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a 31 year old male.

Major and GPA
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Business Administration and Ccomputer Science
(My gpa is over 4.0 based on 4.5)

Working experience
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6 year full-time work experience
as a equity broker (1.5yrs), a programmer (2.5yrs),
and a quantitative analtst (2yrs)
in one of the brokerage firms in Korea.

TOEFL and GMAT
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TOEFL 253 (TWE 4.5)
GMAT not taken



I want to study in one of the TOP 20 US MBA program or one of LBS,
IMD, Insead in Europe.

I'm working on GMAT now and going to take a exam.
Based on my circumstances, what should I prepare?

I will appreciate any advice. Thank you in advance.

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What are your goals?
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* short term goal (within 3years after B school)

to be one of the most preeminent quant analyst or financial engineer.


* long term goal (within 5~10years after B school)

chief executive investment officer

or

head of research



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What sort of extracurricular/community service experience do you have?
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June 1997 ~ July 1997
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conducted experiential research about one of the management strategy, "Mass Customization". It is supported by LG, one of the Global IT company in Korea. We visited Motorola, Lucent Tech., Levi's, and Corning.


Jan 1998 ~ Jan 1999
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served as a reporter of the magazine "The face of the future" which is published monthly by LG for undergraduate students nationwide. met and interviewed various people and wrote articles.


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participated in the play supported by Korea TESOL and won the Best Costume prize.

served as a head of the volunteers of the university library. (for 1 year)
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What sort of community service are you doing now?
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nothing now.
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I would seek out community service projects that are of genuine interest to you and get started. Since you are looking at the Ultra Elite, Top Cluster Europe, and Elite schools I would target a GMAT score of 700 or so. Your work experience is of sufficient duration and is consistent with your goals.

Which specific schools interest you?
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Dear Hjort,

I appreciate your advice. I thought organizing a club of quantitative analysts in Seoul, Korea. I think that would be a proper choice I can take right now. What do you think about it?

I haven't surveyed thoroughly about the programs. Programs which I have been examined are MiF(master's in finance) at LBS and MFE(master's in financial engineering) at Hass, Berkeley. If you have any information about the programs please help me to find the right one for me.

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Starting a Quant Analyst club is a good idea. Paul on GMATClub is a great resource on LBS- I would seek his advice.

It is kind of interesting that there has not been more interest here in the MFE program at Berkeley. You might want to post a message under MS Finance to see what others have found about the program.

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