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23 Dec 2016, 09:14
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Age: 29
Undergrad: 2.7 GPA majored in economics at a relatively unknown school
Graduate: 3.9 GPA Masters in Finance at a top 30 university (graduating in May)
GMAT: 760
Dream schools: Booth, Wharton, Columbia, NYU - but I realize these are all unrealistic
I guess you could say I am a late bloomer. I got into a funk early in my undergrad studies and had a bunch of up and down semesters. I worked in the finance department of a small non-profit for my last 2 years of undergrad and for a year after graduation. I then got a job at a mid-size, but relatively unknown, consulting company as an analyst for human capital, where I have been working for 3 years.
About 1.5 years into the job, I decided I was unhappy with where my life was going and decided to make a change. My company had a tuition reimbursement program, so I decided to get my masters while continuing to work. I knew I ultimately wanted to get an MBA, but did the MSF to show schools I could handle the coursework. This put my career progression on hold, as my company won't promote while in school.
I now feel ready to apply to MBA programs in order to change careers to Investment Banking. Do I have a shot at a top 10-20 program with my unimpressive work experience and generally boring story? I wish I did more earlier in life, but I didn't live up to my full potential and the only thing I can do now is try to improve going forward. Do adcoms see potential in reclamation projects or is too late for me?
Undergrad: 2.7 GPA majored in economics at a relatively unknown school
Graduate: 3.9 GPA Masters in Finance at a top 30 university (graduating in May)
GMAT: 760
Dream schools: Booth, Wharton, Columbia, NYU - but I realize these are all unrealistic
I guess you could say I am a late bloomer. I got into a funk early in my undergrad studies and had a bunch of up and down semesters. I worked in the finance department of a small non-profit for my last 2 years of undergrad and for a year after graduation. I then got a job at a mid-size, but relatively unknown, consulting company as an analyst for human capital, where I have been working for 3 years.
About 1.5 years into the job, I decided I was unhappy with where my life was going and decided to make a change. My company had a tuition reimbursement program, so I decided to get my masters while continuing to work. I knew I ultimately wanted to get an MBA, but did the MSF to show schools I could handle the coursework. This put my career progression on hold, as my company won't promote while in school.
I now feel ready to apply to MBA programs in order to change careers to Investment Banking. Do I have a shot at a top 10-20 program with my unimpressive work experience and generally boring story? I wish I did more earlier in life, but I didn't live up to my full potential and the only thing I can do now is try to improve going forward. Do adcoms see potential in reclamation projects or is too late for me?
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23 Dec 2016, 10:57
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Bankonit
Age: 29
Undergrad: 2.7 GPA majored in economics at a relatively unknown school
Graduate: 3.9 GPA Masters in Finance at a top 30 university (graduating in May)
GMAT: 760
Dream schools: Booth, Wharton, Columbia, NYU - but I realize these are all unrealistic
I guess you could say I am a late bloomer. I got into a funk early in my undergrad studies and had a bunch of up and down semesters. I worked in the finance department of a small non-profit for my last 2 years of undergrad and for a year after graduation. I then got a job at a mid-size, but relatively unknown, consulting company as an analyst for human capital, where I have been working for 3 years.
About 1.5 years into the job, I decided I was unhappy with where my life was going and decided to make a change. My company had a tuition reimbursement program, so I decided to get my masters while continuing to work. I knew I ultimately wanted to get an MBA, but did the MSF to show schools I could handle the coursework. This put my career progression on hold, as my company won't promote while in school.
I now feel ready to apply to MBA programs in order to change careers to Investment Banking. Do I have a shot at a top 10-20 program with my unimpressive work experience and generally boring story? I wish I did more earlier in life, but I didn't live up to my full potential and the only thing I can do now is try to improve going forward. Do adcoms see potential in reclamation projects or is too late for me?
Undergrad: 2.7 GPA majored in economics at a relatively unknown school
Graduate: 3.9 GPA Masters in Finance at a top 30 university (graduating in May)
GMAT: 760
Dream schools: Booth, Wharton, Columbia, NYU - but I realize these are all unrealistic
I guess you could say I am a late bloomer. I got into a funk early in my undergrad studies and had a bunch of up and down semesters. I worked in the finance department of a small non-profit for my last 2 years of undergrad and for a year after graduation. I then got a job at a mid-size, but relatively unknown, consulting company as an analyst for human capital, where I have been working for 3 years.
About 1.5 years into the job, I decided I was unhappy with where my life was going and decided to make a change. My company had a tuition reimbursement program, so I decided to get my masters while continuing to work. I knew I ultimately wanted to get an MBA, but did the MSF to show schools I could handle the coursework. This put my career progression on hold, as my company won't promote while in school.
I now feel ready to apply to MBA programs in order to change careers to Investment Banking. Do I have a shot at a top 10-20 program with my unimpressive work experience and generally boring story? I wish I did more earlier in life, but I didn't live up to my full potential and the only thing I can do now is try to improve going forward. Do adcoms see potential in reclamation projects or is too late for me?
I clearly understand your situation, you have a stellar score on GMAT.
think only about positives you have, dont worry about negative aspects
Take a piece of paper , and write what are all the things that you have done , so that it add value to your company.
initially you will feel what the hell, other than getting monthly salary i didn't do anything great, but if you pay close attention you can bring more points.
if you were unsure, get some help from consultants.
I saw you desperation for doing an MBA, so while applying, apply to dream schools as well as safe schools.
23 Dec 2016, 11:50
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thanks for sharing your profile. I think you have a shot at schools 10-20 potentially but you will really have to make strong case for schools of what makes you unique allo you will have to connect the dots for why you are interested in IB. Your GPA and your avg work experience won't help but your impressive GMAT will do some to mitigate this. Keep it positive, you have a lot of great things about your profile so make sure you apply to your target schools confidently and you should be in good shape. Also, I would take a look at Yale and Cornell, those might be nice programs with good access to IB for you
