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What’s in it for you- Live Profile Evaluation Chat Session with Jenifer Turtschanow, CEO, ARINGO. Come with your details prepared and ARINGO will share insights! Pre-MBA Role/Industry, YOE, Exam Score, C/GPA, ECs Post-MBA Role/ Industry & School List.
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14 Dec 2010, 13:56
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Here's a quick snapshot of my profile:
Nationality: Danish
• 25 years Male from Denmark, multi-racial, multilingual (English, Danish, Thai, Farsi and continuing studying Japanese), Have lived in Europe, Asian, Middle east, North America
• *BSc International Business (Top ranked Business undergrad at Copenhagen Business School, requires Highest GPA in the country to get admitted.
- Undergrad Exchange Semester: Japan (first from Int. Business program student to go to Japan.)
*Chicago Booth Summer Business Scholars Program - Pre MBA program selected out of 500 apps. to be one of the 40. to take part.
*High-School: Did the International Baccalaureate (IB)
• GMAT (blank) … going to take soon ( right now scoring low on my practice test around 550)
• work exp: Entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial projects, leadership/Manager roles, Construction Project coordinator, project ownership, Sub-Teacher (Middle & High-school),
o 4yr Manager and owner of a business/ entrepreneur
o 1yr Construction Project coordinator/ entrepreneur
o 0.5yr Café/lounge entrepreneur project
Social Entrepreneurship - Nonprofit project:
- 1.5 yr founded an After school Mentor program for inner city kids to help the local community
- Teens who need help and have problems - get them back to believing in themselves and coordinated fundraisers for the school and public speaker
• Recommendation letters from (All whom I know will speak very well about me): The principle of the school I started the After mentor program, and Clients and business partners
• EC: leadership, service, activities
o 1yr couch Basket Ball teams (primary focus on team building drills)
o Soccer, Golf, Basket ball, Martial Arts (over 10 years).
• Round 2 application for all schools
• Schools desired to apply for:
o Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Northwestern, Yale SOM, cornell Johnson, Tuck, Duke and NYU
What do you think my chances are at these schools? I was thinking of applying in round 2 but the issue is whether i can get a decent Gmat score (640+) and right now I just dont see that happening because of the practice scores. I have always worked fulltime even when I was doing my Undergrad, so I have been busy all the time and even now when studying for the gmat. I will be taking the gmat pretty soon and my thought is if I dont get at least a 550 I will forget about applying at all this year. This is because everyone says the 3rd round is a no go and I might need time to practice it more. Do I even stand a fight chance against the iBankers and consultants from top firms who I apply to these schools...
But then a friend told me that I should apply anyway even with a low score and explain in my essays because my story is different.
Thank You for your help!
Nationality: Danish
• 25 years Male from Denmark, multi-racial, multilingual (English, Danish, Thai, Farsi and continuing studying Japanese), Have lived in Europe, Asian, Middle east, North America
• *BSc International Business (Top ranked Business undergrad at Copenhagen Business School, requires Highest GPA in the country to get admitted.
- Undergrad Exchange Semester: Japan (first from Int. Business program student to go to Japan.)
*Chicago Booth Summer Business Scholars Program - Pre MBA program selected out of 500 apps. to be one of the 40. to take part.
*High-School: Did the International Baccalaureate (IB)
• GMAT (blank) … going to take soon ( right now scoring low on my practice test around 550)
• work exp: Entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial projects, leadership/Manager roles, Construction Project coordinator, project ownership, Sub-Teacher (Middle & High-school),
o 4yr Manager and owner of a business/ entrepreneur
o 1yr Construction Project coordinator/ entrepreneur
o 0.5yr Café/lounge entrepreneur project
Social Entrepreneurship - Nonprofit project:
- 1.5 yr founded an After school Mentor program for inner city kids to help the local community
- Teens who need help and have problems - get them back to believing in themselves and coordinated fundraisers for the school and public speaker
• Recommendation letters from (All whom I know will speak very well about me): The principle of the school I started the After mentor program, and Clients and business partners
• EC: leadership, service, activities
o 1yr couch Basket Ball teams (primary focus on team building drills)
o Soccer, Golf, Basket ball, Martial Arts (over 10 years).
