Profile Evaluation - Fortune 30 Corporate Development Analyst
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24 Jan 2015, 14:34
Hi!
I'm planning on going to start b-school in Fall 2016 (full time) and would love to get some honest feedback.
What are my chances and what should I work on? I'm confident in improving my GMAT to 720+ with actual preparation.
Male - 24 Years old (25 in June)
1.) Job:
Will have 4 years of work experience before starting school in fall 2016
-2 Years at a Fortune 30 (company is a household name) doing corporate development/internal M&A
-1 Year at a global bank doing corporate banking and M&A
-1 Year in a rotational training program at the same bank as above
2.) GMAT
-Just started studying a week and a half ago - just took my first practice test and got a 620
-Targeting 720+ with 3 more months of studying
3.) College
-3.5 GPA, economics major / math minor
-Captain of a varsity sports team (team scholar, multiple academic awards)
-Founded a club sports team at the end of my freshman year that went to club nationals my junior and senior year
-Managing editor for school paper
-Economics and math peer tutor
4.) Current Extra Curriculars
-Volunteer at a non-profit focused on teaching kids how to swim
-Work with the CEO and CFO of the foundation on budgeting and evaluating opportunities to expand the program to other schools and neighborhoods
-Career center resource (resume screens/mock interviews/informational interviews)
5.) Why MBA/Schools I am targeting
- Gain general management skills, switch careers from finance to strategy, focus on helping young (or established) companies to grow strategically and for the long term
-M7, Tuck, Berkeley
6.) Future career aspirations
-Strategy at a startup
-Strategy at a corporate (aiming for a tech company (did an internship at a small TMT investment bank])
-Management consulting at MBB
-Venture capital
Regards,
WaywardScholar