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10 Jul 2020, 03:13

Calling all who are applying to Masters in 2021 Intake


Hi Everyone,

I am creating a topic for all the 2021 intake applicants. Introduce yourself to fellow applicants. Tell us about which schools you are planning to apply to and anything you want to share?

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  • You will get to know who all are applying to your target program(s); It will help you network with your peers at early stage of the application.
  • GMAT Club is planning several initiatives for MS candidates this year. It includes interactive info sessions with admission experts & business schools. informal online meetups with current MS students, regular Q&As with the industry experts, and much more! The more response we get here the more encouraged & inclined we will be to invest our time, energy, & resources in organizing these info sessions for you which will provide you much-needed guidance on identifying the right programs to apply & help in your applications.

Applying this year? You may find the following discussions useful..
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10 Jul 2020, 05:06
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10 Jul 2020, 07:30
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Thread is just started. People will start to post their intros gradually.
BTW, if you are an MS applicant, why not start with you?
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Location: United States (NY)
Schools: MIT MFin "22 EDHEC MiM (BM)"23 EDHEC MiF "22 HEC MFin "23 EDHEC LBS MiM "22 (A) HEC MiM "23 (II)
GMAT 1: 750 Q48 V44
GPA: 3.52
Schools: MIT MFin "22 EDHEC MiM (BM)"23 EDHEC MiF "22 HEC MFin "23 EDHEC LBS MiM "22 (A) HEC MiM "23 (II)
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11 Jul 2020, 04:45
Nationality / Age: American, 21 y/o now, 22 at matriculation

GMAT/GRE Score: Have not taken, consistently scoring q48+ v42+ on mocks, have scored 750+ numerous times

GPA / Work experience: GPA 3.5/4.0
Work exp is the achilles heel of my application. I finished my undergrad in 3 years without an internship and graduated without an offer. I accepted an offer as a junior analyst at a boutique investment bank in December which fell through in February. Until covid, I was working for a contracting company to make ends meet.

Educational Background: Math bachelors from Northwestern

Master degree(s) you are applying to?:
MIT MFin
Bocconi Msc Finance
EDHEC MiM/Msc Financial Economics
HEC MiM/MiF
Looking into other 2 yr programs but these are my primary targets

Post-MS Targets:
Would like to be a PM at a credit HF down the line. Targets are broad, incl. IB(DCM/Levfin), S&T(credit derivs/structureds), or direct to buyside

Schools you are applying to: see above

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Schools: WHU MBA ESCP MiF "22 HEC MFin "23
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14 Jul 2020, 23:26
24, Male, Germany
GRE: 152Q, 165V
GPA: 3.3 Work experience: 1 year as a Financial analyst
Educational Background: University of Mannheim, Economics Bachelor
Master program(s) you are applying to? MIF- WHU, ESCP, HEC Paris
Post-MS Targets: Getting into Investment banking.
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15 Jul 2020, 05:54
  • Nationality / Age: 23, Female Indian
  • GMAT/GRE Score: To be taken
  • GPA / Work experience: GPA 4 Work ex 0
  • Educational Background: B.COM BPS and POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FINANCIAL MARKET AND INSURANCE
  • Master program(s) you are applying to?: Not shortlisted yet
  • Post-MS Targets: Investment/ Merchant Banking
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15 Jul 2020, 10:07
Age:23
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2.75 GPA
Economics BA 4 years
Looking for Masters related with investments

Would be happy with evaluations

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16 Jul 2020, 04:21
Age: 26
GMAT: 740 , Q49 V41
Job(2.5 years-post MBA): International and Institutional Banking role in a private sector Bank in India
Internship: Credit Risk Analyst in a private sector bank in India
MBA: IIFT Delhi , gpa : 2.98/4.33
Btech (Electronics and Communication) : IP University Delhi - 70.5%

Target courses- Mfin , MFE , risk management

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16 Jul 2020, 20:01
Nationality / Age: Indian M / 23

GMAT/GRE Score: Yet to be taken. Hopefully by end Aug-Early Sept

GPA / Work experience: Have done multiple internships at MNCs but unfortunately haven't got a full time job, with COVID-19, it has become very difficult.

GPA isn't good at all, equivalent of a UK 2:2. Will need to compensate heavily with the GMAT score.

Educational Background: BBA, MIS and Marketing

Master program(s) you are applying to?: MiM programs in France, Italy, Spain, Australia. Will do a final shortlist by the end of the month.

