Hello everyone,
Hi @pnandi3, Thanks for reaching out. I'd be glad to review your profile.I hope you all are doing well. I a college senior who will be starting his professional career in investment banking, and I recently came across the Kellogg Future Leaders Deferred MBA program. Growing up in Chicago suburbs, I used to visit Evanston quite often, and I developed a strong desire to go to Northwestern, but alas, I struck out on undergraduate recruiting. It seems like a second chance has arrived, as I just heard of the Kellogg Future Leaders Deferred MBA Program, and I have been powering through GMAT prep books in hopes of receiving a respectable score by late-May. If any of you guys could assess my profile, I'd sincerely appreciate it.
Good for you in finding this program-- and I think it could be awesome for you to give it a shot!Listed below are my stats and experiences:
Age and Background: 22 year old American male of Indian descent
University: UIUC
Major: Finance
Minor: Technology & Management
Honors:
>Chancellor's Scholar--One of 120 students selected from every freshman class to enroll in this specialized program that allows students to enroll in special courses that give a more liberal arts angle to students enrolled in a research university, first dibs on all classes, $500 scholarship/semester
>Finance Honors--Enrolled in an Investment Banking Honors Program which trains students for IB interviews, and connects them to employers via guest lectures and corporate visits
These are some excellent building blocks to help you be prepared for IB and also impressive to be one of the 120 Chancellor's scholars>Dean's List 1 semester
GPA: 3.75
GMAT: Haven't taken it yet--I got my work cut out for me
(If you would like some tutoring advice-- reach out to ask along with other questions in a free consult. )Work experiences (summer internships):
>Underwriting at a professional liability firm, where I was able to generate $5,000 of premium
>Robotic Process Automation at a F500 Financial Services firm, where I helped reduce process cycle time for a treasury process
>Investment Banking at a top Boutique IB:
>Created valuation models for a $1.0B deal which closed recently--this was used to verify information that another international team had done
>Created an accretion-dilution model, bridge analysis to showcase continued progress of the target towards its revenue goals, and presentation materials for
a $4.0B pitch
>Created management presentation materials and a customer analysis model for a $200M ongoing deal
This is all supportive of your caseOn-campus activities:
>Concertmaster of our Philharmonia orchestra--conducted the orchestra during the absence of the conductor, created musical fingerings and bowing patterns customized to each violin and viola player, and gave one on one prep sessions to students who needed help with mastering the music
A bonus that Northwestern also has such a strong arts and music community>Student Consultant--Did 2 years of consulting work for Illinois small businesses and nonprofits
>Volunteer at a 3D printing lab--3D printed stuff for people--fidget spinners for kids, and optimized engineering projects which needed to fit certain criteria
A high school activity which I am really fond of: Started a music therapy program at a hospital in senior year of HS, and recruited students well into freshman year
Goal: 2years IB>2 years PE (hopefully $1B+ in deployed capital)>MBA>UMM/MF PE
I know that Harvard 2+2 really doesn't want business students, but do you think that's going to be the case for Kellogg Future Leaders too? Please chance me