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14 Feb 2018, 08:11
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Hello,
I've only recently started looking at MBAs so I'm a bit behind the curve on admissions for the current year. Could you let me know whether you think I'd be competitive in round 3 for Harvard, Stanford etc - or whether that's unrealistic.
27M - British
Undergrad (4yrs)
- Oxford - (Double) First (apparently that's 4.0 on the US GPA system)
- Won a scholarship and quite a few prizes for academic perfomance
Work (3yrs)
- 3 years at a tier one US asset manager as an equity analyst
- Highly ranked on internal metrics and performance
Russia (~1yr)
- spent almost all of the last year in Russia studying Russian
- passed the C1 state language test (i.e. professional fluency)
GMAT
- haven't done the real thing but got 740 in one practice test
Extracurriculars
- bit thin here to be frank
- mostly I learn languages (Russian, French, Farsi) and box.
- I'm doing some volunteering with school kids but I've only just started this.
Many thanks
I've only recently started looking at MBAs so I'm a bit behind the curve on admissions for the current year. Could you let me know whether you think I'd be competitive in round 3 for Harvard, Stanford etc - or whether that's unrealistic.
27M - British
Undergrad (4yrs)
- Oxford - (Double) First (apparently that's 4.0 on the US GPA system)
- Won a scholarship and quite a few prizes for academic perfomance
Work (3yrs)
- 3 years at a tier one US asset manager as an equity analyst
- Highly ranked on internal metrics and performance
Russia (~1yr)
- spent almost all of the last year in Russia studying Russian
- passed the C1 state language test (i.e. professional fluency)
GMAT
- haven't done the real thing but got 740 in one practice test
Extracurriculars
- bit thin here to be frank
- mostly I learn languages (Russian, French, Farsi) and box.
- I'm doing some volunteering with school kids but I've only just started this.
Many thanks
14 Feb 2018, 13:00
Kudos
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Hi reascenda!
I think you have many elements of a competitive profile for top schools. Excellent undergrad background, standout performance at a prominent firm, and the international exposure. The time you dedicate to learning languages is impressive! So you're definitely on the right track. What worries me is the competitiveness of Round 3 -- it's a lot tougher since most of the classes will be full already. For instance, I've seen some data suggesting that the R3 acceptance rate is about half the rate of R1 for some schools (Stanford seems to be an exception, and their rate is pretty consistent across rounds, though it's incredibly low at about 6%). I think in your case, waiting til R1 next year would give you time to boost your leadership in extracurriculars, and also let you put your full effort now into the GMAT. But then again, if you take GMAT soon and it goes really well, then maybe give it a shot at a few schools in R3, and you can always re-apply in R1 if you need to.
Good luck!
Kate
I think you have many elements of a competitive profile for top schools. Excellent undergrad background, standout performance at a prominent firm, and the international exposure. The time you dedicate to learning languages is impressive! So you're definitely on the right track. What worries me is the competitiveness of Round 3 -- it's a lot tougher since most of the classes will be full already. For instance, I've seen some data suggesting that the R3 acceptance rate is about half the rate of R1 for some schools (Stanford seems to be an exception, and their rate is pretty consistent across rounds, though it's incredibly low at about 6%). I think in your case, waiting til R1 next year would give you time to boost your leadership in extracurriculars, and also let you put your full effort now into the GMAT. But then again, if you take GMAT soon and it goes really well, then maybe give it a shot at a few schools in R3, and you can always re-apply in R1 if you need to.
Good luck!
Kate
reascenda
