[quote="hawaii"]Hello, I would like to know what my chances are at Harvard, Wharton (top 7 business schools), if any, which one would be my best bet?
• I am from Brazil
• I am 26 years old
• I have been leaving in US for 6 years
• I speak English(well), Portuguese (native speaker) and Spanish ( ok )
• I graduated from University of Florida, Business Adm., Major Finance, 3.55 GPA.
• I could get three very strong letters of recommendation, (Wharton MBA Alumni, Past Professor at Harvard (Not business related), and Past Chair of the Finance Dep. At Warrington College of Business (University of Florida) who acquired his Master and PHD at Wharton, and wrote several business books.
Working Experience:
• 3 months internship at MTV USA. (Finance Dep.) I got a letter of recommendation from my manager citing that I was the best intern in nine years that she works there.
• I have been working for 2 years as an assistant for the president of the biggest furniture store in Brazil. I helped him to open two new stores in US (Fort Lauderdale, Washington DC.) Nowadays, we have 5 stores in US and we are planning to open 1 more until the year end.
Life Experience:
• I leaved in Australia for 6 months
• I went to several countries around the world. Meeting people, understanding cultures, etc.
• I leaved in Spain where I walked a very well known Pilgrimage (Camino de Santiago de Compostela), which is an 800 Kilometers path that starts in France, and ends in Spain (City of Santiago de Compostela). Several best sellers were written based on this 1000+ years Pilgrimage.
Leadership Experience:
• At my workplace, I need to make “presidentâ€