Profile Evaluation - Attorney (Male, LGBTQ)

Dear Jen:

Thank you for your quick reply and thorough reading of my profile. I appreciate the time that you spent analyzing my profile and your perspective on my credentials and experience. For me, a transition to finance is my prime motivation for attending business school. My favorite coursework and experience in the law has been related to tax, corporate finance, and M&A. I spent a year learning accounting because I wanted to better communicate with accountants. Now, I have spent a few years as a lawyer, which I hope will assist me in a more business and finance-related position when communicating with other lawyers in the future. Ideally, I would like to create a synergy of my legal, tax, and (future) finance knowledge. I still need more perspective on what kinds of companies and opportunities would find this hybrid most valuable. I hope to also gain the management experience in business school for future employment opportunities.

I believe that now is the optimum time in my career to obtain an MBA because I have gained sufficient management and business knowledge, through my prior coursework, my experience at a mid-sized law firm where I have a hand in effecting change in my department and throughout the firm, and my theatre review business. I need an MBA in order to transition to a finance-related career now, after I have established other skill sets and before I get too far into a career in the law which would make it harder to leave, based on my existing clients and work.

Given my interest in finance, should I re-take the GMAT to score higher on the quantitative section? I believe that I "left points on the table." I want to prove that I can handle the rigors of business school, and, given my liberal arts undergraduate degrees and my law degrees (historically, lawyers cannot do math), I do not want any concern from the admissions departments at the top schools.

Thank you for your assistance!