• Round 2 application for all schools
• Schools desired to apply for:
o Harvard, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Northwestern, Yale SOM, cornell Johnson, Tuck, Duke and NYU
What do you think my chances are at these schools? I was thinking of applying in round 2 but the issue is whether i can get a decent Gmat score (640+) and right now I just dont see that happening because of the practice scores. I have always worked fulltime even when I was doing my Undergrad, so I have been busy all the time and even now when studying for the gmat. I will be taking the gmat pretty soon and my thought is if I dont get at least a 550 I will forget about applying at all this year. This is because everyone says the 3rd round is a no go and I might need time to practice it more. Do I even stand a fight chance against the iBankers and consultants from top firms who I apply to these schools...
But then a friend told me that I should apply anyway even with a low score and explain in my essays because my story is different.
Thank You for your help!
18 Dec 2010, 17:45
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meza10
With an unknown GMAT, it's hard to say. All of the schools say they do accept some students with a GMAT of just under 600, but the circumstances are usually extraordinary and it's an uphill battle. They are concerned about your ability to handle the quantitatively demanding workload. If you do get the 640 score, you might consider applying to Cornell and Duke, possibly Yale, in R2. If you get your expected score in the 550-600 range, you could try with them for R3, where the schools are looking to round out their class and your background might suit their needs. There'd be no penalty for being a reapp the following year.
Why you're applying for an MBA and how it fits with your goals should be a key component of your essays as well.
18 Dec 2010, 20:16
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Thank you very much for your reply Robbie.
I hope you can answer a few more questions.
-I know that it is hard to say without actually having a gmat score now and I do understand that its a battle if you get under the 600s. But do you think its a battle I could win with my profile excluding the gmat part?
- So what you are saying is if I get the 640+ I could apply to those schools( Yale, Duke, cornell) in R2 but if not ..I should try to take the gmat again, get a higher score and apply in R3. But from what I have read and heard is that R3 is impossible for International students to get accepted unless you have like a stellar profile. no?
-As for the re-applying Im just worried that you have to show a lot of improvements and new achievements to even be considered ..even if I do get a 700 by the time R1 comes along again next year.
-How many times can you actually take the Gmat to still be considered for the top schools. I mean lets say you take the gmat 4 times ..the first 3 times were low scores but the 4th time you get a 700+ .. will adcom think too many times or ?
-Lastly does it really matter whether you go to the school to visit them or not... it is kind of hard to take a trip like that overseas and if you dont go.. would it then be best to go when you get an interview invite to improve you chances or it does not make a difference?
Thank you for your time and very grateful for your advice.
Best,
M
I hope you can answer a few more questions.
-I know that it is hard to say without actually having a gmat score now and I do understand that its a battle if you get under the 600s. But do you think its a battle I could win with my profile excluding the gmat part?
- So what you are saying is if I get the 640+ I could apply to those schools( Yale, Duke, cornell) in R2 but if not ..I should try to take the gmat again, get a higher score and apply in R3. But from what I have read and heard is that R3 is impossible for International students to get accepted unless you have like a stellar profile. no?
-As for the re-applying Im just worried that you have to show a lot of improvements and new achievements to even be considered ..even if I do get a 700 by the time R1 comes along again next year.
-How many times can you actually take the Gmat to still be considered for the top schools. I mean lets say you take the gmat 4 times ..the first 3 times were low scores but the 4th time you get a 700+ .. will adcom think too many times or ?
-Lastly does it really matter whether you go to the school to visit them or not... it is kind of hard to take a trip like that overseas and if you dont go.. would it then be best to go when you get an interview invite to improve you chances or it does not make a difference?
Thank you for your time and very grateful for your advice.
Best,
M
