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21 Aug 2020, 01:23
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Hi team,
I would love to get your opinion on my chances at the targeted schools.
Work experience:
> 2 years in Risk Management in Alternatives at Blackrock in London office
Did summer internship at the same department
Before that some internships in finance but no big names
For 1 year was Teaching Assistant during my undergraduate studies
Extracurriculars:
Currently:
- Help with fundraising for charity that provides access to education for students in Africa
- Studying online for interiror design course
During Bachelor:
- Was leading a student group working on the marketing plan for the university
- member of 180 degree conslutiing (did consulting project for Latvian NGO)
- was organizing Latvian Model United Nations
Bachelor: Stochholm Schoool of Economics in Riga (Latvia) - top 10% of the calss (Swedish Government Grant)
Did exchange semester in Germany
Master: Bocconi (Italy) - 110/110 (Merit award for full-tuition fee)
CFA level 3 candidate
Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
GMAT Score: 740 (49Q/41V)
Nationality: Ukrainian
Sex: Female
Goal of MBA: venture capital and then starting own business; also considering consulting at the first step
Target schools: R1: Booth, INSEAD, Kellogg
I guess my main concern is a lack of sufficient work experience
I would love to get your opinion on my chances at the targeted schools.
Work experience:
> 2 years in Risk Management in Alternatives at Blackrock in London office
Did summer internship at the same department
Before that some internships in finance but no big names
For 1 year was Teaching Assistant during my undergraduate studies
Extracurriculars:
Currently:
- Help with fundraising for charity that provides access to education for students in Africa
- Studying online for interiror design course
During Bachelor:
- Was leading a student group working on the marketing plan for the university
- member of 180 degree conslutiing (did consulting project for Latvian NGO)
- was organizing Latvian Model United Nations
Bachelor: Stochholm Schoool of Economics in Riga (Latvia) - top 10% of the calss (Swedish Government Grant)
Did exchange semester in Germany
Master: Bocconi (Italy) - 110/110 (Merit award for full-tuition fee)
CFA level 3 candidate
Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
GMAT Score: 740 (49Q/41V)
Nationality: Ukrainian
Sex: Female
Goal of MBA: venture capital and then starting own business; also considering consulting at the first step
Target schools: R1: Booth, INSEAD, Kellogg
I guess my main concern is a lack of sufficient work experience
24 Oct 2020, 11:15
Kudos
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Hi okuzan,
Thanks for reaching out to Admissionado. You have a great background! In particular, your technical components (GMAT, CFA, GPA) are excellent. Blackrock is obviously a blue chip brand, so that's another feather in your cap.
Are you very keen on applying this year? Are you actively looking at Round 2?
You are on the money. Your years of work experience are on the lower side, particularly for the schools you mentioned tend to accept students with slightly more than the average years of work experience compared to their peer institutions. However, it is not unheard of to hear of candidates who are accepted with 2-3 years of experience.
I am correct in reading that you have a master degree? If so, that would take some pressure off of your accumulated work experience. In effect, it could count as a "year" post-college. You can certainly mention your internships and teaching assistance experience, but in all honesty, it really count for much if anything.
The other issue is actually regarding your extracurricular experiences, post-college. Taking an interior design course is great, but not going to win over the admissions committee unless you actually did something with that class. How much time do you spend fundraising for this charity? Do you have significant results you can showcase? Did you bring in a ton of money?
For what it's worth, I have personally worked with clients who have minimal extracurricular activities and have still managed to put together a robust application because we (a) found other non-traditional leadership experiences in their life that we ultimately incorporated or (b) we redirected the focus on the application towards other elements of their backgrounds.
I would be happy to speak with you about your profile and strategize a way for you to apply this year and still have a decent shot at those three schools.
Let us know,
Seth
https://admissionado.com/
Thanks for reaching out to Admissionado. You have a great background! In particular, your technical components (GMAT, CFA, GPA) are excellent. Blackrock is obviously a blue chip brand, so that's another feather in your cap.
Are you very keen on applying this year? Are you actively looking at Round 2?
You are on the money. Your years of work experience are on the lower side, particularly for the schools you mentioned tend to accept students with slightly more than the average years of work experience compared to their peer institutions. However, it is not unheard of to hear of candidates who are accepted with 2-3 years of experience.
I am correct in reading that you have a master degree? If so, that would take some pressure off of your accumulated work experience. In effect, it could count as a "year" post-college. You can certainly mention your internships and teaching assistance experience, but in all honesty, it really count for much if anything.
The other issue is actually regarding your extracurricular experiences, post-college. Taking an interior design course is great, but not going to win over the admissions committee unless you actually did something with that class. How much time do you spend fundraising for this charity? Do you have significant results you can showcase? Did you bring in a ton of money?
For what it's worth, I have personally worked with clients who have minimal extracurricular activities and have still managed to put together a robust application because we (a) found other non-traditional leadership experiences in their life that we ultimately incorporated or (b) we redirected the focus on the application towards other elements of their backgrounds.
I would be happy to speak with you about your profile and strategize a way for you to apply this year and still have a decent shot at those three schools.
Let us know,
Seth
https://admissionado.com/
