WillESP wrote:
Hello,
Work experience
- 25 South European (Italian). 2 years in top consulting firm (McKinsey), sponsored for MBA because of distinctive performance. Additional 1 year work experience in different sectors (top legal firm, public sector..) internships, as well as research assistant for PhDs
Education
- 2 degrees completed simultaneously (law & economics) in top school of the country. Avg GPA ~7.5/10 ~top 15/20% for two-degree students. Several leadership roles taken during college (first time winner of my university of big international consulting competition - team captain-), student council
- GMAT targeting 720+
Extracurricular
- Active member of LGTB comunity (coordinator -volunteer- of legal affairs in big refugee NGO specialized in LGTB issues)
- Also dedicated months to volunteering with children at risk of social exclusion
- 4 languages
Others
Had to part-time work to fund studies. First in my family graduating from college
Schools of preference
HBS
Stanford
Wharton
Columbia
Booth
MIT
UCLA
How do you see my odds? Is it a ~strong profile or will I need a miracle for some of these schools?
Hello Italian
WillESPIf I understood correctly McKinsey will sponsor your MBA studies ??
That should tell a lot about you.
You have been research assistant for Professor right ? And you completed PhD or not ?
Top School of the country, would be Bocconi, right ?
You extracurricular activities will win admission committee.
720 on GMAT will be about enough for all those schools, average of admitted students at top ones such as HBS and Stanford, is around 730, but with your strong overall profile and that unique, I expect that even lower than 720 could be enough.
It would be miracle if more than one of those schools rejects you, honestly, not the other way around as you constructed question.
Good Luck with experience at your chosen dream school from that list