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Nationality: Vietnamese
Gender: Female
Age: 23 (24 at matriculation)
GMAT: 710 (Q50, V36)
IELTS: 7.5

Education:
International Economics. degree from first-rank university in Vietnam with 3.6 GPA (No.1 in class and top 5% in department)

Work Experience: (until now)
6 months working at a Credit project between Vietinbank (one of the 4 biggest banks in Vietnam) and an international IT company
8 months working at Training Department of BIDV (one of the 4 biggest banks in Vietnam)
I was also evaluated highly at both banks.

I am planning to pursued MBA in finance. However my budget is not much (< 35.000$ for 2 years) so I have to get financial aid.
Anyone can help me choose the suitable schools? Do I have a chance to get into one of the top 100 schools in US with scholarship.
PS: I am weak at interviewing (I never can show all my ability and my competency when interviewing but I am practicing now, I hope it will be better when I come to the interviewing round).

Thanks.
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Hi,

You have good acads, GPA & GMAT. Overall, your profile looks fine for applying in b-schools. However, I am concerned about low work experience. I am unable to find leadership skills & achievements in or outside workplace in your profile. These are crucial elements in writing application essays. I would suggest you to wait for 1 or 2 yrs. strengthen your profile and then target top b-schools.

Let me know if you require any assistance in profile evaluation or school selection. You may PM your details.

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greenclover1990
Nationality: Vietnamese
Gender: Female
Age: 23 (24 at matriculation)
GMAT: 710 (Q50, V36)
IELTS: 7.5

Education:
International Economics. degree from first-rank university in Vietnam with 3.6 GPA (No.1 in class and top 5% in department)

Work Experience: (until now)
6 months working at a Credit project between Vietinbank (one of the 4 biggest banks in Vietnam) and an international IT company
8 months working at Training Department of BIDV (one of the 4 biggest banks in Vietnam)
I was also evaluated highly at both banks.

I am planning to pursued MBA in finance. However my budget is not much (< 35.000$ for 2 years) so I have to get financial aid.
Anyone can help me choose the suitable schools? Do I have a chance to get into one of the top 100 schools in US with scholarship.
PS: I am weak at interviewing (I never can show all my ability and my competency when interviewing but I am practicing now, I hope it will be better when I come to the interviewing round).

Thanks.
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Profile Evaluation 24 May 2013, 02:44
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Hi greenclover1990,

You have a decent profile with good academics and GMAT Score. As you have less work experience i would suggest you to go for Freshers MBA Program if you are planning to apply for next year batch. There are few top business schools which provides Fresher MBA Program like Tepper, Chicago Booth, Columbia, Duke, LBS and HBS. You can also apply for financial aid. To know more about Freshers MBA Program visit https://tinyurl.com/cvosn9x. If you are planning to apply after a year or two you can apply for MBA Programs in other top business schools as well.

You can also gauge your chances of getting admitted in top business schools by trying the tool https://tinyurl.com/acrp3n7.

If you happen to be based in Delhi, you can attend a MBA workshop by the alumnus of ISB along with alumnus of various top global B-Schools during the dates mentioned in this link https://tinyurl.com/cjy62uh.

Feel free to post any other query that you might have. You can also PM me your queries.

Cheers!
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Tks you, Erina
I think I should wait for 1 more year to make my profile stronger. Do you have any recommendation for me to improve my profile.
Actually I need a scholarship to pursued an MBA
By the way, my family run a small business, I join in it from my second year at the University, so I didn't take part in much volunteering activities. However, I still have one start-up project awarded one of the top 20 projects in a national start-up competition and got a consolidation prize for a paper in the university scientific research competition.
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Hi Neha Singh,

I have just checked these programs but I still prefer the traditional one. The fee for Fresher MBA is too expensive while the length is short. Besides the class profile is not good as the one of traditional MBA and I think when attending an MBA programs, I will learn from classmates a lot. So I still choose a traditional one.

I am trying to make my profile stronger. If you have any suggestion about what I should do in a couple of years, plz tell me more.

Thank you very much.
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Hi,

You may work upon the following pointer:
1. Leadership qualities.
2. Challenges faced at work place, how did you overcome them and what did you learnt from them.
3. How an MBA from …b-school will help you to achieve long term goals?
4. What value you will create in the class?
5. How will you contribute to b-school society?
If you are able to exhibit these aptitudes in application essays, then you would stand a chance in b-school(s). Even scholarship chances will depend on how proficiently you have framed your essays and interviews.

Let me hear if you have any further queries.

Regards
Erina


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Tks you, Erina
I think I should wait for 1 more year to make my profile stronger. Do you have any recommendation for me to improve my profile.
Actually I need a scholarship to pursued an MBA
By the way, my family run a small business, I join in it from my second year at the University, so I didn't take part in much volunteering activities. However, I still have one start-up project awarded one of the top 20 projects in a national start-up competition and got a consolidation prize for a paper in the university scientific research competition.
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