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From the Philippines. Planning to apply for Fall 2018.
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- Work Experience: 1 year PE, 3 years IBD M&A
- Extra Curriculars: Invested/co-managed a small food stall.
- Undergrad: Mathematics in a Top 2 university in the Philippines, but not ranked highly internationally (around 400-500 range)
- Other education: CFA Charterholder (took cause despite being for investment management, the CFA holds a lot of weight in the Philippines for virtually any finance job)
- Race/nationality: Born in the USA, but raised and lived my whole life in the Philippines. Filipino parents.
- Sex: Male
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- GMAT Score: haven't taken yet but I'm scoring 700-750 for practice tests
- Undergrad GPA: 2.6 (I know, I know, this is what hurts me most. I wish I took a different major. Though I do feel like our grading schemes are different from Western schools. Only a very small portion of our population get GPAs of 3.6-4)
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- Goal: Transition to IBD/PE/Corp.Dev in USA. With my background, I have virtually no chance of working in those fields in the US. An MBA would ideally give me a better chance of working in the States.
- Target Schools: nothing specific, ideally Top 30 with a good Finance program

Aside from being accepted, how are my chances for scholarship as well? Thanks
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From the Philippines. Planning to apply for Fall 2018.
Background
- Work Experience: 1 year PE, 3 years IBD M&A
- Extra Curriculars: Invested/co-managed a small food stall.
- Undergrad: Mathematics in a Top 2 university in the Philippines, but not ranked highly internationally (around 400-500 range)
- Other education: CFA Charterholder (took cause despite being for investment management, the CFA holds a lot of weight in the Philippines for virtually any finance job)
- Race/nationality: Born in the USA, but raised and lived my whole life in the Philippines. Filipino parents.
- Sex: Male
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- GMAT Score: haven't taken yet but I'm scoring 700-750 for practice tests
- Undergrad GPA: 2.6 (I know, I know, this is what hurts me most. I wish I took a different major. Though I do feel like our grading schemes are different from Western schools. Only a very small portion of our population get GPAs of 3.6-4)
MBA Info
- Goal: Transition to IBD/PE/Corp.Dev in USA. With my background, I have virtually no chance of working in those fields in the US. An MBA would ideally give me a better chance of working in the States.
- Target Schools: nothing specific, ideally Top 30 with a good Finance program

Aside from being accepted, how are my chances for scholarship as well? Thanks
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The GMAT score is the missing puzzle right now. With only about 45 days left for the deadlines, I think you should try taking it as early as possible, with an aim towards the higher range of your practice scores.
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From the Philippines. Planning to apply for Fall 2018.
Background
- Work Experience: 1 year PE, 3 years IBD M&A
- Extra Curriculars: Invested/co-managed a small food stall.
- Undergrad: Mathematics in a Top 2 university in the Philippines, but not ranked highly internationally (around 400-500 range)
- Other education: CFA Charterholder (took cause despite being for investment management, the CFA holds a lot of weight in the Philippines for virtually any finance job)
- Race/nationality: Born in the USA, but raised and lived my whole life in the Philippines. Filipino parents.
- Sex: Male
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- GMAT Score: haven't taken yet but I'm scoring 700-750 for practice tests
- Undergrad GPA: 2.6 (I know, I know, this is what hurts me most. I wish I took a different major. Though I do feel like our grading schemes are different from Western schools. Only a very small portion of our population get GPAs of 3.6-4)
MBA Info
- Goal: Transition to IBD/PE/Corp.Dev in USA. With my background, I have virtually no chance of working in those fields in the US. An MBA would ideally give me a better chance of working in the States.
- Target Schools: nothing specific, ideally Top 30 with a good Finance program

Aside from being accepted, how are my chances for scholarship as well? Thanks


The GMAT score is the missing puzzle right now. With only about 45 days left for the deadlines, I think you should try taking it as early as possible, with an aim towards the higher range of your practice scores.
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Thanks. I'm planning to apply next year though for 2018. Should I get a score in that range which schools would you say I have a decent chance in?
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From the Philippines. Planning to apply for Fall 2018.
Background
- Work Experience: 1 year PE, 3 years IBD M&AGood work experience
- Extra Curriculars: Invested/co-managed a small food stall.
- Undergrad: Mathematics in a Top 2 university in the Philippines, but not ranked highly internationally (around 400-500 range)
- Other education: CFA Charterholder (took cause despite being for investment management, the CFA holds a lot of weight in the Philippines for virtually any finance job)
- Race/nationality: Born in the USA, but raised and lived my whole life in the Philippines. Filipino parents.
- Sex: Male
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- GMAT Score: haven't taken yet but I'm scoring 700-750 for practice tests
- Undergrad GPA: 2.6 (I know, I know, this is what hurts me most. I wish I took a different major. Though I do feel like our grading schemes are different from Western schools. Only a very small portion of our population get GPAs of 3.6-4)An optional essay on this can help- although the schools do know the norms by country and will take that into account.
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- Goal: Transition to IBD/PE/Corp.Dev in USA. With my background, I have virtually no chance of working in those fields in the US. An MBA would ideally give me a better chance of working in the States.
- Target Schools: nothing specific, ideally Top 30 with a good Finance program

Aside from being accepted, how are my chances for scholarship as well? Thanks
I would use this next year to do more school research- sign up for the webinars offered by schools and also try to go to an MBA fair and gets lots of info- reach out to students and ask questions about the finance curriculum. If you can hit a 750 a lot of doors will open even with the GPA. I would try to get high GMAT and then target schools in that 10-20 range as they will like the GMAT and will be more likely to forgive GPA where top 10 will not forgive anything. Then I would look at who places well in finance- some schools that come to mind .... Darden, Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt, Emory, McCombs, Stern....
You could certainly benefit even now from an "audit" of sorts where we can look at your profile NOW and help you develop a plan to shore up any weaknesses in next year so that when you apply in a year you are totally ready to go... For info on that - and a 5% discount on any service- go to this link:
https://stratusprep.com/admissions/busi ... b-visitor/

The GMAT score is the missing puzzle right now. With only about 45 days left for the deadlines, I think you should try taking it as early as possible, with an aim towards the higher range of your practice scores.
Thanks. I'm planning to apply next year though for 2018. Should I get a score in that range which schools would you say I have a decent chance in?
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