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Joined: 26 Aug 2023
Posts: 38
Given Kudos: 8
Location: United States (NY)
GMAT 1: 740 Q47 V45
GPA: 3.41
WE:Asset Management (Private Equity)
Profile Evaluation
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05 Jan 2024, 13:47
· Education: 3.417/4.000 GPA from a top 20 US school with strong IB placement think NYU/BC/UMich/Notre Dame/UVA. Bachelors in Finance and second major in Management & Leadership. Freshman GPAs were 2.9 and 3.1 but each semester was higher than the last after that, eventually reaching 3.8 and 3.9 my senior year. Was a D1 athlete and went to a sheltered all-boys school so adjusting to college life was difficult. Catholic high school and Jesuit college
· GMAT: 740 Q47/V45/6AWA/8IR
· Work experience: ~5 years of work experience. Started at small investment bank and lateraled to a bulge bracket bank after ~1.5 years. Then joined a $500mm PE fund ~2 years after that and have been at a large middle market PE shop $5.2bn fund for the last ~2 years. Promoted to Associate Director in Banking from analyst on an expedited timeline. Been an associate in PE ever since, promoted to Senior Associate this month and can put on applications. Won't bore you with deal experience across PE and banking but it has been stronger than my peers, just luck of my staffing. in PE completed some smaller healthcare services deals which brought me closer to catholic values of my upbringing. Also had a medical condition growing up that prevented me from playing sports I liked so found my D1 sport as a way to participate in something where my hinderance didn't matter. Nudged me towards developing an ESG committee at current fund and also worked on some distressed portfolio companies so have experience in true operations beyond just executing deals
·Extracurricular activities: Not a ton honestly (shocker!). Work is most of my time post-grad. In college was a coach for summer teams in my sport and won several awards such as coach of the year (peer/competitor given award) and my team won highest scoring in the county. Always loved coaching. Worked with a cancer research charity throughout high school, still loosely connected. Very involved in religious retreats at my catholic high school and incorporate all that into essays. Developing a new program for my sport in high school and then continuing it in college have been my biggest time sucks.
· Post-MBA goals: Return to current fund and lead ESG initiatives as we move up market and larger investors have stringent requirements. Not enough to just put someone in charge of ESG and check the box, need an expert. I will take specialized classes at schools centered around sustainability metrics, leading change, and impact investing to weave into current firm's legacy business model. Letters of rec from firm detail their support for my goals and desire to hire me back post MBA. Firm does not sponsor.
· Target schools: HBS, GSB, Wharton, Sloan, CBS, Yale SOM, Tuck
· Other information relevant to your profile: First-generation student. Have visited most of my schools and interacted with current students and admissions folks. Including references to quotes and experiences in schools. Essays for contributing to these programs includes introducing my firm to career services and making MBA students a target for our recruiting efforts as we look to bring on post MBA talent. Essays show i have done my research is my point.
Asking a lot but want to know my realistic chances at each school i am applying to. Do i have a good mix of reach, target, and safety? Know that's hard to say since these are all really strong programs but didn't want to put a school down that i wouldn't be absolutely thrilled to go to so "safety" is a tough label.