giuseppe98 wrote:
Hi,
I would like to receive a profile evaluation. I'm planning to apply for HEC MiM in round 4, deadline 28th April.
Age: 21 (22 at the beginning of the program, if admitted)
Bachelor degree: Business Administration in Bocconi University, I'll graduate in September. Current GPA: 3,4
CV: unfortunately it's totally empty, I had no work experience for several reasons; I am copartner in a really small family Ltd, do you think I should mention it?
IELTS: 7 (minimum=6, I think I'll highlight 8,5 in reading section)
GMAT: going to take the online version if available in time for the deadline. Expected: 700+ ; I took an official test and I took 690 with a Q49 and V34, I'll work on verbal in these days. I just discovered this excellent forum and I'm sure it'll help me at scoring at least a V37/38, hoping also to improve my quantitative score.
In particular, I'd like to know your opinion about the "penalty" of an empty CV and the eventual GMAT score I should aim to, in order to make up for it and for a not excellent GPA.
What percentage chance do you think I'd have if I scored a 720+ GMAT? I've read that the round 4 for HEC is really hard, and I feel a bit nervous about my profile lackness.
I know that recommandation letters are also important, in fact I'm going to submit two professor letters and maybe a professional one. I'll work a lot also on my essays; but I know GMAT is the most important admission criteria and I would like to focus on it at the moment.
Thanks in advance,
Giuseppe
Hey
giuseppe98,
Before evaluating and giving my opinions on your profile, I’d like to say that you’ve made quite a good choice by targeting HEC.
Speaking of your GPA and IELTS score, they’re pretty decent, however, you need to ensure that you score 700+ in the GMAT exam to ensure you’re leveled with the competition at HEC.
The fact that schools seek well-rounded applicants cannot be overlooked. That said, HEC lays emphasis on the applicant’s undergraduate rank as well.
Speaking of your work experience, you shall not worry about the fact that you don’t have work experience because MiM is a master’s degree intended to equip fresh under-graduates to build a career in the management and its related fields. But since you were involved in your family business, you can strategically express it as your work experience by highlighting the impacts you brought about during your tenure while showcasing growth along the way.
Also, your application won’t just be limited to highlighting your work experience, you’d be required to showcase your engagement and participation in various extracurricular activities as well. For instance, you can mention about the projects, research work, or any other extra-curricular activities you partook during your under-graduation. You can also talk about any clubs or societies you were a part of during your college time and state key roles and responsibilities you had held.
In my final word of advice, I’d like to say that you’ll need to work a bit hard on your application essays, LOR, CV, in fact, on your overall application to make it through as the deadline is just around the corner.
Moreover, you’ve mentioned about submitting 2 recommendation letters from your professors and 1 professional LOR. So, on that note, I'd like to give you a bit of clarity. Broadly there are 2 types of LORs- academic and professional wherein the academic LOR is written by the applicant's university/college Professor(s) and the professional LOR is written by the applicant's supervisor or colleague in his previous or current workplace.
Thus, in your case, you would be required to submit only the academic LORs because you don't have prior work experience in any firm or organization. So, you shall wisely choose your referees (college Professors) who have closely observed your engagements throughout your college tenure in various dimensions spanning across both the classroom and outside the classroom activities (extracurricular).
Keeping all things in perspective, to make it through round 4 into the HEC MiM program depends entirely on how serious you’re about securing yourself a spot and how well you go about your application as the competition is quite tough to beat.
Also, you may consider targeting HEC’s specialized master’s program like the MSc Strategic Management degree program, as the competition is slightly less and not that rigid in comparison to the MiM program.
Since the deadline is almost here, you need to give your best shot!
And for that purpose, it's crucial to ensure that your application is presented in an all-embracing manner.
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