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16 Apr 2021, 01:37
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Hi everyone,
I am considering to apply to Columbia SIPA (MPA or MIA but preferably MIA) and HKS (MPP) after my undergrad degree. I know work experience helps a lot but some students are selected straight after college. I did a lot of internship and extra curricular activities so I want to show this an as asset.
I am graduating in December 2021 and consider to apply in September for the September 2022 intake.
Background and nationality
I was born in France and lived there all my life. I also have the portuguese nationality. I am metis (my mother is from the West Indies (islands next to trinité-Tobago, Jamaica etc) and my dad's family comes from Portugal).
I speak French and English fluently (did my all BBA in English), and studied Spanish and Italian (I can have a conversation).
Undergrad Information
I am a Dean's List (Top 8%) student in the Bachelor in Business Administration from ESSEC (2nd best business school in France and best BBA of the country). I had an average of 15.5 /20 which is considered a 4.0/4.0 or a 1st class honors if I don't make any mistakes (I checked on Scholaro and after conversion of each grade, it gives me an average of 3.79/4). My best grades were in classes such as economics, mathematics, and Finance where I have been the major of my promotion in many of the classes.
I did a 6 months exchange (online because of Covid) with Universita Bocconi (Bocconi SDA) where I got a Cum Laude in one out of 5 classes and an average of 26/30 to all the classes I took.
GMAT/GRE
GMAT 710 Q47 V41 IR6
Work experience and leadership
I received the highest honors in the French Baccalaureate (high school diploma for all students in France) with a Science major and a minor in mathematics.
Summer 2018: I did a summer internship at Orange (CAC40 Telco company) in the Investor Relations department in my 1st year (3 months and a half).
January 2018 - November 2018: I founded a team of 35 people and ran the campaign (8 months of preparation, 3 months of campaign) to be elected as the Students' Council (30k budget for the campaign raised with sponsors such as banks, NGO etc). We were elected with 60% of the 2600 votes. I was the President of the Student's Council during the campaign and term.
December 2018 - December 2019: During our term, we organized more than 30 events during the year for 200 to 2000 students (integration, trips, conferences, forums, parties, help with classes ...) with a budget of 200k and the help of sponsors. After our term, the Dean of the program created an award called "valorization of associative commitment" which I was awarded with 5 students for our commitment. The award is now given each year to less than 10 students (out of 600 in the program).
During the term, I was a member of the school Boards of Directors and was invited to all strategic committee and seminars, the Student Life Committee (meeting with the Dean of the school and of the several programs to propose ideas and implement them ...). I also participated to the Conference of the "Grande Ecole" where I actively participated for the "equal opportunities" "respect for others" topics etc. My participation then gave rise to the creation of a charter for the respect of others in many schools in France and to the implementation of new practices to avoid harassment.
January 2019 - May 2019: as part of my entrepreneurship class I worked as a junior consultant (part-time) for a promising startup working as a broker in cryptocurrency.
July - August 2019: I did a summer internship in a promising startup working in online education (OpenClassroom)
January 2020 - August 2020: I worked as a Junior Consultant in a Big 4 company. I was in the Tax Department in a team composed of lawyers and economists. My contract is an apprenticeship (I spend the January - August period working full time in the company and during the period from September to December I did my exchange at Bocconi as previously mentioned).
In parallel to this working experience, I helped students in my program to create a Junior Consulting Club which has been incubated by the school incubator. The Junior Enterprise created focuses on advising startups. I am working as a mentor in the club.
I also created Club of Economics which is the first and only club of Economics in the school. I am the President of a team composed of 22 students. We publish economic reports (around 2 each months), pitch stocks, monitor a virtual portoflio (better performance than the CAC40 Index), organize conferences (one each months) and trainings (2 each months) for students with professionals.
September 2019 - December 2020: Online exchange at Bocconi as I mentioned
January 2021 - July 2021: I am still working in a Big 4 company but I changed the department to learn new things. I am now working in one of the team composing the Deal Advisory division.
I will graduate in December 2021 (last semester of school in the period September - December 2021) and will have a 9 months-gap before starting my Master degree in 2022. I would like to use 3-6 months to do an internship. I will try to get one in a UN body, OECD or in a body of the French government.
I also did a Mémoire as part of my last year at school where I had the opportunity to interview famous lobbysts/lawyers working for big law firms or the US government, former EU commissionner, people working at the OECD etc. I hope that I will be able to publish my paper.
The subject was linked to the "Tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy".
Community and others
May 2019 - June 2019: I did volunteer work during 2 months in an island in Greece to distribute survival stuffs to refugees living in the camps.
I participate to the Food Bank event twice a year consisting of collecting food and giving it to the Food bank to help people in need.
If I can I will do an other volunteer work this summer (not sure yet)
Post Master goals
I would like to work in the public sector. My dream would be to work in one of the body of the United Nations but I am also considering more "economists" roles at the IMF, WB, OECD, ECB, EU etc.
I know my profile is more private-oriented so that's why I am trying to get a internship in the public sector to be able to talk about it during master interviews (even if the internship won't be over). I hope it's not too late to show my commitment to the public sector in general (which can be seen by my several experiences in Clubs, NGO etc).
My recommenders will probably be:
- The Dean of my program
- A Director (or 2 directors) of the Big 4 company where I work
Let me know if you need more information about my profile and many thanks in advance for your help !!
I am considering to apply to Columbia SIPA (MPA or MIA but preferably MIA) and HKS (MPP) after my undergrad degree. I know work experience helps a lot but some students are selected straight after college. I did a lot of internship and extra curricular activities so I want to show this an as asset.
