columbia, Stern, which means it'll be harder to differentiate for admit. If you add in some schools like Tuck, Kellogg, Ross, Fuqua, a banking job in NYC or SF could come easier. At Ross and Fuqua from what I know, as long as you committed to recruiting for banking, attend everything, build good relationships and do what's required, you will get an offer. I've hardly ever heard any domestic students going for banking in those rankings of schools not get a banking offer (at least an internship. some re-recruit for consulting as an MBA2). Although, I'm not sure how this changes with Covid, as I attended between 2016-2018. I can't speak for Wharton and Columbia on this, but you could easily find out by talking to students/alum. Look for schools that have the right culture for you and aren't just generalized for finance/banking.
