RKBMaksim wrote:
Dear consultants,
Please kindly review my profile at your convenience.
Demographic: Australian citizen (naturalised), Asian, 32
Education: one of the top 3 universities in Australia. Bachelor in Finance (over credit average (3.0 I reckon?)) and Master of Accounting (over distinction average (3.5 I guess?)).
Career:
1) Internship: 3 months at an international NGO in New York
2) Asia: less than a year at a blue-chip US technology company doing commission analysis for the Asia Pacific area (at a big Asian city)
3) Australia: nearly 5 years at a big 4 Australian bank as a personal banker serving retail and business customers
4) Australia: currently working at another big 4 Australian bank as a mortgage assessment analyst, for about a year.
Other credentials:
1) CFA level 2 passed; 2) RG146 compliance (Australian financial license for financial planning). 3) some courses on Coursera
Other activities:
I have my own investment fund though not big. I am an avid investor in the US stock market.
I am preparing for my GMAT now. Some of my university friends have got offers from Ivy MBAs or Oxbridge. They have better university scores than I do but if I work hard I believe I can achieve GMAT around 730-750. My target is an S16 school MBA. Thank you.
Hi
RKBMaksim , hope you are well
You have a fairly long career in Finance behind you, and this could go in either direction if in your application you do not convincingly address key points such as:
1. Career Progression The schools would be interested to see how you grew year on year in the last 7 years in terms of knowledge, professional opportunities, management skills and responsibilities. Make sure that someone glancing over your resume and reading your narrative clearly agrees with the upward trajectory of your accomplishments that is currently not coming through in the points you mentioned above.
Your career decisions should seem logical and align with what you are trying to achieve in the long term.
2. Extra Curriculars/ Outside work initiatives For Finance professionals seeking MBA, showcasing a balanced right brain thinking and search for meaning beyond the numbers is also important. While you may not have been consistent in your outside work pursuits, I hope that this brief write up would help you massage your memory to recall instances where you subconsciously took initiatives that helped address some social concerns.
How to put together an impressive ECs essay when you don’t have many?3. Motivation to study/work in another geography It appears that you spent most of your professional life in Australia, where you would have invested time and effort into building your social capital. Therefore, a desire to change geography (or pursue an MBA abroad) at this stage in your career would be an important point to address convincingly. In addition to a plausible explanation for your plan, demonstrate active engagement with MBA school alumni network or/and potential recruiters to position your candidacy strategically during the admissions process.
4. GMAT Needless to say that you must target upwards of 730 on GMAT to remain competitive.
Best wishes
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11 Apr 2022, 04:59
