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Please evaluate my profile (Booth, Columbia or wharton) 12 Apr 2011, 15:12
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Hi all,

Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my profile:

Age: 26 (Asian)
Major/GPA/School/Year: Finance Major(4.0) and overall(3.6) / top 10 state school / graduated in 09
Work exp: working at a valuation group at big 4 (1 year) and used to work for a small investment management com (1 year)
CFA: going to take level 3 this June.
ECs: somewhat strong
Post MBA goal: PE or M&A group at BB

Unique about me: Until 21, never thought about going to college since I came to the U.S at age 17 due to my family's financial situation, my father's illiness and my brother's expensive college tuition. I did have many different jobs, such as being a cashier and manager at a gas station and local supermarket, sold flowers on mother's day and valentine's day and turkeys on thanksgiving day to make money. My highschool gpa was ~2.0...
Then, I started taking classes at a local community college and transferred to a four-year university. I took 18-21 credits per semester while working full-time (restaurant) to pay my tuition.
I started and am running a mentorship program with my friends from college for high-school students as I don't want them to go through same difficulties I had to go through...we've done more than 200 hours of communitiy service (aggregate) and helped them getting into college and preparing SAT.

As soon as I'm done with the CFA level 3, I will start studying for GAMT and hopefully receive 700+.

Assuming 700+ GMAT score and completing three levels of CFA, do I have a shot at booth, columbia, or wharton? I didn't mean to write this long, but I just wanted to give you guys detailed information.

Thanks again!
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Please evaluate my profile (Booth, Columbia or wharton) 12 Apr 2011, 19:23
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Hi all,

Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my profile:

Age: 26 (Asian)
Major/GPA/School/Year: Finance Major(4.0) and overall(3.6) / top 10 state school / graduated in 09
Work exp: working at a valuation group at big 4 (1 year) and used to work for a small investment management com (1 year)
CFA: going to take level 3 this June.
ECs: somewhat strong
Post MBA goal: PE or M&A group at BB

Unique about me: Until 21, never thought about going to college since I came to the U.S at age 17 due to my family's financial situation, my father's illiness and my brother's expensive college tuition. I did have many different jobs, such as being a cashier and manager at a gas station and local supermarket, sold flowers on mother's day and valentine's day and turkeys on thanksgiving day to make money. My highschool gpa was ~2.0...
Then, I started taking classes at a local community college and transferred to a four-year university. I took 18-21 credits per semester while working full-time (restaurant) to pay my tuition.
I started and am running a mentorship program with my friends from college for high-school students as I don't want them to go through same difficulties I had to go through...we've done more than 200 hours of communitiy service (aggregate) and helped them getting into college and preparing SAT.

As soon as I'm done with the CFA level 3, I will start studying for GAMT and hopefully receive 700+.

Assuming 700+ GMAT score and completing three levels of CFA, do I have a shot at booth, columbia, or wharton? I didn't mean to write this long, but I just wanted to give you guys detailed information.

Thanks again!
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I think you have a shot at the schools you listed. Your grades, coupled with a 700+ GMAT, will help you out in the academic section. Your experiences are certainly unique and should be leveraged fully in your application. However, keep in mind that these three schools are all top of the top, and experiences+grades just don't cut it alone. Luck certainly plays a role in the application, but if it's either one of the three, or bust, I'd say go for it because I think you have a shot. But if you don't mind adding a few more, think about NYU Stern, Darden, and UCLA (as well as any other ones that fit your needs and location).
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bakfed,

Thank you so much for your comment. I know these schools are very competitive and I will need a lot of luck...
I will defintitely consider the schools you recommend and will foucs on getting good score on GMAT this year!
Thanks again.
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dhyun3
Hi all,

Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my profile:

Age: 26 (Asian)
Major/GPA/School/Year: Finance Major(4.0) and overall(3.6) / top 10 state school / graduated in 09
Work exp: working at a valuation group at big 4 (1 year) and used to work for a small investment management com (1 year)
CFA: going to take level 3 this June.
ECs: somewhat strong
Post MBA goal: PE or M&A group at BB

Unique about me: Until 21, never thought about going to college since I came to the U.S at age 17 due to my family's financial situation, my father's illiness and my brother's expensive college tuition. I did have many different jobs, such as being a cashier and manager at a gas station and local supermarket, sold flowers on mother's day and valentine's day and turkeys on thanksgiving day to make money. My highschool gpa was ~2.0...
Then, I started taking classes at a local community college and transferred to a four-year university. I took 18-21 credits per semester while working full-time (restaurant) to pay my tuition.
I started and am running a mentorship program with my friends from college for high-school students as I don't want them to go through same difficulties I had to go through...we've done more than 200 hours of communitiy service (aggregate) and helped them getting into college and preparing SAT.

As soon as I'm done with the CFA level 3, I will start studying for GAMT and hopefully receive 700+.

Assuming 700+ GMAT score and completing three levels of CFA, do I have a shot at booth, columbia, or wharton? I didn't mean to write this long, but I just wanted to give you guys detailed information.

Thanks again!
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Hello,

If you are aiming for top schools like you said so score above 700 should help you. Looking at the 2012 class profile at Harvard the students scored between 550-790 in their GMAT and the median GMAT score was 730.
Similarly at Wharton’s MBA class of 2012 the students scored between 650-770 in their GMAT and the median GMAT score being 720.
Generally most the applicants have a work experience of 4-5 years. In your case you have a limited work experience of two years which could make it tough for you. However it is not just the work experience that counts but also what you did there such as -what were your achievements, what initiative you took, what changes you drove in your workplace etc.
You need to make sure that your profile stands apart and all the activities at work and beyond work are highlighted in the best possible way.

Thanks!