Post-MS Targets: FMCG or Consulting

If anyone has a low GPA or has had a low GPA and got into a relatively decent program, I'd love to hear from you.
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Originally posted by Nipungupta9081 on 20 Jul 2020, 08:34.
Last edited by Nipungupta9081 on 05 Nov 2020, 10:08, edited 1 time in total.
Nationality / Age: Indian , 21

GMAT/GRE Score: GMAT yet to be taken , i'm targeting 720.

GPA / Work experience: No work Experience i'm a Fresher.

Educational Background: B.com ( H )

Master program(s) you are applying to?: i'm applying for MiM and MiF.

Post-MS Targets: Post MS targets would be to get a good job in the fields i want to work at that time. I can't say anything right now.
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28 Jul 2020, 08:46
Indian, 21, M, yet to take the GRE

Undergrad from Top 5 French Grand Ecole in Economics (2 yr GPA - 13.5/20) with an exchange semester in the U.S (GPA - 3.5/4). I feel my 2 yr GPA is not so good though I'm hoping my critical health concerns will be highlighted by the Director in his LOR.

No formal work experience, however I have interned in 3 countries as of now,
Business Analyst at a tech startup in Spain, Venture Capital Analyst at a well-known American name in its Buenos Aires office followed by a 1 month stint at an Argentine hedge fund, currently working as an equity research analyst remotely at a boutique IM firm in India.

Volunteer experiences include leading a 2 month soft skill seminar in India, working at a bénévolat (NGO) in France and running a community NGO with help from my family which I founded

Applying to HEC MiM and ESSEC MFin (2 yr. track). Unfortunately I'm only interested in top french programs as I deem them to be a feeder for my target industries in U.K but then since I have a french bac, my interview process in other B-Schools/programs would be in French which deters me from applying as I only possess a B1 level of proficiency. Not interested in 1 yr. UK programs as they're too risky specially in this economic scenario, btw LSE would never take me with that GPA xD

Wish to break into high finance preferably in the U.K (particularly M&A but also ok for investment oriented roles)
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Location: India
Concentration: Other, Healthcare
Schools: Ivey MiM (BA & DM) "22 Schulich MMGT "22 DeGroote'23
GPA: 3.81
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Schools: Ivey MiM (BA & DM) "22 Schulich MMGT "22 DeGroote'23
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30 Jul 2020, 03:25
Undergrad : computer Engineering(7.6 GPA) NIT kurukshetra(under top 50 uni in india)
WE : 1.2years (as Management Trainee for 1year and then Principal engineer)
Extra-curricular : average with 2 NGO experiences
GMAT : will be around 660
schools: MiM in europe or Business analytics in Canada(ivey, rotman , sauder).

TIA
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30 Jul 2020, 04:13
Nationality/Age: Bangladeshi / 30
GMAT: Yet to be taken, however, planning to take the exam in mid-December'20 (Target score around 650)
Educational Background: B.B.A (major: Finance & Accounting, cgpa: 3.50) from Bangladesh; M.Com (major: Accounting, overall marks: 71%) from Australia
Work experience: 2 years in teaching in a private university in Bangladesh
Masters program I intend to apply: My target country is Canada (Business schools: Schulich, Telfer, Smith, and other similar categories)
Post-MS target: Would like to secure a job in Banking or Consulting industry as a Financial Analyst or similar position (depending on the degree that I can avail).

Although I already have a Masters degree, my intention is to get an M.Sc in Accounting (not sure whether PhD is possible as I don't have any significant publications yet) or Masters in Accounting (a big problem is there as Canada doesn't allow direct entry in Accounting masters program for Int. graduates, as far as I know).

Would be happy with a profile evaluation and suggestions (if possible)

Thanks.
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30 Jul 2020, 08:49
Nationality / Age: Chinese/27
GMAT/GRE Score: To be taken
GPA / Work experience: 2./3.5/1.5y work experience (not business related)
Educational Background: sociology
Master program(s) you are applying to?: business analytics
Post-MS Targets: business analyst (preferably light consulting)
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05 Aug 2020, 13:33
Had a random idea to apply to Business Schools to escape my integrated Masters last week so here we are

