vik218 wrote:
School choices: Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, LSB
Education:
GPA: 3.55 in Undergrad - Bachelors of Accounting and Financial Management, University of Waterloo, Canada
GPA: 3.56 in Masters - Master of Accounting, University of Waterloo, Canada
In my school, GPA not considered, but rather percentages:
Percentage in Undergrad: 80.4%
Percentage in Masters: 81%
- No class rankings available
Professional Designations: Chartered Accountant designated in Canada - 2010
CFA Level 1 (2010)
CFA level 2 candidate (level 2 - June 2011) - Expected
WE: Big 4 Accounting - Senior Associate - Includes Promotions, increasing responsibility (1 yr full time - 16 months internship)
Started & sold 2 businesses during university for a profit - still running.
-- I was thinking of jumping into a PE shop or a hedge fund or a consulting group and applying to Business school out of there with 1.5 or 2 years of experience -
Volunteer Exp: Impressive contributions
Short term goals after Grad School: Invstmt Banking, Private Equity
Long Term goals: Hedge Fund Manager, Partner at IB or start my own PE company.
GMAT: 720
White (Canadian Citizenship), Male, 24
I believe we connected off line.