I am graduating in December 2021 and consider to apply in September for the September 2022 intake.
Background and nationality
I was born in France and lived there all my life. I also have the portuguese nationality. I am metis (my mother is from the West Indies (islands next to trinité-Tobago, Jamaica etc) and my dad's family comes from Portugal).
I speak French and English fluently (did my all BBA in English), and studied Spanish and Italian (I can have a conversation).
Undergrad Information
I am a Dean's List (Top 8%) student in the Bachelor in Business Administration from ESSEC (2nd best business school in France and best BBA of the country). I had an average of 15.5 /20 which is considered a 4.0/4.0 or a 1st class honors if I don't make any mistakes (I checked on Scholaro and after conversion of each grade, it gives me an average of 3.79/4). My best grades were in classes such as economics, mathematics, and Finance where I have been the major of my promotion in many of the classes.
I did a 6 months exchange (online because of Covid) with Universita Bocconi (Bocconi SDA) where I got a Cum Laude in one out of 5 classes and an average of 26/30 to all the classes I took.
GMAT/GRE
GMAT 710 Q47 V41 IR6
Work experience and leadership
I received the highest honors in the French Baccalaureate (high school diploma for all students in France) with a Science major and a minor in mathematics.
Summer 2018: I did a summer internship at Orange (CAC40 Telco company) in the Investor Relations department in my 1st year (3 months and a half).
January 2018 - November 2018: I founded a team of 35 people and ran the campaign (8 months of preparation, 3 months of campaign) to be elected as the Students' Council (30k budget for the campaign raised with sponsors such as banks, NGO etc). We were elected with 60% of the 2600 votes. I was the President of the Student's Council during the campaign and term.
December 2018 - December 2019: During our term, we organized more than 30 events during the year for 200 to 2000 students (integration, trips, conferences, forums, parties, help with classes ...) with a budget of 200k and the help of sponsors. After our term, the Dean of the program created an award called "valorization of associative commitment" which I was awarded with 5 students for our commitment. The award is now given each year to less than 10 students (out of 600 in the program).
During the term, I was a member of the school Boards of Directors and was invited to all strategic committee and seminars, the Student Life Committee (meeting with the Dean of the school and of the several programs to propose ideas and implement them ...). I also participated to the Conference of the "Grande Ecole" where I actively participated for the "equal opportunities" "respect for others" topics etc. My participation then gave rise to the creation of a charter for the respect of others in many schools in France and to the implementation of new practices to avoid harassment.
January 2019 - May 2019: as part of my entrepreneurship class I worked as a junior consultant (part-time) for a promising startup working as a broker in cryptocurrency.
July - August 2019: I did a summer internship in a promising startup working in online education (OpenClassroom)
January 2020 - August 2020: I worked as a Junior Consultant in a Big 4 company. I was in the Tax Department in a team composed of lawyers and economists. My contract is an apprenticeship (I spend the January - August period working full time in the company and during the period from September to December I did my exchange at Bocconi as previously mentioned).
In parallel to this working experience, I helped students in my program to create a Junior Consulting Club which has been incubated by the school incubator. The Junior Enterprise created focuses on advising startups. I am working as a mentor in the club.
I also created Club of Economics which is the first and only club of Economics in the school. I am the President of a team composed of 22 students. We publish economic reports (around 2 each months), pitch stocks, monitor a virtual portoflio (better performance than the CAC40 Index), organize conferences (one each months) and trainings (2 each months) for students with professionals.
September 2019 - December 2020: Online exchange at Bocconi as I mentioned
January 2021 - July 2021: I am still working in a Big 4 company but I changed the department to learn new things. I am now working in one of the team composing the Deal Advisory division.
I will graduate in December 2021 (last semester of school in the period September - December 2021) and will have a 9 months-gap before starting my Master degree in 2022. I would like to use 3-6 months to do an internship. I will try to get one in a UN body, OECD or in a body of the French government.
I also did a Mémoire as part of my last year at school where I had the opportunity to interview famous lobbysts/lawyers working for big law firms or the US government, former EU commissionner, people working at the OECD etc. I hope that I will be able to publish my paper.
The subject was linked to the "Tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy".
Community and others
May 2019 - June 2019: I did volunteer work during 2 months in an island in Greece to distribute survival stuffs to refugees living in the camps.
I participate to the Food Bank event twice a year consisting of collecting food and giving it to the Food bank to help people in need.
If I can I will do an other volunteer work this summer (not sure yet)
Post Master goals
I would like to work in the public sector. My dream would be to work in one of the body of the United Nations but I am also considering more "economists" roles at the IMF, WB, OECD, ECB, EU etc.
I know my profile is more private-oriented so that's why I am trying to get a internship in the public sector to be able to talk about it during master interviews (even if the internship won't be over). I hope it's not too late to show my commitment to the public sector in general (which can be seen by my several experiences in Clubs, NGO etc).
My recommenders will probably be:
- The Dean of my program
- A Director (or 2 directors) of the Big 4 company where I work
Let me know if you need more information about my profile and many thanks in advance for your help !!
12 May 2021, 22:25
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You should have some shot at the program, but keep in mind that only a very small percentage of students are selected without the relevant experience. See this link from Columbia SIPA on this.
That said, you do have some relevant exposure, thought not really relevant experience. If you can showcase that with clear and impactful goals, along with relevant reasoning for why SIPA is right for you now, you would have a chance.
That said, you do have some relevant exposure, thought not really relevant experience. If you can showcase that with clear and impactful goals, along with relevant reasoning for why SIPA is right for you now, you would have a chance.