Nationality/Age: British (Ethnically Chinese), 21 y/o currently
GMAT/GRE Score: Did the first benchmark test (Official Practice Test 1) after a week of familiarising the material, got 750 with Q50, V41 - Hoping for 750+ in real exam with some practice
GPA/Work Experience: 63.2% (UK) which is like 3.3-3.4/4, consulting internship at a Big Four last summer and incoming intern for a strategy consulting firm. Also did internships with a couple of smaller companies in the past, significant extra-curricular involvements (Presidents in 2 and committee member of 5-6, mostly volunteering & consulting related)
Educational Background: Physics @ Oxbridge
Masters Programmes to apply to: LBS MiM, if I get rejected then maybe LSE/Imperial MiM
Post-MS Targets: Consulting
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11 Aug 2020, 21:41
Nationality / Age: Indian/24
GMAT/GRE Score: Started preparing for GMAT just now
GPA / Work experience: GPA is 7.07/10(70.7%) and a work experience of 13 months at a top shock absorber manufacturing organisation as a Process Engineer.
Educational Background: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering then BE in Mechatronics
Master program(s) you are applying to?: Planning for MIM/MSc Management/MEng in Engineering Management
Post-MS Targets: Specific field not decided yet, but won't prefer purely technical roles. Open to any manager roles after that.
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19 Aug 2020, 05:55
Nationality- Indian

Age: 22

GMAT/GRE Score: Yet to come. (Targeting 680)

GPA- 3.3 (B.tech- ECE)

Work experience:
a)12 months as an administrative at Gate leaders.
b) Founder of Humans for All NGO
c) Working as a part time fashion Model

Internship and Certification-
a)Did one internship at hamari pehchan NGO as a virtual volunteer.
b) At this time, i am doing certification in Business Analyst course.


Educational Background:
a)B.tech in Electronics and Communication. Graduated in June,2019 with cgpa of 7.6
b)XII- 82% (PCM)
c)X- 95%

Extra curricular:
a) Winner of Mr India competition 2019
b) Achieved NCC C certificate with aplha grades.
c) Appeared in Top Magazines as an editorial model.
d) Did a couple of fashion shows and judgement events.

Master program(s) you are applying to?:
a) CEMS MiM- 1st priority
Other universities that are in my bucket list include:
b) Ivey business school, Canada
c) Masters in international business- Queens University, Canada
d) ESCP, universita bocconi, Essec, IE
e) Masters in business Analytics- Ivey

Post-MS Targets:
I am still focusing on this aspect. Currently, i am exploring different courses and doing multiple research in order to know myself more accurately and clearly. Introspection period for the upcoming hill.
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20 Aug 2020, 06:52
Nationality / Age: Indian/26
GMAT/GRE Score: yet to take
GPA / Work experience: 3.4/ 2.5 years
Educational Background: BSc Physical Sciences/ MSc Operational Research (Stats, Computers, Maths)
Master program(s) you are applying to?: MS FE Baruch, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU, CMU
Post-MS Targets: Derivative Trading/Asset Management/ Consultancy
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24 Aug 2020, 07:55
Nationality- New Zealander / British

Age: 22

GMAT/GRE Score: 770 - Q51, V44

GPA- 3.8

Work experience:
1) 3 months Management Accounts intern
2) 12 months Finance Analyst (FP&A at £200m turonver retailer)
3) University academic mentor - paid role mentoring a class of first-year students
4) Private math tutor (since moved to providing free lessons to several students)

Volunteering:
1) Number Partner charity - working with kids in schools
2) Economics course representative and 'Employability Champion'

Educational Background:
1) BA Hons Economics with International Finance and Banking from Nottingham Business School
2) GPA 3.8

Extra curricular:
1) Thai Boxing Nottingham Varsity
2) Men's team volleyball
3) Running a personal finance blog aimed at students

Master program(s) you are applying to?:
1) ESSEC MiF
2) HEC MiF
3) SKEMA MSc Financial Markets & Investments

Post-MS Targets:
Equity research - specialising in the retail space.

Happy to connect.
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Originally posted by PietroGirardi on 02 Sep 2020, 07:49.
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Nationality: Italian

Sex: male

Age: 21 and I’m starting my last year of bachelor degree in Business and Management.

GPA = 4

GMAT = hoping 700 but let’s take 680

International experiences:
4 months in Australia and I was also selected for 6 months erasmus in Chicago that was cancelled due to covid.

Volunteering:
1) Working for Banco Alimentare Foundation which donate food to poor families
2) working with problematic kids with CooperativaMartinengo

Work experience:
3 months of internship in EY
Private tutoring

MiM/ MSc fin in
LBS
LSE
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
ESCP
ESSEC
HEC
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