SaveLizards wrote:
WE:
- Manager in Deloitte's transfer pricing group (was promoted to manager within three years of graduating from my undergraduate institution). Will apply with five years of WE.
- Manage transfer pricing engagements for large, multinational corporations.
Letters of Rec: Should be excellent. I will be having two partners write them who both have PhDs in econ from top institutions.
GMAT: 700
Certifications: CPA, working on CFA
Post college goal:
-Short term: Transition to investment banking
-Long term: Treasury or corporate development for F500 firm.
Education:
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from liberal arts school in a small western state (think Montana, Wyoming, Idaho).
- Cumulative GPA is 3.92.
- Double major in accounting and political economy; double minor in philosophy and natural sciences.
Awards:
- (Big 4 firm) intern case study competition team leader for winning group.
- Outstanding chapter growth (recruitment chair for my fraternity).
- Dean's List (x8).
- 1st place in ethics and professionalism (Business Professionals of America).
- Two years in a row, I won a competitive scholarship that is awarded to the top student in the liberal arts majors (history, political economy, philosophy, etc.).
- Awarded highest academic honors bestowed by the college (above Summa Cum Laude). Five seniors out of a 250 student graduating class were given the award.
Extracurriculars (College):
- President of ENACTUS.
- Director of Intramurals.
- Chairman of Senate Outreach Committee (philanthropy) for the student senate.
- Student senator
- Served as the recruitment chair, philanthropy chair, new member education chair, and alumni chair for my fraternity;
- Bassist for jazz combo (all four years)
- Rugby club for two-years (hurt my shoulder and had to give up playing).
- JDRF Volunteer
Extracurriculars (post-college):
- Mentor for underprivileged high school students in major metropolitan area (DC, NYC, Chicago, etc)
- Teach finance and economics to local middle school students through Junior Achievement
Interests:
- Skiing
- Outdoors
- Both listening and playing jazz
- Reading
Target Schools: UVA, UNC, UMich, Cornell, Georetown. My top choices are Cornell and UVA.
Miscellaneous:
- Neither of my parents graduated from a 4-year college.
- Graduated from a performing arts high school where I studied under a grammy award winning bassist.
Hey dude.
Great to hear from you. You have a nice profile overall. You have great grades and seem to have advanced quite well at work. I think coming from (or did you just study in?) a Western state will work to your advantage, and definitely make you more interesting. But not just that. You also have a plethora of activities which will give depth to your candidacy that others will struggle to get. So basically, I think you're pretty much good to go in the 5-20 ranking, and should have a solid shot at even your first choices.
Overall I find that your school list is well-balanced as well.
So, now all you gotta do, is go for it!
Best,
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22 Oct 2017, 12:24
I was lucky enough to get an internship in international tax at a Big 4 firm while in college; however, I did not enjoy the compliance aspect of the job so, while interning with IT, I started doing projects with transfer pricing. The group ended up extending me an offer and I moved to the East Coast three weeks after graduating from my undergrad. 
