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12 Sep 2017, 12:09
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi All,
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
14 Sep 2017, 01:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
ryanleo1993
Hi All,
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
Hey dude,
Good to hear from you!
So overall your profile is pretty good. You come from a not over represented country (although a somewhat over represented employer, albeit a good one), you have an excellent GMAT. You've done some pro bono stuff. So all that is good.
I also feel that the school rankings you are aiming at (top 20 ) is about right for your profile (You may also want to look into UNC, which is pretty good for finance within the same range)
Right now there are two things I would bring up: what is unique? interesting? stand out? about your profile? What would make you memorable to the Adcom?
The second thing is your goals: Every single MBA applicant wants to go into IB. But can you justify it? Based on your past experience? You mgiht have an easier time presenting goals to enter into strategy consulting.
I hope this helps,
And feel free to drop a line if you have any other questions,
Best,
JF
14 Sep 2017, 09:10
Kudos
Bookmarks
JonAdmissionado
ryanleo1993
Hi All,
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile and would love to hear your thought on my admission chance at the following schools. Please share your thought on the items in bold.
Target school
Ross, Darden, Johnson and Stern
Post-MBA goal
Investment Banking
Background
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian/US Permanent Resident (Does applying for a US citizenship helps during the admission process?)
1. First generation college student and first generation immigrant
Work Experiences and Achievements: Audit Senior at PwC in US, 4 years
1. Special project experiences including a S-1 (Pre-IPO) filing, a $2B IPO and a series of valuation projects during venture capital audit
2. Top ranked performer (top 5% of the class) for 4 consecutive years
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Barbara
1. Studied abroad at HKUST, Hong Kong for 1 semester and took a few finance courses
CGPA: 3.1 (Its low but can my CPA and GMAT score offset it?)
Major: Economics and Accounting
Certificate: CPA license
GMAT: 720
Leadership/Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Volunteer Activities:
1. Community service (food bank) - feeds low-income community
2. PwC corporate newsletter
3. Part of PwC corporate marketing team and organized a series of accounting seminar/conference
4. Break-dance performance during college/high-school
5. Backpacking
6. Pro bono consulting - mentored and guided international student in securing internships/full-time offers
Hey dude,
Good to hear from you!
So overall your profile is pretty good. You come from a not over represented country (although a somewhat over represented employer, albeit a good one), you have an excellent GMAT. You've done some pro bono stuff. So all that is good.
I also feel that the school rankings you are aiming at (top 20 ) is about right for your profile (You may also want to look into UNC, which is pretty good for finance within the same range)
Right now there are two things I would bring up: what is unique? interesting? stand out? about your profile? What would make you memorable to the Adcom?
The second thing is your goals: Every single MBA applicant wants to go into IB. But can you justify it? Based on your past experience? You mgiht have an easier time presenting goals to enter into strategy consulting.
I hope this helps,
And feel free to drop a line if you have any other questions,
Best,
JF
Hi Jon,
Thanks for your response!
I would love to hear your thought on my career change story. I became truly interested in IB (specifically in IPO related group) because of the exposure I got during the IPO project I worked on. How does that sound to the AdCom?
Thanks!
