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Not so desperate but a view is welcome 27 May 2012, 20:15
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I always think I have an unconventional profile and then I come across someone really unconventional. Well, i'll get to the knitty gritty...

Academics
-Undergrad: Top 6 British (considered part of the British Ivies) - conc: Management
-GPA: 1st = 3.9-4.0 GPA
-GMAT: 740

Background
-Age: 28
-Ethnicity: South Asian (not Indian) but British citizen

Work Exp
-2 years at a bulge bracket bank (Goldman Sachs/JP/Morgan Stanley), 2 summer internships
-Work Achievements: Far greater number of deals than most analysts. I am also very active in diversity recruitment. I help also run a buddy network at the bank, pairing new analysts up either based on alma mater or UG degree concentration (whichever one runs out first)

ECs:
-Finance
-Entrepreneurship (promoting on campus as well as holding competitions for students to win start-up capital)
-Video and Music production
-Poetry (mentor to inner city spoken word clubs).
-Run a summer programme for low income family kids applying to college
-Charity trips to Asia (teaching in Thailand)
-Started a health related non-profit - helped over 500 people and has been recognised as one of the best np's in the country

Here is where I guess I have the unusual profile (or maybe not). I was at a college in London studying Law with a year abroad (4 year degree). In my third year, my father was diagnosed with Leukemia and I had to drop out to return home and take care of the family. In the process, I gave up a job on wall st (offered a job on condition of graduating) to do so but I had no other choice. It was because of that diagnosis that I started a non-profit. I then managed to transfer (transfer not common in UK)/get into a to a college that was much closer to home which allowed me to travel. I switched my concentration to business and management hence I graduated @ 25/26

Interests: social entrepreneurship, finance (buyouts of high growth comps), music industry
^ I know I have a weird set of interests. I liked my job and get along with senior management. I have this non-finance side which does things entrepreneurial and socially-concious related. I help aspiring singers and producers get their material to music labels and hence I'm immersed in that.

Recommendations: one Wharton MBA alum and another Harvard MBA alum

I'm not too hell bent on HSW but would fancy my chances anyway.

I realise my age is a bit of an issue but would adcoms understand the fact that I I spent the better part of 2 years at home due to father's illness?
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I always think I have an unconventional profile and then I come across someone really unconventional. Well, i'll get to the knitty gritty...

Academics
-Undergrad: Top 6 British (considered part of the British Ivies) - conc: Management
-GPA: 1st = 3.9-4.0 GPA
-GMAT: 740

Background
-Age: 28
-Ethnicity: South Asian (not Indian) but British citizen

Work Exp
-2 years at a bulge bracket bank (Goldman Sachs/JP/Morgan Stanley), 2 summer internships
-Work Achievements: Far greater number of deals than most analysts. I am also very active in diversity recruitment. I help also run a buddy network at the bank, pairing new analysts up either based on alma mater or UG degree concentration (whichever one runs out first)

ECs:
-Finance
-Entrepreneurship (promoting on campus as well as holding competitions for students to win start-up capital)
-Video and Music production
-Poetry (mentor to inner city spoken word clubs).
-Run a summer programme for low income family kids applying to college
-Charity trips to Asia (teaching in Thailand)
-Started a health related non-profit - helped over 500 people and has been recognised as one of the best np's in the country

Here is where I guess I have the unusual profile (or maybe not). I was at a college in London studying Law with a year abroad (4 year degree). In my third year, my father was diagnosed with Leukemia and I had to drop out to return home and take care of the family. In the process, I gave up a job on wall st (offered a job on condition of graduating) to do so but I had no other choice. It was because of that diagnosis that I started a non-profit. I then managed to transfer (transfer not common in UK)/get into a to a college that was much closer to home which allowed me to travel. I switched my concentration to business and management hence I graduated @ 25/26

Interests: social entrepreneurship, finance (buyouts of high growth comps), music industry
^ I know I have a weird set of interests. I liked my job and get along with senior management. I have this non-finance side which does things entrepreneurial and socially-concious related. I help aspiring singers and producers get their material to music labels and hence I'm immersed in that.

Recommendations: one Wharton MBA alum and another Harvard MBA alum

I'm not too hell bent on HSW but would fancy my chances anyway.

I realise my age is a bit of an issue but would adcoms understand the fact that I I spent the better part of 2 years at home due to father's illness?
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Your age is not an issue yet, and yes, the adcoms understand the role that personal issues place in an applicant's readiness to apply at any given time. You seem to have a strong foundation for a great application here. Knock 'em dead ;-)