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djslobo
Joined: 30 Jun 2010
Last visit: 07 Sep 2012
Posts: 31
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Status:Applying
Concentration: International Business, General Management
Schools: IMD '15 (S) INSEAD Jan '13 (A)
GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42
WE:Corporate Finance (Finance: Investment Banking)
03 Oct 2011, 05:38
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GMAT: 670/680 so far with huge flops on Quant and Verbal, paired score NEEDS to be 720+ (retaking in December)
2.6 GPA
Undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies from UC Berkeley (I know its horrible, took an upper division course at UCLA this summer – first A+ of my academic career)
Work History:
Started off with a 6 month unpaid internship in Eastern Europe which turned into 3 VERY successful years in commercial real-estate. Managed lease-up of the largest greenfield investment in the country and supported senior management with expansion to a new market.
Full of myself/overconfident partnered with a local law firm and opened a boutique RE shop which crumbled in a years time….
Hoped to come back stateside (3rd round with Merrill and Morgan Stanley in NYC… no call back). Victim of pending economic collapse, ran back to eastern Europe…..
Took a senior analyst position with a top European I-Bank which entered the region at the time.
Now 4 years in with steady promotion and strong projects (government advisory and numerous multinational firm engagements)… MAJOR downside is the EU bank pulled out this year and we are now a small/no-name shop to the adcom (same colleagues and same reference list but no-brand).
Started CFA a couple years back and am now a level 3 candidate with the expectation of securing the charter prior to starting my MBA.
Extracurricular involvement includes vice-president and philanthropy chair for fraternity, de-cal course instructor 3 years while at Cal. At present only business associations, AmCham, young managers association, Internations etc. no roles of note.
American, now dual citizen (born and raised in US)
Goal: “I am pursuing an MBA to move into a business development/strategy role for a multinational organization that can benefit from my sales and finance background as well as emerging market experience. Later in my career I plan to establish an investment fund focusing on real estate investments in developing markets.”
Target Schools:
NYU
Kellogg
LBS
Texas
Yale
Cornell
maybe Columbia but guessing its throwing money out the window
I really appreciate the feedback and any suggestions. I could be getting too old but I also got stuck in the region given the whole economic situation, luckily remained employed and advancing although a switch of sectors from RE to finance does put me in the "older" student range.... main goal is to take a step out of the region that provided this opportunity and keep building upon my global profile with some time in a more developed market before pursuing the next emerging market adventure……………
Thank you
2.6 GPA
Undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies from UC Berkeley (I know its horrible, took an upper division course at UCLA this summer – first A+ of my academic career)
Work History:
Started off with a 6 month unpaid internship in Eastern Europe which turned into 3 VERY successful years in commercial real-estate. Managed lease-up of the largest greenfield investment in the country and supported senior management with expansion to a new market.
Full of myself/overconfident partnered with a local law firm and opened a boutique RE shop which crumbled in a years time….
Hoped to come back stateside (3rd round with Merrill and Morgan Stanley in NYC… no call back). Victim of pending economic collapse, ran back to eastern Europe…..
Took a senior analyst position with a top European I-Bank which entered the region at the time.
Now 4 years in with steady promotion and strong projects (government advisory and numerous multinational firm engagements)… MAJOR downside is the EU bank pulled out this year and we are now a small/no-name shop to the adcom (same colleagues and same reference list but no-brand).
Started CFA a couple years back and am now a level 3 candidate with the expectation of securing the charter prior to starting my MBA.
Extracurricular involvement includes vice-president and philanthropy chair for fraternity, de-cal course instructor 3 years while at Cal. At present only business associations, AmCham, young managers association, Internations etc. no roles of note.
American, now dual citizen (born and raised in US)
Goal: “I am pursuing an MBA to move into a business development/strategy role for a multinational organization that can benefit from my sales and finance background as well as emerging market experience. Later in my career I plan to establish an investment fund focusing on real estate investments in developing markets.”
Target Schools:
NYU
Kellogg
LBS
Texas
Yale
Cornell
maybe Columbia but guessing its throwing money out the window
I really appreciate the feedback and any suggestions. I could be getting too old but I also got stuck in the region given the whole economic situation, luckily remained employed and advancing although a switch of sectors from RE to finance does put me in the "older" student range.... main goal is to take a step out of the region that provided this opportunity and keep building upon my global profile with some time in a more developed market before pursuing the next emerging market adventure……………
Thank you
04 Oct 2011, 10:24
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Being an American with extensive Eastern European WE is an advantage and can help distinguish yourself in a sea of AMerican applicants who at best may have worked on an international project or temporary assignment or two. Your story can also be memorable if you can capture your learnings from mistakes (sounds like in hindsight that pride crept in). These experiences and your age will show maturity, with the key caveat to getting in being your ability to cast your post MBA vision in a compelling way that shows now is the time for you. I wouldn't worry about your UG performance since it has been so long that you were in school, and your pursuit of extracurricular education and certifications (UCLA and CFA) should be enough to demonstrate your ability to handle a b-school curriculum. GMAT is good, but if you can make it great, then all the better. I think your target schools are realistic and several have good real estate programs, which may obvioulsly be why you are choosing them. Yale tends to favor younger applicants, but who knows? Perhaps your unique story will capture their attention. Be passionate, tell stories. You should get offers. and let us know if you need help of course.
djslobo
Joined: 30 Jun 2010
Last visit: 07 Sep 2012
Posts: 31
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 2
Status:Applying
Concentration: International Business, General Management
Schools: IMD '15 (S) INSEAD Jan '13 (A)
GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42
WE:Corporate Finance (Finance: Investment Banking)
05 Oct 2011, 04:39
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Bryant, thank you so much for the detailed input. Burying myself in apps for a couple of months now it can get a little frustrating looking at all the hard stats 
and feeling like you're wishing on a star. i will continue grinding out drafts with friends over the next few weeks and hope to take-on some outside advice when the deadlines get a bit closer.
Cheers!
and feeling like you're wishing on a star. i will continue grinding out drafts with friends over the next few weeks and hope to take-on some outside advice when the deadlines get a bit closer. Cheers!
