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Hi Veritas,
Thank you so much for this thread! I am thinking of applying to business school this fall and would matriculate in 2016 with 3.25 years of work experience at age 25 (nearly 26). An admissions consultant has stated that, given my background, my odds are quite low following this plan due to lack of experience. I'd love to hear your opinion on this, and that I should apply in 2016 and matriculate in 2017. Please see my profile below.
Eduction & GMAT:
- Small university, not completely unknown but well into non-target range
- Major: Econ w/ minor in math
- GPA: 3.75 overall, 3.9ish in-major
- 780 GMAT
Work:
- 1.75 yrs of work exp at a large financial institution (GS/MS/JPM) doing financial operations. Same department as product control but it is the Excel/Access data work that underlies a lot of financial reporting, and is on a very broad scale. Does include a combination of business as usual and project-based work. Have become an SME for my area and for constructing Excel files, etc.
- Lots of praise for work and have received a couple of awards. Should definitely have strong letters of rec... basically as high praise as one can get in this sort of role. Clearly weakness here is selectivity of the particular role
While working I do the following extracurriculars:
- Volunteer with a handful of charities on an ongoing basis. Volunteered 100 hrs this last yr!
- Work with different charities in the area to lead initiatives with employees from my office and friends from outside of work; have helped
coordinate an extra ~50 volunteer hrs in '14 thru this activity and the arrow is pointing up for '15
- Raised $15k in '14 doing fundraising for nonprofits
- Avid guitarist and musician with a few other stringed instruments as well (banjo, mandolin). Have not been in a band since college, however
Goals
- Still have an open mind about what I'd like to do post b-school. Most likely this will be consulting or banking. Want to have a career in finance coupled with strong volunteering/nonprofit involvement in my free time as I currently do
Schools:
- H/S (I know, everyone writes this), Wharton, Booth, MIT, Columbia, Tuck, Yale
Wondering if I'm deluding myself in thinking I should give H/S a shot given that I'm not applying with front office experience and I'll be a part of the uber-competitive finance cohort. Curious to know how you view my odds at the other schools listed. Would also love to hear any suggestions as to how my profile can be strengthened. Thank you again!
Thank you so much for this thread! I am thinking of applying to business school this fall and would matriculate in 2016 with 3.25 years of work experience at age 25 (nearly 26). An admissions consultant has stated that, given my background, my odds are quite low following this plan due to lack of experience. I'd love to hear your opinion on this, and that I should apply in 2016 and matriculate in 2017. Please see my profile below.
Eduction & GMAT:
- Small university, not completely unknown but well into non-target range
- Major: Econ w/ minor in math
- GPA: 3.75 overall, 3.9ish in-major
- 780 GMAT
Work:
- 1.75 yrs of work exp at a large financial institution (GS/MS/JPM) doing financial operations. Same department as product control but it is the Excel/Access data work that underlies a lot of financial reporting, and is on a very broad scale. Does include a combination of business as usual and project-based work. Have become an SME for my area and for constructing Excel files, etc.
- Lots of praise for work and have received a couple of awards. Should definitely have strong letters of rec... basically as high praise as one can get in this sort of role. Clearly weakness here is selectivity of the particular role
While working I do the following extracurriculars:
- Volunteer with a handful of charities on an ongoing basis. Volunteered 100 hrs this last yr!
- Work with different charities in the area to lead initiatives with employees from my office and friends from outside of work; have helped
coordinate an extra ~50 volunteer hrs in '14 thru this activity and the arrow is pointing up for '15
- Raised $15k in '14 doing fundraising for nonprofits
- Avid guitarist and musician with a few other stringed instruments as well (banjo, mandolin). Have not been in a band since college, however
Goals
- Still have an open mind about what I'd like to do post b-school. Most likely this will be consulting or banking. Want to have a career in finance coupled with strong volunteering/nonprofit involvement in my free time as I currently do
Schools:
- H/S (I know, everyone writes this), Wharton, Booth, MIT, Columbia, Tuck, Yale
Wondering if I'm deluding myself in thinking I should give H/S a shot given that I'm not applying with front office experience and I'll be a part of the uber-competitive finance cohort. Curious to know how you view my odds at the other schools listed. Would also love to hear any suggestions as to how my profile can be strengthened. Thank you again!
03 Mar 2015, 20:50
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Actually, with a GMAT that high, you would likely be considered seriously at all your target schools. Keep in mind schools like Yale, HBS, Chicago and Wharton are all cranking up some version of "early career" MBA opportunities and recruit applicants with less work experience but demonstrated potential for leadership and success. With a clearly articulated vision and a solid, mature plan for what you expect to get out of the MBA, you should have a great shot. One potential problem would be in failing to tell them what you plan to do. Try to hone your future plan down to a more concrete vision if you want to avoid the "come back next year" line. Let us know if we can help you package everything in the best possible way for success at your target schools.
