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IshpalSingh
Joined: 10 Dec 2015
Last visit: 04 Sep 2019
Posts: 42
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Given Kudos: 6
Location: India
Concentration: Strategy, Finance
Schools: Rotman '21
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V36
GPA: 3.3
22 Aug 2017, 05:58
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Hey,
Can you please advice if my profile is suitable to get into top 20 MBA colleges in the US
I am an Indian
GMAT : 700
Education
1. Chartered Accountant
2. CFA Charterholder
3. Graduate in Commerce (GPA 3.0)
Experience
3 Years Internship in a top international audit firm (Audit)
3 Years Experience in a top US Investment bank (Product Controller for Structured Products)
Currently employed with a top US bank (Treasury Risk - Structural Interest Rate Risk Management)
I am planning to apply for 2021, by the time will have 2 years experience in my current role
Extra Curricular :
NGO Activities
1 Year in a Rotaract Club
Currently part of an NGO that engages in Education for the underprivileged kids (working as a teacher & Center head)
Thanks
Can you please advice if my profile is suitable to get into top 20 MBA colleges in the US
I am an Indian
GMAT : 700
Education
1. Chartered Accountant
2. CFA Charterholder
3. Graduate in Commerce (GPA 3.0)
Experience
3 Years Internship in a top international audit firm (Audit)
3 Years Experience in a top US Investment bank (Product Controller for Structured Products)
Currently employed with a top US bank (Treasury Risk - Structural Interest Rate Risk Management)
I am planning to apply for 2021, by the time will have 2 years experience in my current role
Extra Curricular :
NGO Activities
1 Year in a Rotaract Club
Currently part of an NGO that engages in Education for the underprivileged kids (working as a teacher & Center head)
Thanks
22 Aug 2017, 18:46
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Hi there, and thanks for writing! What is your post-MBA goal and geography? This will help you narrow your target schools.
A couple of points to start:
- If I'm interpreting the below info correctly, it looks like you'd have about 8 years of total work experience pre-MBA? The average is about 3-7 years, so in that case you'll need to explain at the point of applying why NOW is the right time for an MBA. For candidates with a high number of work experience, AdComs question whether these applicants still need a full-time MBA, why they've waited, and are also concerned about recruiters (who tend to want to recruit those within a certain range of experience)
- While your work experience and community involvement seems solid, a higher GMAT could help your chances given that you're applying from such a heavily represented pool (and will offset your somewhat lower GPA, though the CFA certainly will boost your academic profile)
Hope that helps!
A couple of points to start:
- If I'm interpreting the below info correctly, it looks like you'd have about 8 years of total work experience pre-MBA? The average is about 3-7 years, so in that case you'll need to explain at the point of applying why NOW is the right time for an MBA. For candidates with a high number of work experience, AdComs question whether these applicants still need a full-time MBA, why they've waited, and are also concerned about recruiters (who tend to want to recruit those within a certain range of experience)
- While your work experience and community involvement seems solid, a higher GMAT could help your chances given that you're applying from such a heavily represented pool (and will offset your somewhat lower GPA, though the CFA certainly will boost your academic profile)
Hope that helps!
IshpalSingh
Hey,
Can you please advice if my profile is suitable to get into top 20 MBA colleges in the US
I am an Indian
GMAT : 700
Education
1. Chartered Accountant
2. CFA Charterholder
3. Graduate in Commerce (GPA 3.0)
Experience
3 Years Internship in a top international audit firm (Audit)
3 Years Experience in a top US Investment bank (Product Controller for Structured Products)
Currently employed with a top US bank (Treasury Risk - Structural Interest Rate Risk Management)
I am planning to apply for 2021, by the time will have 2 years experience in my current role
Extra Curricular :
NGO Activities
1 Year in a Rotaract Club
Currently part of an NGO that engages in Education for the underprivileged kids (working as a teacher & Center head)
Thanks
Can you please advice if my profile is suitable to get into top 20 MBA colleges in the US
I am an Indian
GMAT : 700
Education
1. Chartered Accountant
2. CFA Charterholder
3. Graduate in Commerce (GPA 3.0)
Experience
3 Years Internship in a top international audit firm (Audit)
3 Years Experience in a top US Investment bank (Product Controller for Structured Products)
Currently employed with a top US bank (Treasury Risk - Structural Interest Rate Risk Management)
I am planning to apply for 2021, by the time will have 2 years experience in my current role
Extra Curricular :
NGO Activities
1 Year in a Rotaract Club
Currently part of an NGO that engages in Education for the underprivileged kids (working as a teacher & Center head)
Thanks
IshpalSingh
Joined: 10 Dec 2015
Last visit: 04 Sep 2019
Posts: 42
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 6
Location: India
Concentration: Strategy, Finance
Schools: Rotman '21
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V36
GPA: 3.3
22 Aug 2017, 19:27
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Hey,
I live in India
So I am only 25 years old.
Started working when I was 18, and it is mandatory for a student becoming a chartered accountant to intern under one for 3 years
so from 18 to 21, 3 years Audit experience is internship
The reason for my low gpa is that i was doing CA & CFA at the same time as my graduation. Can that be used in my essay?
The Indian Chartered Accountancy Course has a passing rate of only 7% per year, so needed my focus there too
Also similar to CFA, will me also being a CA boost my academic profile?
Post MBA goal would be to get into Strategy Consulting or IB
I live in India
So I am only 25 years old.
Started working when I was 18, and it is mandatory for a student becoming a chartered accountant to intern under one for 3 years
so from 18 to 21, 3 years Audit experience is internship
The reason for my low gpa is that i was doing CA & CFA at the same time as my graduation. Can that be used in my essay?
The Indian Chartered Accountancy Course has a passing rate of only 7% per year, so needed my focus there too
Also similar to CFA, will me also being a CA boost my academic profile?
Post MBA goal would be to get into Strategy Consulting or IB
